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Sep 20
Writing Children’s Lit Course, U of T
Sep 20, 2010 12:30pm. Starting on Monday, September 20, I’ll be teaching a section of “Writing for Children: Introduction.” The course is 8 weeks, held Mondays from 12:30 to 3:00pm. I’ll be covering a full range of writing for youth, from picture books to novels for teens, though the focus will be predominantly on the [...]
Sep 11
Roald Dahl Festival, Toronto, ON
Sep 11, 2010 12:00pm. Small Print Toronto is hosting The Toronto Roald Dahl Festival, full of music, art and workshops for the 8 to 14 set. On Saturday afternoon, I’ll be presenting a character building workshop. (Which means it’ll help you remember how to build full and convincing characters in fiction. There will be no [...]
Aug 28
Signing at Chapters Bookstore, Brampton, ON
Aug 28, 2010 2:00pm. Not sure why, but I’ve been uber-lucky with landing Chapters slash Indigo gigs this month. Here’s another one… On the afternoon of Saturday, August 28, I’ll be at the Chapters bookstore in Brampton, at Market Hall, 52 Quarry Edge Drive. While there, I’ll be signing copies of Zorgamazoo and talking to [...]
Aug 21
Signing at Chapters Bookstore, Oakville, ON
Aug 21, 2010 1:00pm. On the afternoon of Saturday, August 21, I’ll be signing copies of Zorgamazoo at the Chapters bookstore at the Oakville Town Centre, 310 North Service Road West. If you’re from the Oakville area, please stop in and say hello! And for more information, please feel free to contact the store at [...]
Aug 15
Signing at Indigo Books, Eaton Centre, Toronto
Aug 15, 2010 1:00pm. From 1-3pm on Sunday, August 15, I’ll be signing copies of Zorgamazoo — and perhaps reading from it, too — at Indigo Books at the Toronto Eaton Centre, 220 Yonge Street. If you’re in the neighborhood, please stop in and say hello! I’ve been told there’ll be other children’s authors present, [...]
July 11
Signing & Reading at Indigo Books, Milton
July 11, 2010 2:00pm. I’ll be reading from and discussing Zorgamazoo with the Indigo Book Club, at the Milton Crossroads Indigo Store (1180 Steeles Avenue East, just off highway 401) on Sunday, July 11. For more information, please contact the store at 905-693-6800. I’ll also be signing books, so if you have time and you’re in [...]
May 14
Forest of Reading Celebration, Brampton
May 14, 2010 10:00am. I’ll be appearing at Peel Region’s Forest of Reading Celebration on Friday, May 14. The event takes place at the Powerade Centre (which looks like an arena more accustomed to pugilism than literary festivals, but hey). It’s at 7575 Kennedy Road South and the event starts in the morning at 10am. I [...]
May 13
Forest of Reading Festival of Trees, Toronto
May 13, 2010 10:00am. Super excited to be appearing at this year’s Forest of Reading Festival at Habourfront Centre in Toronto. I’ll be there at the (now sold out) Silver Birch awards ceremony, where Zorgamazoo is in stiff competition with a host of other wonderful books. More than 7000 children from across Ontario will be attending [...]
May 11
Forest of Reading Celebration, Oakville
May 11, 2010 6:30pm. Each year, the Halton Public Library invites four authors nominated for a OLA Silver Birch reader’s choice award and assigns each to a specific venue in one of the four cities of the region. I’ll be speaking (mostly about Zorgamazoo) at the Oakville event on the evening of Tuesday, May 11. [...]
April 20
Keep Toronto Reading 2010
April 20, 2010 1:00pm. On the afternoon of April 20, I’ll be presenting Zorgamazoo as part of the Keep Toronto Reading Festival, hosted by the Toronto Public Library. The month-long event allows book-lovers to meet their favourite writers, including Ian McEwan, Guy Gavriel Kay, Anna Olson and Lucy Waverman. My event takes place at the [...]
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Interested in booking Rob for a
school or library visit, festival or conference?
Here's what educators and librarians are saying:
“My students still talk about your many voices for chapter 3 and
a few of them are so engrossed in Zorgamazoo I have to pull the
story from their hands for a lesson!”
- Ms. Berends, Grenoble PS (Toronto)
“The students were very excited after meeting Rob and enjoyed the
humorous presentation along with their teachers. Whenever we have a
few minutes, we try to read a little bit of the book. The students
never get tired of Katrina!”
- Amena Khan, Yorkwoods PS (Toronto)
“Captivating and Informative! Rob’s presentation had great
motivational techniques for parents to use while reading with their
children. His reading from Zorgamazoo captured our imaginations. A
wonderful presentation!”
- Jane McCarter, Vice-Principal, Joseph Gibbons PS (Halton Hills)
For
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at:
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Photos
courtesy of
Yorkville Library and
ALOUD:
a Celebration for Young Readers
at Harbourfront Centre: Photographer Tom Bilenkey; (c)
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