Victoria Children's Literature Roundtable Meeting
Monday, October 22, 2012
Nellie McClung Branch Library (Cedar Hill & McKenzie)
Doors Open 7:00 pm; Come and browse the Tall Tales Books table.
Everyone welcome! Cost $5.00 at the door; $4.00 students; $25/year.
We are very pleased to welcome Pamela Porter to our meeting. Pamela
Porter is the author of four collections of poetry, two verse novels, and a
novel and picture book for children. Her most recent verse novel, I'll Be Watching (2011) has been shortlisted for the 2012 Bolen Book Prize.
The winner will be announced October 10 at the Victoria Book Prize Gala being held at the Union Club, 805 Gordon St., 7:30 pm. Tickets are $15 and are available now at Bolen Books, Munro’s Books, Ivy’s Bookshop, and the Victoria Book Prize Society (250-589-8430).
Pamela's first verse
novel, The Crazy Man, won the 2005 Governor General’s Award, the TD Canadian
Children’s Literature Award, the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year
for Children Award, and other accolades.
Pamela lives in North Saanich with her family and a
menagerie of rescued horses, dogs, and cats, including a formerly wild mustang.
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Next Meeting: Monday, September 24, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
Nellie McClung Branch Library (Cedar Hill & McKenzie)
Doors Open 7:00 pm; Come and browse the Cadboro Bay Books table.
Everyone welcome! Cost $5.00 at the door; $4.00 students; $25/year.
Jon C. Stott is Professor Emeritus at the University of Alberta. His works include four books on the study of Children’s Literature. In 2010 he published A Book of Tricksters, and has another title coming out, Quests for Fire. Both retell stories from many lands.
Also: Come and vote for the Information Book Award! Choose from 5 short-listed titles. GVPL Children's Librarian, Lisa Hoskins, will introduce the books to us.
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