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LA JOIE DE LIRE
Chaque année, le Vancouver International Writers Festival présente
La Joie de Lire, une programmation de jour en français destinée
aux élèves des programmes de français langue maternelle et
d’immersion en français. Les auteurs de cette année—tous
originaires du Québec—sont Elaine Arsenault, François Barcello,
Sylvain Hotte et Dany Laferrière.
Ne manquez pas de faire connaître à vos élèves ces formidables
auteurs et leurs nouveaux livres. Vous pouvez commander les livres
d’auteurs du Festival au Vancouver Kidsbooks sur www.kidsbooks.ca.
Comme toujours, nous avons élaboré un programme mettant en
vedette des auteurs possédant une vaste expérience dans la
présentation de leur œuvre au public scolaire. Et pour les
enseignants : les guides d’études (voir ci-dessous).
Ces activités auront lieu du mardi 20 octobre au jeudi 22 octobre.
STUDY GUIDES!
Spreading the Word events connect to BC curriculum. There will be
a study guide for each event available on the Festival website
(www.writersfest.bc.ca) in September.
Guides d’études! Les activités « Spreading the Word » ont des
liens directs avec les programmes d’études de la C.-B. Pour
permettre aux enseignants de tirer plein parti du Festival, un guide
d’études a été élaboré pour chacune des activités. Ces guides
seront disponibles sur le site Web du Festival en septembre.
ROOKIE WRITER CONTEST
A writing contest for secondary school students (Grade 8–12) held
in September. The winner of each grade level will spend one day at
CBC radio studios to produce their story, which will air on North By
Northwest. The top prizewinner also gets a set of tickets for their
class to attend a Festival event. For more information contact
[email protected] or call Ilona Beiks 604.215.9726.
MORE READING WITH WRITERS!
CYNTHIA WOODWARD
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
22ANNUAL
This program provides subsidized Writers Festival event tickets to
eligible inner city schools. For more information please contact
Camilla Tibbs: [email protected].
HOW TO BUY FESTIVAL
EVENT TICKETS
Check our website in mid-August for event and program details and
the school event ticket order form: www.writersfest.bc.ca.
Festival school events will sell out quickly, so be sure to book early.
TICKETS GO ON SALE SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
School Group tickets: $8 per ticket for each Festival school event
(includes GST)
ORDER:
On-line:
www. writersfest.bc.ca
By phone: 604.681.6330 ext. 107
By fax:
604.681.8400 (call ahead for order form)
A limited number of subsidies, based on financial need are
available through the Cynthia Woodward Development Program.
Call 604.681.6330, ext. 103
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
SPREADING THE WORD PROGRAMS
Contact:
Ilona Beiks, Education Co-ordinator, [email protected]
or call 604.681.6330
To receive a Spreading the Word brochure by mail:
email your mailing address to our Distribution Co-ordinator:
[email protected].
For more information about La Joie de Lire, contact:
Brenda Berck, Responsable de la programmation française,
[email protected] or call 604.681.6330
Each year the Reading with Writers program sends authors to visit
inner city school classrooms (K–12). It’s a great opportunity for
students to meet an author and ask questions. If you are interested
in booking a writer for a classroom visit in October, please contact
Ilona Beiks at [email protected].
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Inspiring students to read and write.
It’s eclectic, entertaining and challenging!
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to engage with Canadian and international writers.
October 20–23, 2009
A World of Words on Granville Island
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✑ Writers of all genres perform, read from their work, talk
about their craft and answer students’ questions.
✑ Events for all grade levels.
C O N F I R M E D T O D AT E A R E :
Elaine Arsenault a grandi à L’Île Bizard, petite
île située au nord de Montréal, parlant anglais à
la maison et français à l’extérieur. Sa série porte
sur Passepoil, un drôle de petit chien débordant
d’entrain et de bonne humeur. Sa vie est une
suite d’aventures palpitantes (ÉLÈVES DE
L’ÉLÉMENTAIRE). La série L’or des gitans est une
passionnante saga romanesque où
s’entrecroisent les destins d’une belle gitane, d’une fillette
abandonnée, d’un cheval au grand coeur, d’un affreux sorcier et
de dangereux pirates. (ÉLÈVES DU SECONDAIRE)
Les sujets des livres de Sylvain Hotte varient de la
Mongolie du XIIIe siècle au tout début de l’histoire de la
Chine et de la Perse dans la série primée Darhan et
Panache, premier tome de la série Aréna, qui raconte les
aventures d'un jeune joueur de hockey midget, vedette
régionale promise à un grand avenir, mais….D’ici le mois
d’octobre, la série Darhan comptera 9 volumes et
Attaquant de puissance viendra s’ajouter à la série Aréna.
(ÉLÈVES DE L’ÉLÉMENTAIRE ET DU SECONDAIRE)
© MARTINE DOYON
Mariatu Kamara was born and raised in Sierra Leone.
Her harrowing experiences as a child victim of war and
its aftermath are the subject of her memoir, The Bite
of the Mango. Today, Mariatu is a university student in
Toronto and was named a UNICEF Special Representative
for Children and Armed Conflict, and speaks to high
school students across North America about her
experiences. (SECONDARY)
Rukhsana Khan is an award-winning writer and storyteller.
Born in Lahore, Pakistan she is an active speaker and
expert on books with international and Muslim themes
for kids of all ages. Her new YA novel, Wanting Mor,
deals with the life of a girl in post-Taliban, Americanoccupied Afghanistan. (ELEMENTARY: INTERMEDIATE;
Don Calame’s debut novel Swim the Fly is
making a big splash with both avid and reluctant
readers. It’s the perfect summer read about the
sometimes raunchy but always hysterical
adventures of three teenage boys. A romping
rapid-fire laugh out loud read also filled with
coming of age wisdom for girls and boys.
SECONDARY: JUNIOR)
Gordon Korman is an award-winning novelist and author
of more than 60 books for children and young adults.The
39 Clues (books, cards and web game) is a huge hit and
Zoobreak, a sequel to Swindle and Pop, will be released
this fall. He is on the shortlist for the 2009 Red Cedar
award. (ELEMENTARY)
©ÊLÇANOR LE GRESLEY
© KIELY RAMOS
(SECONDARY)
Robyn Harding's previous
humorous novels, (The Journal
of Mortifying Moments, Mom Will this Chicken
Give Me Man Boobs?) have left readers
laughing in no less than eight countries around
the world. My Parents are Sex Maniacs: A High
School Horror Story is garnering great reviews
for her portrayal of the complex social hierarchies
that characterize the high school experience, teen angst and the
hilarious horror of the main character’s discovery that her parents are
all too human. (SECONDARY)
✑ Due to the overwhelming popularity of our 2008
with students and teachers in intimate, interactive and
informal settings.
Spreading the Word writers and be sure to tell your
students about these exciting authors and their new books.
You can order books by Festival authors from Vancouver
Kidsbooks at www.kidsbooks.ca.
Japanese-born Hiromi Goto immigrated to
Canada in 1969. She is the author of the awardwinning Chorus of Mushrooms; a children’s
novel, The Water of Possibility; a short story
collection Hopeful Monsters; and, most recently,
Half World. (SECONDARY)
4 days, 34 events
✑ Step out of the classroom and onto Granville Island.
✑ Some of the hottest authors on the planet converge
THIS SUMMER CHECK OUT SOME OF THE 2009
François Barcelo écrit pour les lecteurs de tous
âges. Les amateurs de la série Momo de Sinro
découvriront la première tentative de Momo à
prendre soin de son demi-frère dans Premier
frérot pour Momo de Sinro, dixième volume de
la série (ÉLÈVES DE L’ÉLÉMENTAIRE) . Les lecteurs
plus âgés apprécieront Le nul et la chipie et La
fatigante et le fainéant. (ÉLÈVES DU SECONDAIRE)
THE FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE
Né à Haïti, vivant maintenant à Montréal et
à Miami et bien connu pour ses livres pour
adultes, Dany Laferrière a écrit deux livres destinés
aux jeunes. Je suis fou de Vava et La Fête des morts
sont basés sur l’enfance de Laferrière à Haïti (ÉLÈVES
DE L’ÉLÉMENTAIRE).
spoken word event “Beats – Hip hop – Power
Poetry”, we will once again offer two spoken word
events for secondary schools this year featuring
three spoken word artists including CR Avery, Billeh
Nickerson and Hilary Peach. Look for the full
program details on our website in late August – it’s
going to be one of the best years ever!
After being discovered in the “slush pile”,
Matthew Skelton’s Endymion Spring is now
heralded by booksellers as The Da Vinci Code for
kids. Skelton grew up on both sides of the Atlantic,
but found himself strangely drawn toward Oxford.
An expert on books and printing, he spent years
searching the libraries of Europe, where a dusty
volume first set him on the train of Endymion
Spring. In 2002 he won Richard and Judy's short story competition.
Cirrus Flux is his second novel. (ELEMENTARY: INTERMEDIATE)
Rochelle Strauss’s books Tree of Life: the
Incredible Biodiversity of Life on Earth and One
Well: the Story of Water on Earth have garnered
several awards and been published across the
globe. Through her work, Rochelle combines her
love of nature and passion for stories to teach
children about the wonders of the natural world.
(ELEMENTARY: JUNIOR)
CJ Taylor is an internationally acclaimed artist
and children’s author of Mohawk heritage. She’s
traveled extensively throughout North America
helping make the rich cultural history of native
people accessible to the young. (ELEMENTARY)
Tim Wynne-Jones has written
thirty books and won the
Governor General’s Award for
children’s literature twice. His latest novel, Rex
Zero, The Great Pretender is the third in the Rex
Zero series. The Uninvited, new this spring, is a
brother and sister whodunnit thriller.
(ELEMENTARY: INTERMEDIATE; SECONDARY: JUNIOR)
Paul Yee, a third-generation Chinese-Canadian,
explores the world through the lens of Chinese
experience in his critically acclaimed picture
books, short stories, novels and non-fiction.
Paul’s many books for readers of all ages
include Bamboo, a folk tale set in a south
Chinese village, Canadian Chinatowns, and
Learning to Fly. (ELEMENTARY))
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