Friday, October 19 - English School Events
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 Word! (1)
C.R. Avery |
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Three BC writers—sometimes musicians, sometimes poets, sometimes welders, sometimes McJobbers, but always entertaining—get together this morning to take the art of writing to new places. Spoken word iconoclast and musician C.R. Avery joins Vancouver favourite Billeh Nickerson onstage with audio poet and arts activist Hilary Peach. This is spoken word, poetry and storytelling on the fly. Spread the word! (This event is repeated on Thursday afternoon.) This event is sold out. |
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Suitable for grades 10 to 12, and adults *Study Guide |
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G-Man
Gordon Korman |
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A superstar of children’s literature, Gordon Korman has published more than 60 books that have delighted young readers for the last three decades. Korman published his first book at the age of 14 and stories continue to pour out of him at an astounding rate. From adventure and comedy, mystery and suspense, to everyday life and relationships, Korman’s novels appeal to a wide range of reading tastes. This is a rare opportunity to meet up with the G-man face-to-face. This event is sold out. |
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Suitable for grades 4 to 7 *Study Guide |
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Fright Night
Hiromi Goto |
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Two Canadian authors have deliberately set out to write tales that leave readers on the edge of their chairs, send shivers down their spines and take their imaginations to the edge of reason. These multi-award winning authors share goosebump moments with their readers; they will also discuss why being frightened is fascinating to us, the borders between fright and horror, the fear of the known and the unknown and how they make the unimaginable real enough to keep us turning pages. This event is sold out. |
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Suitable for grades 9 to 12, and adults *Study Guide |
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By Pen and Brush: Native Stories
C.J. Taylor |
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Established visual artist and author of a dozen books, C.J. Taylor wants to help make the rich culture of Native history come alive for young people. Drawing from her own Mohawk heritage, as well as the Mi’kmaq, Iroquois and other First Nations, Taylor has collected, retold and illustrated with bright colours and sweeping lines haunting tales about some of the powerful spirits who touch the lives of human folk. Taylor shares her insights and experience about the marriage of words and illustration that bring to life stories from an oral culture. |
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Suitable for grades 5 to 8 *Study Guide |
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Word Play
Rukhsana Khan |
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Spend the afternoon with a silly chicken, llamas in the laundry, a cat named Zoom and three fabulous storytellers who show that at the root of all good stories is a delight in the words themselves. Little ones will be tapping their toes to the rhythm and the rhyme as these stories and poems take eager listeners from Pakistan to the North Pole. |
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Suitable for grades K to 3 *Study Guide |
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Humour and Hormones
Don Calame |
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No clichéd teen tales here. Screenwriter Don Calame perfectly channels the adolescent male’s obsession with the female. Robyn Harding draws from her own experiences as a teenager and the utter embarrassment at even having parents, let alone parents who have sex. Harding’s My Parents Are Sex Maniacs and Calame’s Swim the Fly face the topics of burgeoning adolescent sexuality and awareness with hilarity, tenderness and understanding. This event is sold out. |
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Suitable for grades 8 to 10 *Study Guide |
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Water in the Well
Rochelle Strauss |
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Every raindrop, lake, underground river and glacier is part of a single global well that makes life on earth possible. Yet every day, the equivalent of more than 15,000 boxcars worth of garbage is dumped into the Earth’s water. With a master’s degree in Environmental Studies and a passion for writing, Rochelle Strauss ignites in young readers the desire to take action to conserve and protect our global well, and the knowledge that they have the power to make a change for the better. This event is sold out. |
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Suitable for grades 4 to 7 *Study Guide |
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