The Ontario Library Association has partnered with Authors’ Booking Service to assist nominees with arranging school and library bookings. We are honoured to be helping the following nominees with their visits.

All of the nominees listed below are available for school and library readings. Nominees who are based in Ontario have more flexibility in timing their visits.

Out of province nominees will be clustering their presentations during the days preceding the Festival of Trees on May 12 and 13. Our goal is to get all of the out-of-province nominees enough bookings so that they can afford to come to their own award ceremonies. You can help us with that. Let us know if you would like to host an author visit in early May 2010. Ask us about subsidy possibilities.

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Blue Spruce


Tim Beiser, author of Bradley McGogg, the Very Fine Frog. Lives in Toronto Ontario.
 
Linda Bailey, author of Stanley's Beauty Contest. Lives in British Columbia.
 
Valerie Sherrard, author of There's A Cow Under My Bed. Lives in New Brunswick.

David Jardine, illustrator for There's A Cow Under My Bed. Lives in New Brunswick.

Frieda Wishinsky, author of You're Mean, Lily Jean. Lives in Toronto Ontario.

Jeremy Tankard, author and illustrator of Boo Hoo Bird. Lives in Toronto Ontario.


Silver Birch Express
 
Marsha Skrypuch, author of Call Me Aram. Lives in Brantford, Ontario.

Lois Peterson, author of Meeting Miss 405. Lives in British Columbia.

Cary Fagan, author of Ten Lessons for Kaspar Snit. Lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Cyndi Sand-Eveland, author of Dear Toni. Lives in British Columbia.

Harry Endrulat, author of A Bear in War. Lives in Kitchener, Ontario.

Mindy Willett and Tom McLeod, authors of The Delta is My Home. They live in Aklavik.


Silver Birch Fiction
 
Shane Peacock, author of Death in the Air. Lives in Baltimore, Ontario (100k east of Toronto)

Linda DeMeulemeester, author of Grimm Hill, The Secret Deepens. Lives in British Columbia.

Arthur Slade, author of Jolted. Lives in Saskatchewan.

Alma Fullerton, author of Libertad. Lives in Midland, Ontario.

Natale Ghent, author of Odds Get Even. Lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Robert Weston, author of Zorgamazoo. Lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Anna Kerz, author of Mealworm Diaries. Lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Jill MacLean, author of The Nine Lives of Travis Keating. Lives in Nova Scotia.


Silver Birch non-fiction
 
Jane Drake and Ann Love, authors of Alien Invaders: Species that Threaten our World. Lives in Toronto.

Larry Verstraete, author of At the Edge: Daring Acts in Desperate Times. Lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Helaine Becker, author of Insecto Files: Amazing Insect Science and Facts You'll Never Believe. Lives in Toronto.

Kristin Butcher, author of Pharoahs & Foot Soldiers: One Hundred Ancient Egyptian Jobs You Might Have Desired or Dreaded. Lives in British Columbia.

Hugh Brewster, author of Dieppe: Canada's Darkest Day of World War II. Lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Frank B, Edwards, author of Robert Munsch: Portrait of an Extraordinary Canadian. Lives near Kingston, Ontario.

Rona Arato, author of Courage and Compassion, Ten Canadians Who Made a Difference. Lives in Toronto.


Red Maple
 
Caroline Pignat, author of Greener Grass. Lives in Ottawa Ontario.

Rene Schmidt, author of Leaving Fletchville. Lives in Brighton, Ontario (near Trenton).

Philip Roy, author of Submarine Outlaw. Lives in London Ontario and Nova Scotia.

Susin Nielson, author of Word Nerd. Lives in British Columbia.

Sharon McKay, author of War Brothers. Lives in Kilbride, Ontario (near Burlington).


White Pine
 
Shelley Hrdlitschka, author of Sister Wife. Lives in British Columbia.

Hiromi Goto, author of Half World. Lives in Alberta.

Lesley Livingston, author of Wondrous Strange. Lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Julie Burtinshaw author of The Perfect Cut. Lives in British Columbia.

Susan Juby, author of Getting the Girl. Lives in British Columbia.

Pam Bustin, author of Mostly Happy. Lives in Saskatchewan.


Prix Tamarack
 
Mireille Messier author of Tous les oeufs dans le même panier. Lives in Toronto, Ontario.


Golden Oak


Marsha Skrypuch, author of Call Me Aram. Lives in Brantford Ontario.

Ann Alma, author of Brave Deeds. Lives in British Columbia.

Susin Nielson, author of Word Nerd. Lives in British Columbia.