Victoria Children's Literature Roundtable Meeting
Monday, May 6, 2013
Nellie McClung Branch Library (Cedar Hill & McKenzie)
Doors Open 7:00 pm; meeting starts at 7:30 pm.
Browse Schoolhouse Teaching Supplies and Children's Bookstore table from 7:00 pm.
Everyone Welcome! Cost $5.00 at the door; $4.00 students; $25/year.
Celebrate Canadian Children's Book Week!
Come and hear Marthe Jocelyn talk about her most recent book, Scribbling Women: True Tales from Astonishing Lives. An award-winning author and illustrator, Marthe was a toy designer before turning her hand to writing. She has written picture books, novels and non-fiction, including Hannah's Collections, Earthly Astonishments, and A Home for Foundlings. To read about Marthe, go to her website: Marthe JocelynWe gratefully acknowledge Canada Council for the Arts for this presentation.
Also at this meeting:
Joy Huebert, librarian and writer, will to give a short presentation about the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for the best illustrated picture book for children published in Canada.
