Write with Robert Munsch!
Want to help write a story started by Robert Munch and help out the cause of literacy at the same time?
During the Great Muskoka Novel Marathon, in which writers gather in a big room to get away from everday distractions and do little else but WRITE! (and raise money for adult literacy), the Muskoka Literacy Council is inviting everyone to dust off their keyboards and participate in a story relay.
So, if you’re like me and at this point in time you know your family would go to that place that’s apparently sometimes found in a handbasket if you were to be absent for that long, between Friday, July 11, 2008 at 8 p.m. and Monday, July 14 at 8 p.m. you too can have a little literary fun without leaving home.
Here’s how the Story Relay works. Three writers have begun three separate stories. Robert Munsch has started a children’s story, Mel Malton’s is a mystery, and Roy MacGregor’s feels a little historical. Add a word or a few sentences to the story. See what others have added. At the end of the event the authors will come back and complete their tales. Interestingly enough, while Robert Munsch is renowned as a bestselling Canadian children’s author, both Malton and MacGregor have also written for kids as well as for adults.
For all the details and the how-to on participating in the Story Relay go to www.simcoemediagroup.com/relay/
Find out more background on Munsch, Malton, or MacGregor, visit each author at their website:
Robert Munsch at www.robertmunsch.com
Mel Malton at www.hmelmalton.com
Roy MacGregor at www.screechowls.com
Learn more about the Muskoka Literary Council, and the Muskoka Novel Marathon at the MNM blog.
Happy writing!
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I’ve Been JOMB’d!
Andrea and Mark, the people who put together the fabulous resource that is Just One More Book, have posted an interview with me. How they made me sound like I sort of knew what I was talking about is surely a testament to their magic.
This is the link to the interview with me: http://www.justonemorebook.com/2008/04/14/interview-with-lizann-flatt/
Be sure to spend some time there listening to the wealth of material on authors, illustrators, and kids books. For anyone who loves books it’s got to be at the top of your list of browser bookmarks.
Thank you Andrea and Mark!
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Come Feast With Me
April 3, 2008 is the Feast of Authors in Toronto. If you love books, over 80 authors (including myself) are appearing at the St Lawrence Market North in support of books, reading, this April’s 10th anniversary as National Poetry Month, and the Toronto Dollar’s 10th Anniversary.
Acclaimed author Joy Kogawa talks about the event in this article from The Toronto Star. More too at The Toronto Dollar Project or the Facebook Event Page:
http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=843630703&k=Z4FX44V3326M5CB1UCW6SS
The Particulars:
Date: Thursday, April 3, 2008
Time: 6:00 to 9:30 p.m.
Location: St. Lawrence Market North
Northwest corner of Front & Jarvis
92 Front St. E., Toronto
Admission: Free
For more information here are the Media Contacts:
Marilyn Hotta, Author Liaison
moolyn@hotmail.com
Joan Campbell, Publicity Coordinator
joancampbell@sympatico.ca
416-363-2164
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Conference Coming!
One of the things I do in my spare time (hah!) is volunteer for SCBWI. We’re having a terrific conference at the end of April for people who write and illustrate for kids.
We’re having an editor, an art director, and an author come rub shoulders with us for an entire weekend. Yes I’m being vague and mysterious.
So leave here and go get the details at the official SCBWI Canada East chapter website.
Go!
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