Next Meeting: Monday, February 25, 2013

Victoria Children's Literature Roundtable Meeting

Monday, February 25, 2013

Nellie McClung Branch Library (Cedar Hill & McKenzie)
Doors Open 7:00 pm; meeting begins 7:30 pm.
Everyone welcome! Cost $5.00 at the door; $4.00 students; $25/year.
Browse the CanLit For Kids book table!

Debut author Caitlyn Vernon, winner of the 2012 Bolen Book Prize, will tell us about her uplifting ecology book, Nowhere Else on Earth: Standing Tall for the Great Bear Rainforest, and how she got started as a writer. 

Caitlyn Vernon grew up on British Columbia's Pacific Coast and now calls Victoria home. She will never be too big to wade in the ocean in her gumboots, poke around in tide pools, explore coastal forests or climb trees and mountains. Caitlyn has a background in biology and environmental studies and is currently a campaigner with Sierra Club BC, working to protect the Great Bear Rainforest. Nowhere Else on Earth is her first book.

Next Meeting: Monday, January 21, 2013

Victoria Children's Literature Roundtable Meeting

Monday, January 21, 2013

Nellie McClung Branch Library (Cedar Hill & McKenzie)
Doors Open 7:00 pm; meeting begins 7:30 pm. 
Everyone welcome! Cost $5.00 at the door; $4.00 students; $25/year.

Kit Pearson, beloved award winning children’s author, well known for her amazing historical fiction books, will discuss her new books, The Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth, and talk about her life as an author. The Whole Truth won the CLA Book of the Year Award for Children and the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award in 2012. The Whole Truth was shortlisted for the Bolen Book Prize 2012. For more information about Kit Pearson, see her website: Kit Pearson

Next Meeting: Monday, December 3, 2012

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! 

Next Meeting: Monday, November 19, 2012

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.