Next Meeting Monday, June 4, 2012

Victoria Children's Literature Roundtable Meeting
Monday, June 4, 2012, 7:30 pm
Nellie McClung Branch, Greater Victoria Public 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 for Students, $25.00/yr.

Meet a new author and a new illustrator in the Canadian Children’s Literature scene! Sara Cassidy is the author of Windfall and Slick, two environmental mysteries in the Orca Current series. Eva Campbell, painter, visual artist, and educator, is the illustrator of The Matatu, a picture book by Eric Walters.

Next Meeting: Monday, May 7, 2012

Victoria Children's Literature Roundtable Meeting

Monday, May 7, 2012, 7:30 pm

Nellie McClung Branch, Greater Victoria Public Library (Cedar Hill & McKenzie).

Doors open at 7:00 pm; come and browse the Cadboro Bay Books table.
Everyone welcome! Cost: $5.00 at the door, Students $4.00, $25.00/year

Celebrate Canadian Children's Book Week with touring storyteller Bernice Gei-Ying Hune! Her traditional Chinese tales are popular with children and adults. Bernice tells spellbinding stories by Canadian author Paul Yee, as well as stories created fron her own imagination. Sponsored by Canada Council for the Arts.

Next Meeting: Monday, April 16, 2012

Victoria Children's Literature Roundtable Meeting

Monday, April 16, 2012, 7:30 pm

Nellie McClung Branch, Greater Victoria Public Library (Cedar Hill & McKenzie).

Doors open at 7:00 pm; come and browse the Cadboro Bay Books table.

Everyone welcome! Cost: $5.00 at the door, Students $4.00, $25.00/year.

Karen Rivers, who writes for young adults, will tell us how she found her "dream job", as a writer. Karen keeps her audience entertained with her quirky and candid style of speaking. Her most recent novels are What is Real, the XYZ Trilogy, and Barely Hanging On.

Dayle Sutherland will present Orca Books new Spring titles.

Bring lightly used children's picture books to donate to Project abc 1,000 x 5.

Stranger in a Strange Land: Children's Literature Conference, UBC

Stranger in a Strange Land: Exploring Texts and Media for Young People Across Cultures and Continents
University of British Columbia, Saturday, April 28, 2012, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Keynote Speakers: Sarah Park and Elizabeth Marshall
Registration: $18 for Students/Presenters and $35 for Faculty/Professionals

"Stranger in a Strange Land" is a one-day children's literature conference exploring a diverse range of themes in literature and other materials for young people. Come join us for an amazing day of celebrating new and innovative research in the field of children's and young adult literature brought to you from the creative minds of graduate students.

To register, submit a proposal, or for any other information, please visit our website:
http://blogs.ubc.ca/childlitconference2012/

Sponsored by: UBC Dept. of English, Dept. of Language and Literacy Education, Creative Writing Program, the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, and the Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable.