Celebrate Family Literacy Day Today
It’s Family Literacy Day in Canada! The people at ABC Canada along with Honda Canada have created a day to celebrate reading with family. How great is that??
How will I celebrate? I’ll read to my kids as always, but to make it a little different I think I’ll pull out a book or two that I loved as a kid. Due to my pack rat tendencies, I have saved a few of them.
And if all goes well I may have a critique group meeting, so I’ll be working with fellow writers to create future literature for kids.
Have a literary day!
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A Fairy Fun Book
Ever read a book that entertains you so completely that you can’t get parts of it out of your mind? This has just happened to me.
Thanks to How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier I now have the word “doos” firmly embedded in my brain. Maybe this is a word she made up. Maybe this is a word teens have been using for eons. I wouldn’t know given that
a.) my kids aren’t quite teens yet and
b.) even if they were, any current lingo used up here in the styx is bound to be at least 10 years out of date in major urban centres.
Anyway, this and other pulchy turns of phrase are now running around my head. I recommend this book. It’s a doos read!
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Great Reading to Keep You Out of the Cold
Looking for some good reading and a great excuse to curl up and stay warm in today’s -30C temperatures? I am. Check out the Children’s & Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards, now in its third year.
The Cybils shortlist of finalists at
http://dadtalk.typepad.com/cybils/2009/01/the-2008-cybils-finalists.html
will keep you busy with quality reading for a long time.
Congrats to all finalists, from me, one of last year’s finalists. 
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SCBWI Canada East Agents’ Day
Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators Agents’ Day
October 4, 2008
National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Do you write or illustrate for children or teens? Are you wondering if you need an agent, unsure about what they do or how to acquire one? This is the event for you to get all the answers.
FEATURING:
Kendra Marcus, Agent, BookStop Literary Agency, California, www.bookstopliterary.com
Rebecca Sherman, Senior Agent, Writers House, New York, www.writershouse.com
The brochure /registration form for the SCBWI Canada East Agents’ Day is
now available on the Events
page of the website at http://www.scbwicanada.org/east/events.htm
Or… go directly to the brochure at
http://www.scbwicanada.org/east/events/2008FallAgentDay.pdf
Please feel free to pass along this information.
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