There’s a series of video (and audio) interviews from WETA learning media on iTunes of interviews with (American) authors and illustrators. (view them here [launches iTunes]).
Author: kirsti
Own a Piece of the Magic
I’ve donated some artwork for Own A Piece of the Magic, a fundraiser for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre (CCBC) and the BC Coalition for School Libraries (BCCSL). I’m happy to lend a hand in supporting the cause of promoting Canadian children’s books.
$100 dollars gets you in the door of “one of Vancouver’s most spectacular waterfront venues” and guarantees you a piece of original artwork from a West Coast children’s book illustrator. The pieces are randomly matched to their new owners – but if you are particularly fond of a work, you can bid more to ensure you get it. More information about the event, including an order form for tickets is available on the BCCSL website (I apologise in advance for exposing you to the discordant colour palette on that page).
Pileated Woodpecker Study | ink on paper | 10 1/2″ x 13″
(for the book Looking for Loons)
If there are other children’s book illustrators out there who are interesting in donating a piece of artwork, please contact Kathryn Shoemaker asap at kshoe [at] telus [dot] net.
BC Book Prizes
The BC Book Prizes are almost here – the Lieutenant Governor’s BC Book Prize Gala is on April 26th (tickets are $70 and available through the BC Book Prizes website).
To start off BC Book and Magazine Week, there is the BC Book Prizes Soirée on April 19, 7-9. It’s a free event where you’ll have a chance to meet some of the nominees. More info about this event can be found on the website as well.
Quite a few of my fellow CWILL BC members are nominees in the children’s book categories. Here is the list of the nominees. Visit the BCBP website to read about the books.
Sheila A. Egoff Children’s Literature Prize
Supported by the BC Library Association
Judges: Julie Burtinshaw, Shelley Hrdlitschka and David Ward
The Alchemist’s Dream
by John Wilson
Publisher: Key Porter Books
Baboon: A Novel
by David Jones
Publisher: Annick Press
The Corps of the Bare-Boned Plane
by Polly Horvath
Publisher: Groundwood Books
For Now
by Gayle Friesen
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Porcupine
by Meg Tilly
Publisher: Tundra Books
Christie Harris Illustrated Children’s Literature Prize
Supported by Kate Walker and Company
Judges: Alison Acheson, Kathryn Shoemaker and John Wilson
The Day It All Blew Away
by Lisa Cinar
Publisher: Simply Read Books
Elf the Eagle
by Ron Smith
Illustrated by Ruth Campbell
Publisher: Oolichan Books
Jeffrey and Sloth
by Kari-Lynn Winters
Illustrated by Ben Hodson
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Pink
by Nan Gregory
Illustrated by Luc Melanson
Publisher: Groundwood Books
A Sea-Wishing Day
by Robert Heidbreder
Illustrated by Kady MacDonald Denton
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Kirsti Anne Wakelin | picture book illustration 