Today I had the pleasure of speaking with the grade 6 and 7 classes at Rossland Secondary School. My visit was organized by Sam, a grade 12 student, who was awarded a grant through the Columbia Basin Trust to develop RSS Reads. Through this initiative, she has developed a comfortable place for students to read […]
Category: Author Visits
Shana Burg on Take the Crowd by the Horns
There is a great guest post today on Cynsations. Focusing on school visits, author Shana Burg has some excellent tips on presenting in front of large audiences. Thanks, Shana! I’m hoping to do a tour through the Kootenay Library Federation next spring and invite classes from the local schools to attend. Hoping for a big crowd at […]
Authors for Earth Day
I am very proud to be a member of Authors for Earth Day, an amazing program through which I will donate the fees from an author visits in April to a conservation organization chosen by the students at that school. For more information, please read this letter; Authors for Earth Day. And if you are […]
Author Visit at the Kincardine Library
I had a great time at the Kincardine Library in Ontario on August 28th. My thanks to children’s librarian Carolyn McKeeman for hosting my book reading, to Liz Dadson for her excellent write up in the Kincardine Times, and to Judi Brown for sponsoring the radio advertisements. I’ve never heard my name on the […]
Guest Author at Trail Summer Reading Program
On August 14th at 2:30 I will be a guest author at the Trail Library as part of the “Strange… But True” summer reading program. As part of the theme, “Trick or Truth” I will be reading a chapter from Trouble in the Trees and organizing a game of You Can’t Do That Bingo! If […]