I'll be making my way southwestward next Tuesday to meet with elementary students in Wellington and Picton, Ontario. At the invitation of the Rotary Club of Wellington and the County of Prince Edward Public Library & Archives, I’ll be helping the county celebrate Rotary Literacy Month. Having been raised in Kingston, Ontario, you’d think I’d have… Continue reading Hello, Prince Edward County!
Category: school visits
Thank you, Nova Scotia Schools!
As I begin the last day of my tour of schools, libraries and bookstores in Nova Scotia, I want to say thank you to all the students I've met along the way. Thanks for listening. Thanks for laughing. Thanks for asking great questions. Thanks for saying I look younger than my photographs. Thanks for the opportunity to… Continue reading Thank you, Nova Scotia Schools!
Book Week in Nova Scotia: Shout Out to Bookstores
A huge thank you to all the inquisitive elementary students I met today on the first day of my Nova Scotia tour of schools and libraries for TD Canadian Children's Book Week 2014. Thanks for asking such great questions and for teaching me the correct pronunciation of "Shubenacadie." (I'd better learn to say it right if… Continue reading Book Week in Nova Scotia: Shout Out to Bookstores
Off to Nova Scotia for Book Week!
I'm heading off to Nova Scotia tomorrow for TD Canadian Children's Book Week 2014. Hurrah! I'm one of 29 lucky authors, illustrators and storytellers selected to tour schools and libraries outside their own province this year. I was thrilled to get Nova Scotia as my destination. I am smitten with the Atlantic coast. (So smitten… Continue reading Off to Nova Scotia for Book Week!
Gaspe’s BookFest
It was a pleasure to spend the week touring schools along the Gaspe coast as part of the region's BookFest 2014. I visited English elementary schools from Gaspe southwest to New Richmond, driving from town to town along the Atlantic Ocean (peeking over snowbanks sometimes to check out the view) and stopping to give 12 presentations… Continue reading Gaspe’s BookFest
Catherine Austen 