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Alma
Fullerton
Silver Birch Fiction Nominee 2010
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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 young adult novel Libertad has had stunning
reviews. It was nominated for the CLA Children's Book of the Year, the
Governor General Award and MYRCA 2010.
Libertad is the winner of the 2009 Ruth and Sylvia
Schwartz
Children's Book Award and the winner of
the 2009 Golden Oak Award for adult literacy.
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.
Time slots are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis, so please
respond early if you are interested in booking.
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Published Works:
Libertad
-middle-grade/Young Adult free verse novel -
214 pages-
ISBN-9781554551064 - Published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 2008
Shortlisted for the Governor General Award for Children's Literature,
2008.
Shortlisted for the 2009 CLA Children's Book of the Year Award.
Winner of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award, 2009.
Winner of the Golden Oak Award, 2009.
Nominated for the 2010 Manitoba Young Readers
Choice Awards
2009 Canadian Children's Book Centre Starred Best book
2009 Bank Street Best Books
In
the Garage -Young Adult novel - 181 pages - ISBN 0889953716
- Published by Red Deer Press Canada - Nov. 2006
2009 Stellar Award nominee
2008 Canadian Children's Book Centre Starred Best book
Shortlisted for an Alberta Book Award in the children's category - 2007
Lois Hole Editorial Award winning book
A 2006 Cybil Award nominee
Walking
on Glass - Young Adult novel - 144 pages - ISBN- 0060778512 -
Published by - HarperTempest NY USA- Jan. 9th 2007
2008 YALSA Quick Pick
2008 - 2009 Tayshas Reading list book (Texas Library Association)
2007 Cybil Award nominee
Forthcoming:
Master
of Disguise - young mid-grade ages 7-10 - due out Spring 2009
Alma's 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.
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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)
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