Gail Nyoka

      

                                                               

Authors’ Booking Service is pleased to announce that young-adult author and playwright, Gail Nyoka, is now scheduling visits to Ontario schools for the coming school year.   

 

Gail would love to plan a visit to your school or library.  Her rate is $250 per session, travel from Scarborough.

 

Gail is an award-winning playwright whose play Mella Mella has toured schools in Ontario.  Her novel has been a finalist for awards in the U.S. and Canada, including the Governor General’s Award.  Gail’s bibliography and details of her presentation follow this message. 

 

Gail Nyoka 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. For details of this program, please contact us. 

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Published Works

Young Adult Novel:

Mella and the N’anga: An African Tale. 2005 

Stage Play:

Mella Mella. (In the anthology Prepare to Embark: Six Theatrical Voyages for Young Audiences). 2002

Awards and Nominations

 

Mella and the N'anga: An African Tale
-  Silver Birch book, Ontario Library Association, 2007.

-  Honour book, TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, 2006.

-  Honourable mention (Juvenile, Young Adult Fiction) IPPY Book Awards, 2006.
-  Shortlisted, Carl Brandon Society Parallax Award, 2006.

-  Shortlisted, Governor General’s Literary Award for Children’s Literature, 2005.

Mella Mella

-  Chalmers Canadian Play Award, Theatre for Young Audiences, 2000.

Gail Nyoka’s Presentation Details

A presentation is an hour in length and consists of some readings from my novel Mella and the N’anga: An African Tale.  This is a story set in ancient southern Africa in what is now Zimbabwe.  The presentation includes a short question and answer period and information on one or more of the following: Cecil Rhodes and the colonization of southern Africa; ancient African civilizations which could include ancient Egypt.  

I am happy to work with students in grades 3 - 8.   

Two classes (60 children) are the maximum number of students per presentation.  I ask that teachers remain with their classes for the presentation. 

I offer workshops for grades 6 - 12.
Maximum group size: 30. 

I also offer Grade 12 Writers Craft Workshops.

The library or classroom is the best place for my presentation.  I am not equipped for gymnasium presentations.   

I require a board or flip charts.