I met author Jennifer Lloyd at the launch for our book Looking for Loons this afternoon. She also launched her previously published book One Winter’s Night with illustrator Lynn Ray. She read both books to a full house and an audience of attentive children.

This is One Winter Night illustrator Lynn Ray, compositionally left-of-center (I hope she doesn’t mind.)

left to right: Christianne – owner and operator of Christianne’s Lyceum of Art and Literature, author Jennifer Lloyd, myself, illustrator Lynn Ray, and Dimiter – publisher, Simply Read Books.

As well as ten scarf-wearing mouse toys and a prop loon, there were loon cookies…

and mouse cookies…

A big thank you to Christianne for the fantastic venue and organising and to Dimiter for the launch.

Looking for Loons, endpapers | pencil and charcoal on paper

Looking for Loons is being launched at Christianne’s Lyceum of Literature and Art in Vancouver on December 8th. Author Jennifer Lloyd will be in town to properly introduce the book with me.

December 8
4pm
at Christianne’s Lyceum of Literature and Art
3696 West 8th Ave, Vancouver (8th and Alma)

the event is free and it’s requested that you RSVP:
lyceum /at/ christiannehayward /dot/ com or 606-733-1356

Here’s the invite and you can grab the full sized one here.

Looking for Loons was one of 35 ’07 books presented by 30 authors/illustrators at last night’s Hycroft Event.

The event was, as usual, very well attended.

The very first time I attended the Hycroft Event, it was as a spectator a dozen years ago –  I was a college student in my first year of an illustration and design program. My high school English teacher invited me along because she had remembered that I had been interested in writing and illustration. I watched Nan Gregory launch her extraordinarily successful first book How Smudge Came. This year, Nan Gregory launched her newest book Pink and was the special guest speaker.

There were books for sale through Vancouver Kidsbooks and Looking for Loons was one of the titles that sold out.

[photo by Rachael Ashe]

A solo book launch is scheduled for Looking for Loons in December when the author, Jennifer Lloyd, will be in town (and I get to meet her in person for the first time). I’ll post more details when I know them.

I will be launching Looking for Loons, written by Jennifer Lloyd, (Simply Read Books pub.) at this year’s Hycroft Event. Every year The Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable puts on the Hycroft Event, an evening of book launches by CWILL BC members. This year, the authors and illustrators from around the province will launch their books published in 2007 from 6pm-9pm on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at Hycroft Mansion (1489 Macrae – just east of Granville at 16th). This year’s special guest speaker is Nan Gregory.

There is no registration required, the event is free and light refreshments will be served after the launch. Books will be available for sale before and after the presentations.

A complete list of this year’s presenters and their books [pdf].