This is the book trailer that author Carol Anne Shaw made for her upcoming YA novel Hannah and the Spindle Whorl, to be published by Ronsdale Press this fall.

On Thursday, April 15 at 8:00pm, Beryl Young will be appearing at McNally Robinson Booksellers in Winnipeg. Join her in the McNally Robinson Travel Alcove, Grant Park Mall, 1120 Grant Avenue, for a reading & signing of her latest book, Follow the Elephant. For more information, check the bookstore’s website: http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/winnipeg-events.

Wayne Norton (Women on Ice) will be speaking at the Vancouver Historical Society at the Museum of Vancouver on Thursday, April 22nd at 7:30 pm. The event is free and open to the public. Check http://www.vancouver-historical-society.ca/events.htm#001 for more information.
Oh, and in case you need proof that Wayne knows what he’s talking about, we’ve got some: Wayne has just received an Honourable Mention for Women on Ice from the BC Historical Federation!

On Wednesday, April 14th, please join Howard Richler at Paragraphe Bookstore to help celebrate the launch of Strange Bedfellows: The Private Lives of Words.
The event begins at 6:30 pm. Entry is free.
Paragraphe is located at 2220 McGill College Avenue (corner of Sherbrooke Street.)

On Tuesday, April 13th, please join us at the Wired Monk Cafe in Kitsilano for the Vancouver launch of Sheila James‘ collection of short stories, In the Wake of Loss.

There will be readings and informal talks by Sheila James and Larissa Lai. Lai is author of The Automaton Biographies, which was recently named as a finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize.

The Wired Monk is a cafe/bistro/bar at 2610 4th Ave., Vancouver (at the corner of 4th and Trafalgar Street).
Entry is free.
Readings will begin at 7:30 pm.

On Thursday, April 22, Lois Donovan (Winds of L’Acadie) will be visiting a school in Nanton, Alberta, as part of a tour for nominees for the Golden Eagle Book Award.

On Wednesday, April 21, Lois Donovan (Winds of L’Acadie) will be visiting Livingstone and Isabelle Sellon schools, Crowsnest Pass, as part of a tour for nominees for the Golden Eagle Book Award.

On Thursday, April 15, Lois Donovan (Winds of L’Acadie) will give a presentation on Acadia to Grade 2 students at Edgemont School, Calgary.

On Friday, April 9, Lois Donovan (Winds of L’Acadie) will do a presentation about Acadia to Grade 7 students at Nickle School, Calgary, AB.

On Thursday, April 22nd, join Beryl Young for the Victoria launch of her new book, Follow the Elephant. It’s at Ivy’s Bookstore, 2188 Oak Bay Avenue, Victoria, BC. For more information phone 250 598-2713.
Everyone is welcome. Entry is free!