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Authors’ Booking Service is pleased to announce that young adult author Julie Burtinshaw, is now scheduling visits to Ontario for the coming school year.
Burtinshaw would love to plan a visit to your school or library. Her rate is $250 per 60-minute session, with a maximum of four sessions in a day ($1000) plus travel.
Burtinshaw 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 offset the cost of her visit. Contact us for details of this program.
Here is a current review of Burtinshaw’s new novel, The Darkness Between the Stars, (2011):
Beautifully written, yet painful and real! Burtinshaw weaves a story that stands out and shows the harmful results of teenage depression, not only on the teen, but on everyone around them. It also is a touch comforting with the clear love that Kate has for her brother. The book is provocative and a touch rough at times, but it is a story that I feel needs told.
Burtinshaw receives praise from teaches/students and librarians wherever she has presented. Julie is known for her ability to engage her audience. Teens respond to her remarkably well.
Published Works
The Darkness Between the Stars, McKellar & Martin, 2011
The
Perfect Cut, Raincoast Publishing, 2008
The
Freedom of Jenny, Raincoast Publishing 2005
Adrift,
Raincoast Publishing, 2002
Romantic Ghost
Stories, Lone Pine Publishing 2004
Dead
Reckoning, Raincoast Publishing, 2000
How to
Achieve Heaven on Earth, “Ending Poverty One Loan at a
Time,” Pelican Publishing, 2010
Literacy in
Action: On the Move, Excerpt; Freedom of Jenny,
Pearson Education Canada, Grade 8 English Program, 2009
Awards and Nominations
Best
Books for Teens, CCBC
Stellar Award, Nominee
Canadian
Children’s Book Centre “Our Choice” x 2
Manitoba Young
Readers Choice Award: Shortlisted
Canadian Library
Association Book of the Year: Nominated
Chocolate Lily Book
Award: Nominated x2
Red Cedar Award: Nominated x2
Diamond
Willow Award: Shortlisted
Presentation Details
Julie has read and workshopped in numerous schools across Canada, as well as participated in most of Canada’s International Writers’ Festivals. She is a regular keynote speaker/teen mentor at the Canadian Children’s Book Camp held each year in Vancouver, British Columbia and in 2010 she was one of the teen mentors workshopping and teaching students from the ages of 13 to 17. Her workshops are designed according to the age of the students participating. They are most successful with grades seven and up. These highly interactive workshops are lively, fun and are meant to encourage students to learn to love both reading and writing. The content is as listed below;
A series of engaging interactive writing exercises that draw in even the most reluctant students.
These exercises encourage creativity.
These exercises build writing skills in a non-threatening, game oriented manner.
Presentations include a short reading from Burtinshaw’s novels to highlight exercises.
Detailed discussions on: Where ideas come from, how to research a novel, writing a novel – idea to book, editing and much more.
Information on publishers (both on an offline) currently accepting teen-authored manuscripts.
Q and A throughout.
Grades I will present to:
6 to college level
Is this flexible? No, as my books are more suited to teens than younger students.
Maximum number of students per session:
Workshops: 10-20 (ideal for optimal results)
Readings/Talks: 40 +
Is this flexible? Yes, Please discuss this with me in advance
Venues you’re comfortable in: (classroom, library, auditorium, gymnasium)
I am comfortable in all settings.
Equipment and other requirements:
Whiteboard and pens
Water
Students should come equipped with pen and paper for workshops