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Victoria Children's Literature Roundtable Meeting
Monday, December 3, 2012
Nellie McClung Branch Library (Cedar Hill & McKenzie)
Doors Open 7:00 pm; meeting begins 7:30 pm.
Come and browse the Tall Tales Books and Cadboro Bay Books table.
Everyone welcome! Cost $5.00 at the door; $4.00 students; $25/year.
Celebrate author Sheryl McFarlane and illustrator Sheena Lott, who have teamed up again to produce another evocative West Coast picture book! Island Santa is a lyrical Christmas story for children and families that follows Sam as he catches a ride on a Santa boat, a floating sleigh that brings Santa Claus to children in remote locations on the West Coast. Proceeds from sales of the book will go to the Children's Health Foundation of Vancouver Island and Jeneece Place.
Also at this meeting: Dawn Joy Ritchie, Artist and Roundtable member, will be selling her notecards and small prints. Look at Dawn's vibrant and whimsical art: Purple Art Dog
Join us for Christmas treats and good cheer!
Victoria Children's Literature Roundtable Meeting
Monday, November 19, 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.
Come and hear Beryl Young present "One Writer's Life". She will also talk about her award winning book Follow the Elephant, a richly colourful, adventure-packed novel, that keeps you turning page after page, while the sights, sounds and flavours of India permeate the senses.
Beryl received the Chocolate Lily award for the best novel in B.C. in 2011-12 for Follow the Elephant. Beryl lives in Vancouver. Visit her website at www.berylyoung.com.
Also at this meeting! Orca Books will present their Fall 2012 lineup of new titles.
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.
