Superconference and Authors in your Area
Authors Booking Service
Will you be attending the OLA Superconference?
If so, please stop by these booths, where ABS Members will be signing their books:
THURSDAY:
Jeremy Tankard will be signing the Boo Hoo Bird board book at Another Story Bookshop Booth on Feb. 3 at 11 a.m.
Anne Dublin will be signing The Orphan Rescue at the Second Story Press booth on Feb. 3 at 11.30 a.m.
Susin Nielsen will be signing Dear George Clooney: Please Marry My Mom at the Tundra booth (720) on Feb. 3 at noon.
Erin Bow will be signing Plain Kate at the S & B Books booth (511) on Feb. 3 at noon.
Nancy Belgue will be signing Colette and the Silver Samovar at the ORCA (410/412) booth on Feb 3 from 12:30 - 1:30.
Andrea Beck will be signing Pierre’s Friends at the Orca (410/412) booth on Feb 3 at 1:30 p.m.
Vicki Grant will be signing Comeback at the Orca (410/412) booth on Feb 3 at 3:30 p.m
Chad Solomon will be signing Volumes 1-4 of Adventures of Rabbit and Bear Paws at the GoodMinds booth at various times, Feb 3 and 4.
FRIDAY:
Peggy Dymond Leavey will be signing Growing Up Ivy at the Dundurn booth (428/430) on Feb 4 at 9:30 a.m. (Also, see CANSCAIP list below.)
Mahtab Narsimhan will be signing The Deadly Conch at the Dundurn booth (428/430) on Feb 4 at 10:00 a.m.
Marsha Skrypuch will be signing Stolen Child on Friday Feb. 4 at 10:00 am at Another Story Bookshop booth. (Also, see CANSCAIP list below.)
Monica Kulling will be signing Merci Mister Dash! At the Tundra Booth (720) on Feb. 4 at 10:00 a.m.
Rachna Gilmore will be signing The Trouble With Dilly and That Boy Red at the HarperCollins Canada booth on Feb. 4 from 10:15 -- 11:00 a.m.
Sigmund Brouwer will be signing Absolute Pressure and titles from the Timberwolf series at the Orca booth (410/412) on Feb. 4 at 11:00 a.m.
Helaine Becker will be signing at the S&B booth on the 4 at 11:00 a.m. (Also, see CANSCAIP list below.)
Frieda Wishinsky will be signing Blob at the Orca booth (410/412) on Feb. 4 at noon.
CANSCAIP authors present their new 2010 titles at the seventh annual mass book launch, February 4, 2011 at the Expo Stage in Hall C, Noon – 2:00 p.m. See news item below.
Alma Fullerton will be signing Burn at the Cormorant Booth (Dancing Cat) on Feb February 4 from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Janet Wilson will be signing Our Earth: How kids are protecting the planet at the Second Story Booth on Feb 4 at 2:00 p.m.
Sharon Jennings will be signing her work at the Second Story booth on Feb 4.
SATURDAY:
Chad Solomon will be a panellist at Session # 1702 at 9:15 am
Aboriginal Literature: A conversation about authors, titles, and trends
One of the topics being covered in discussions of what’s happening in the AbLit world!
DID YOU KNOW?
Several ABS Members will be travelling from other parts of the province or country in order to attend the OLA Superconference. This is a great chance to arrange a school or library visit with no long distance travel costs! Ask us about booking Pam Bustin, Rachna Gilmore, or Larry Verstraete
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We are pleased to present this Special News Item from CANSCAIP!
Celebrate with CANSCAIP authors and their new 2010 titles at the seventh annual mass book launch Friday, February 4, 2011 at the Expo Stage in Hall C, from 12:00 Noon – 2:00 p.m. Authors and illustrators will introduce to you their new creations in entertaining five minute infomercials. Sylvia McNicoll, Book Launch Co-ordinator of CANSCAIP will act as emcee and official timer. Enjoy the personalities behind the books as well as their behind-the-creation stories. Enjoy a free raffle ticket to win some of these stories. Picture books, middle-reader age as well as young adult novels will be available on site for purchase and the authors and artists will happily autograph these for your collection.
*** Denotes an ABS Member
Bob Barton Trouble on the Voyage, Napoleon
*** Helaine Becker Magic Up Your Sleeve , Owlkids books The Quiz Book for Boys, Scholastic Canada The Haunted House that Jack Built, Scholastic Canada The Hilarious History of Hockey , Scholastic Canada A Porcupine in a Pine Tree, Scholastic Canada
*** Hélène Boudreau Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings, Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky, Keep Out!, Nimbus Publishing
*** Lana Button Willow's Whispers, Kids Can Press
Sean Cassidy Kaazak!, Fitzhenry & Whiteside
*** Veronika Martenova Charles It’s Not about the Rose!, Tundra Books It’s Not about the Apple!, Tundra Books It’s Not about the Crumbs!, Tundra Books It’s Not about the Hunter!, Tundra Books It’s Not about the Pumpkin!, Tundra Books
Laurel Croza I Know Here, Groundwood Books
*** LM Falcone The Midnight Curse, Kids Can Press
Melanie Florence Jordin Tootoo, James Lorimer & Co.
Ben Hodson Richard Was A Picker, Orca Book Publishers
Marthe Jocelyn Folly, Tundra Books
*** Kathy Kacer Whispers in Hiding, Puffin Canada
Deborah Kerbel Lure, Dundurn Press
*** Peggy Dymond Leavey Growing Up Ivy, Dundurn Press
*** Jill Murray Rhythm and Blues, Doubleday Canada
Judie Oron Cry of the Giraffe, Annick Press
Virginia Frances Schwartz Crossing to Canada, Scholastic Canada
*** Richard Scrimger Me & Death, Tundra Books
*** Marsha Skrypuch Stolen Child, Scholastic Canada
Debbie Spring The Kayak, Thistledown Press
*** Jan Thornhill Who Wants Pizza?, Maple Tree Press
Maureen Ulrich Face Off, Coteau Books
Rebecca Upjohn The Last Loon, Orca Book Publishers Patrick's Wish, Second Story Press
Farida Zaman The Yoga Game, Gumboot Books Nearly Nonsense, Tundra Books
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ABS MEMBERS coming your way!
Sigmund Brouwer has availability for the following dates and locations:
Feb 15: Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge one time slot open
Feb 16: Southern ON
March 1: Oshawa, one time slot open
March 2: Barrie, one time slot open
March 3: Southern ON
April 25: Southern ON
April 26: Kitchener/Waterloo/Cambridge, one time slot open
Marsha Skrypuch will be in London on Feb 23 and has availability for up to two sessions in the afternoon.
Jo Ellen Bogart will be in Ottawa and has dates available April 18 and 20, 2011.
Philip Roy (Submarine Outlaw) is available in the GTA, Hamilton and Oakville area in April.
Jacqueline Guest is available in Toronto on April 28.
Celia Godkin will be in the GTA and is available for bookings May 24 - 26.
Helaine Becker will be in the Ottawa area several times this school year and will waive travel costs for full day bookings (4 sessions).
*** (New) Don Aker: Tentative spring visit, contact us if you’re interested.
Lois Peterson: Silver Birch Express Nominee for The Ballad of Knuckles McGraw will be in the GTA May 9-15, 2011.
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OUR MEMBER LISTS!
Click here for a direct link to our growing list of nominees:
http://authorsbooking.com/2043/2064.html
A list of our regular members can be seen here:
http://www.authorsbooking.com/2043/index.html
Contact us to day to book any of our members, or to be placed on waiting lists and notified when they will next be in your area.
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Marsha & Valerie
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