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Laura Langston
Authors’
Booking Service is pleased to announce that children’s and young adult
author, Laura Langston, is taking requests for visits to
Ontario schools for the coming school year.
Laura would
love to plan a visit to your region. Her rate is $250 per session, plus
travel/accommodation expenses and HST. Her half day rate (2 sessions at
the same school) is $475 plus HST; her full day rate (4 sessions at the
same venue) is $925 plus HST.
Laura is the
winner of the Kobzar Literary Award (Lesia’s Dream). Her work has been
nominated for a number of other awards including the Governor General’s
award, the Snow Willow, the Silver Birch, the Rocky Mountain Book Award
and the Cilip Kate Greenaway Medal. A complete bibliography and
details of her presentation follow this message.
Here’s what
reading teacher Mary Tkachuk of The Priory School in Montreal had to
say about this author: “You were an incredible speaker and kept the
children engaged and interested throughout your presentation.”
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Published
Works: laura langston
Young Adult
Novels:
Last Ride,
2011
Hannah’s
Touch, 2009
Finding
Cassidy, 2006
Exit Point,
2006
Lesia’s
Dream, 2003
Juvenile
Novels:
Trouble
with Cupid, 2008
Perfect
Blue, 2008 (formerly published as A Taste of Perfection,
2002)
Picture
Books:
Mile-High
Apple Pie, 2004
The Fox’s
Kettle, 1998
The Magic
Ear, 1995
No Such
Thing As Far Away, 1994
Non-fiction:
Chan
Hon Goh, Prima Ballerina, 2005
Rosemary
Brown, Political Pioneer, 2005
Our
Mysterious Universe, 2005
Pay Dirt!
The Search for Gold in British Columbia, 1995
Awards
and Nominations
Finding
Cassidy
- Teen Pick, 2006, Junior
Advisory Board, Indigo
Lesia’s
Dream
- Winner of the Kobzar Literary Award, 2006
LAURA’s
Presentation Details
My
interactive school visits vary, depending on the ages and interests of
the students, and the needs of the teachers.
In most
cases, I talk about how writing a book is like making a pizza: you need
certain key ingredients. The first is an idea! I talk about where my
ideas come from, what makes a good character, how the first draft is
written, and the writing life, including revisions, rejections and
reviews. Depending on time and interest, I like to take students
through the process of brainstorming a story. Each presentation
includes a brief reading and I leave plenty of time for
questions. High school students are often interested in my
background as a journalist for CBC or how they might submit to
publishers; I’m happy to discuss both. I’m also more than willing
to devote the entire hour to Lesia’s Dream and its related topics of
Ukrainian immigration to Canada, internment, and racism and
discrimination.
I will
present to grades 3 and up. I prefer not to make exceptions at this
time.
Maximum number of
students per session: I prefer groups of 60 but I can present to larger
groups, particularly if the teachers remain present & engaged.
Please let me know what you need.
I offer
writing workshops to grades 7 and up.
Maximum
participants for workshop:30 (will consider slightly larger groups of
grades 11 and/or 12 students)
I am
comfortable in a classroom, library or auditorium. I prefer to avoid
gymnasiums if possible, but I’m flexible.
I require a
large table for presentation material, a blackboard, whiteboard or flip
chart, an overhead projector and screen (if presenting a writing
workshop), and a microphone for groups of 100 or more (or if I’m
presenting in a gymnasium or auditorium).
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