Authors' Booking Service is pleased to announce that children's author, Alma Fullerton, is now scheduling visits to Ontario schools for the current school year.

Alma would love to plan a visit to your school or library.  Her rate is $300 per session, ($200 for each additional session booked for the same day at a single location) plus travel from Midland Ontario.

Alma's new middle grade novel Burn was released October 2010.

Alma's young adult novel Libertad has had stunning reviews. It has won and was nominated for fifteen awards, including the 2008 Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Literature (finalist), the 2009 TD Canadian Children's Literature Award (finalist), the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award (winner), the 2009 CLA Children's Book of the Year (Honour Book), the 2009 Golden Oak Award (winner), the Once Upon a World Children's Book Award (winner) and the 2010 Silver Birch Award (honour book).

In the Garage was short-listed for an Alberta book award and Walking on Glass was a Yalsa Quick Pick novel for reluctant readers and is on the Tayshas 2008-2009 reading list.

A portion of the proceeds from this book goes to Safe Passage - an organization that brings children out of the Guatemala City Dump and into classrooms. For more information visit www.safepassage.org

Having had to deal with dyslexia herself, Alma's goal is to get even the most reluctant readers reading.

Here's what Teacher/Librarian Megan Clarke of St. Theresa's High School has to say about this author:

        I've had the opportunity to hear Alma speak on two occasions throughout this school year. One speaking engagement was for a larger group of students, and the most recent was through a writing workshop that she prepared and presented for my grade 12 Writer's Craft class.
        Alma's workshop focused on the writing process and character creation. It was both engaging and interactive. She included many "hands-on" activities for my students, which provided the class with the opportunity to immediately practice what she was teaching them . She was also eager to answer any questions that the students had about the publishing process and her novels.

Alma Fullerton is a member of The Writers' Union of Canada, and so schools wishing to invite her may be eligible for a travel and fee subsidy to off-set the cost of her visit. Contact us for details of this program.

Published Works and Awards

Burn – Middle Grade Novel – free verse – 260 pages – ISBN 10 – 189715950/13 – 978-1897151952 - Dancing Cat Books – 2010

      2011 CLA Children’s Book of the Year Award Finalist

      2011 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award Finalist

      2011/2012 Rocky Mountain Book Award Shortlist
    

Libertad – Free Verse novel – Fitzhenry and Whiteside – 215 pages- ISBN 9781554551064 - 2008

      2008 Governor General Award Finalist

      2009 TD Canadian Children's literature Award Finalist

      2009 Ruth Schwartz Award Winner

      2009 CLA Children’s Book of the Year Honor Book

      2009 Golden Oak Award Winner

      2009 Once Upon a World Children's Book Award (Simon Wiesenthal Center)

      2010 Silver Birch Award Honor book

      2010 Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award Shortlist

      2010 Rocky Mountain Book Award shortlist

      2010/11 SnowWillow Award shortlist

      2010/11 Red Cedar Award Winner

      2010 17th Annual Skipping Stones Honor award

      2009 Bank Street Books Best Children's Books

      2008 Resource Links Best Books list

      2009 Canadian Children's book Center Starred Best Book Choice

      2008 Cybil Award nominee

In the Garage –Young Adult novel - free verse/prose – 181 pages - ISBN 0889953716 - RedDeer Press Canada - 2006

      2008 Canadian Children’s book Center Starred Best book

      2009 Stellar Award nominee

      2007 Alberta Book Award in the children’s category shortlist

      2007 Lois Hole Editorial Award winning book

      2006 Cybil Award nominee

Walking on Glass – Young Adult novel- free verse – 144 pages – ISBN- 0060778512 - HarperCollins– Jan. 9th 2007

 
      Canadian Children’s book Center Starred Best book 2008

      Yalsa Quick Pick list 2008

      2008 - 2009 Tayshas Reading list book

      2007 Cybil Award nominee

Presentation Details For Children, Teens and Adult literacy programs

From a non-reader into a reader 

Her personal journey from being a dyslexic non-reader who was told she'd never graduate to becoming an award winning author. 45 minutes including a reading and a 15 minute question period.

The story behind the story - How my books came to be

Consists of a reading from one of my novels and then I tell the process of how books become books from idea to finished book. 45 minutes with a 15 minute question period.

An Author's Career

The ups and downs of being an author. What do authors do during the day? How much do we get paid? How do we deal with rejection and revision? And believing in yourself. 45 minutes with a 15 minute question period.

Show Don't Tell

Through a series of guided writing exercises and group sharing, students learn how to enhance their own natural writing talents and improve their creative work by using revealing detail (1 hour with one or two classes at a time).

Breathing Life into your Characters

An hour-long workshop on character development and how to make your characters real. With tips and character sketch worksheets.

Letting the Dominoes fall

An hour-long workshop on setting up stories so they run smoothly beginning to end.

Grades I will present to: 3 -12

Is this flexible? Yes, I'm willing to speak to younger children and adults as well.

Maximum number of students per session: for grades 3-5: 60 students or two classes - for 5-12: 90 students

Is this flexible? If in a conference or library presentation I'm willing to speak to larger groups.

Workshops available? Yes, grades 5 -12

Maximum participants for workshop: 30 or one class

Professional Development Workshops? Yes - several different ones.

Grade 12 Writers' Craft Workshops? Yes

Venues you're comfortable in:  classroom, library, auditorium, gymnasium

Is this flexible? yes

List any equipment or other requirements you have: a mic if a bigger room and a projector in a power point presentation (not all of my presentations require power point)