| Events for Young readers - schedule |
Call 613-562-1243 or email kate@writersfestival.org to book an author for your school. These readings are free of charge. Readings and workshops at the Library and Archives are also free. As authors are booked this page will be updated with times and locations.
School visit times are negotiable: times given in this schedule can be changed to suit schools. Likewise, age ranges are given as guidelines only, not absolutes.
monday, october 20
Morning
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- School Visits:
Paul Glennon (grades 4-6) (Castlefrank PS)
Dave Bidini (grades 4-6) (Maple Ridge and Elgin Street PS)
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Afternoon
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- School Visits:
Paul Glennon (grades 4-6) (Huntley Centennial PS, Carp)
Dave Bidini (grades 4-6) (Ottawa Inuit Children's Centre)
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tuesday, october 21
9:30 AM
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- Kate MacDonald Butler (grades 4-6)
Library and Archives Canada
Reading and talk with the granddaughter of Canada's best-loved children's author, Lucy Maud Montgomery, followed by creative workshops hosted by Library and Archives Canada. Please note: The workshops are currently full: the reading is still open to the public.
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Noon
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- Gerald Caplan and Joan Baxter: The Betrayal of Africa
Library and Archives Canada (grades 9+)
An in-depth look at the history of Africa, the roots of the continent's current problems, and what the future might hold. Caplan and Baxter look at the economics, politics and society of the continent, tackling problems such as population, environment, politics, race, the AIDS epidemic, exploitation by the developed world, and what the Western world can or should do about it.
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Afternoon
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- Kate MacDonald Butler (grades 4-6)
School Visit (Connaught PS)
Reading and talk with the granddaughter of Canada's best-loved children's author, Lucy Maud Montgomery, followed by creative workshops hosted by Library and Archives Canada. The reading is open to any number of students: registration is limited to 50 for the workshops.
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Afternoon
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- Gerald Caplan (grades 9-12)
School Visit
(A.Y. Jackson S.S.)
Gerald Caplan is the author of Africa: a Groundwork Guide. The Groundwork Guides are intended as first introductions to our time's most compelling, controversial and important questions. In this book, Caplan covers the history, current issues, and possible future of the African continent in a clear and engaging way.
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wednesday, october 22
9:00 AM
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- Kenneth Oppel (grades 4-6)
Rockcliffe Park PS
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Morning |
- Pasha Malla (grades 9-12)
School Visit (Earl of March SS)
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Afternoon
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- Kenneth Oppel (grades 4-6)
Stittsville PS
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Thursday, october 23
Morning
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- Rachna Gilmore (grades 1-3)
Saint-Laurent Academy
Max Turner (grades 7-8)
School Visit (Mother Theresa)
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10:00 AM
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- Kenneth Oppel (grades 4-6)
Library and Archives Canada Auditorium
-- SOLD OUT! --
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Afternoon
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- Rachna Gilmore (grades 1-3)
School Visit: Arch Street School
Max Turner (grades 7-8)
Ashbury College
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friday, october 24
Morning
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- Zachariah Wells
(grades 1-3)
Stittsville Public School
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Afternoon
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- Zachariah Wells
(grades 1-3)
School Visit (Ottawa Inuit Children's Centre)
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We're also partnering with the Canadian War Museum and Key Porter Books to present a special Remembrance Week event: "A Bear In War." This event, geared for families and children, will feature school visits and an interactive event at the War Museum, just before Remembrance Day.
friday, november 7
10:00 AM
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- School Visit:
Stephanie Innes and Harry Endrulat (grades 1-3)
A Bear in War tells the story of "Teddy," a stuffed bear now on display in the Canadian War Museum. Teddy was sent to the front during World War I as a present from twelve-year-old Aileen Rogers to her father Lawrence. In this book, Teddy tells his own story, evoking life in Canada and on the front during the First World War.
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1:30 PM
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- School Visit:
Stephanie Innes and Harry Endrulat (grades 1-3)
A Bear in War tells the story of "Teddy," a stuffed bear now on display in the Canadian War Museum. Teddy was sent to the front during World War I as a present from twelve-year-old Aileen Rogers to her father Lawrence. In this book, Teddy tells his own story, evoking life in Canada and on the front during the First World War.
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saturday, november 8
10:00 AM
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- Official Launch of A Bear In War
by Stephanie Innes and Harry Endrulat
presented at the Canadian War Museum
with Key Porter Books
A Bear in War tells the story of "Teddy," a stuffed bear now on display in the Canadian War Museum. Teddy was sent to the front during World War I as a present from twelve-year-old Aileen Rogers to her father Lawrence. In this book, Teddy tells his own story, evoking life in Canada and on the front during the First World War.
Visitors will get a chance to see artifacts from the "Teddy" exhibit, along with an audiovisual presentation by the authors and a talk by the Museum's World War I historian. Families and children are encouraged to attend and get a glimpse of Canada's history and WWI legacy.
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