Maureen Bush

Calgary Children’s Book Fair

Saturday is the Calgary Children’s Book Fair. Derek Mah recommended I bring something to do in the quiet times, so I found directions for a (simple!) origami dinosaur. I bought some way-too-small origami paper at the Galt Museum, so anyone in Calgary can come and watch me struggle with teeny tiny little folds.

Or, you know, talk to authors and buy books. Should be fun!

www.calgarybookfair.com

Maureen

Galt Museum

I’ll be in Lethbridge November 7, for a talk and reading at the Galt Museum. I’ve been invited down for a kids event associated with their new dinosaur exhibit. I was thrilled that they wanted to include an absurd story about a dinosaur model coming to life, with what I assume is a serious exhibit about the science of dinosaurs. I should have called the talk Where Fact and Fantasy Collide.

Maureen

Alberta Arts Days in Sundre

The Writer’s Guild of Alberta received some last minute money for Alberta Arts Days and asked if I could drive up to Sundre for a library reading. There’s a school next door, and they’ll invite a couple of classes. I’m looking forward to it – I haven’t been to Sundre for years. And I love talking with kids. Friday September 18, at 10:00, at the Sundre Municipal Library.

www.writersguild.ab.ca/

www.culture.alberta.ca/artsdays/

Silver Birch Express

I’m off to Toronto on Monday for the Forest of Reading Festival. Feather Brain has been nominated for the Silver Birch Express, so I get to take part in the awards ceremony, sign books, give a workshop on “What If? – Where Ideas Come From”, and drive up to Uxbridge with some Toronto writers for a school event.

I’ll report back on the all the excitement when I get home.

Maureen

Library reading

On May 29, 2008, I spoke about and read from Feather Brain and The Nexus Ring to 75 grade 3, 4 and 5 kids, at Nose Hill Library.The reading was organized by Canadian Family magazine as part of their Live Book Readings. The kids were amazing, with great questions and wonderful imaginations.