The launch of Christopher Dinsdale's new book, Betrayed: The Legend of Oak Island, took place at Chapters Newmarket on November 3rd, 2009. It was an exciting evening for all as many came out in support of the new book. Christopher Dinsdale was pleased to also use the launch as a fundraiser for the Clearmeadow P.S. School Council. The money raised will be used to enhance Clearmeadow's extracurricular school activities.

Brenda Chapman review online

"Highly recommended" by Canadian Materials magazine:
HERE

Brenda Chapman at Shirley Leishman

Saturday, October 24th, Brenda Chapman and C.B. Forrest, held a booksigning at Shirley Leishman bookstore in the Westgate Shopping Centre, Ottawa. This was their second successful co-signing, with many people stopping by to chat or to buy books.



Photo one: Brenda signing a copy of Trail of Secrets to a woman who had previously bought the other books in the series for her daughter.

Photo two: Interested shoppers stopping by.
Photo three: Brenda and C.B. Forrest (left) posing with a mystery fan.

Brenda Chapman at the Children's Lit Gala

Thursday, October 22nd, Brenda Chapman was one of ten local authors and illustrators invited to present from their latest work at the annual Children's Lit Gala in Nepean, Ontario. Afterwards, the authors and illustrators met with young readers and signed books in the Atrium of Ben Franklin Place. This was Brenda's third time participating in the Gala, which is sponsored by the Ottawa Public Library, the Ottawa Literature Roundtable and Capital Parent magazine.

picture one - With two Ottawa Public Library helpers.
picture two - Brenda reading from Trail of Secrets.

Brenda Chapman will be reading from her latest young adult novel, Trail of Secrets, on
Friday, September 11, 7 pm, at the Lighthouse Bookstore, 349 Main Street, Shawville.

Heather Kirk, author of two teen novels published by Napoleon, will be offering a course in "Creative Writing Fundamentals" at Georgian College in Barrie, Ontario this fall. The course, which is held on Monday evenings, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., runs from September 21 to December 14, 2009. Heather will also give a one-day seminar called "Writing for Children" on Saturday November 7, 2009. The seminar takes place on the Barrie campus of Georgian College. Heather's courses are part of the Continuing Education program of Georgian College. For more information see the program's web pages.

Brenda Chapman has been visiting Ottawa Public Libraries as part of the TD Summer Reading Club. Her interactive workshop introduces kids to the fun of mystery writing.

Jennifer Maruno was one of twelve authors invited to The Mimico Party in the Park held on June 23 in Toronto. Amid the sounds of jazz and bagpipes and the smell of hot dogs and candy floss, the authors met the neighbourhood and signed copies of their books. Over 1500 residents of all ages visited The Books in the Park area.

Michael Ignatieff, on hand to present his book as a raffle prize, visited with Jennifer to discuss her novel When the Cherry Blossoms Fell and left with a copy.

Celebrating Citizenship
lian goodall, author of Photographing Greatness: the Story of Karsh, has an article about Karsh, Prime Minister King and the first Canadian citizenship ceremony appearing in the June/July issue of The Wayback Times www.waybacktimes.com.

She will be speaking about Karsh and Prime Minister King at 1pm on Sat. July 4th, 2009 at Woodside National Historic Site, Kitchener, 538 Wellington St. North.

In addition, lian is moving to Picton on July 11th. She's excited that she will be living there and exploring Prince Edward County for the next year.