Our I Read Canadian Reading Flash Mob Event was a big success!!! We had 19 readings, from 18 different books/poems. We had 7 Young Adult and Children’s authors in attendance and 11 other Authors honoured during the evening. The total reading time was 50 minutes, beating the goal/ challenge set by I Read Canadian of 15 minutes. #IReadCanadian Day
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Announced October 28- 2019, it is a National Day to celebrate Canadian Books for young people, a day dedicated to reading Canadian. Its purpose is to raise awareness of Canadian books and celebrate the richness and diversity of Canadian Literature #IReadCanadian
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For our #IReadCanadian Reading Flash Mob last night Jacqueline Halsey read twice from her book Piper. Piper is a historical fiction middle grade reader about 12-year boy Dougal and his trip from Scotland to Pictou on the Ship Hector in 1773. Piper has been shortlisted for the 2019-2020 Hackmatack Children’s Choice Book Awards.
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Young Adult Author Shawna Romkey read from her book ‘Easterly’. She will be doing an event here at the store on Saturday, July 11th!!!
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Cindy Tingley read a selection from her book Lily’s Secret. She will also be having an event here at the store on Saturday, November 14th with her 2nd book in Lily’s Adventures: Lily’s Desert Adventure.
Clare O’Connor read from her book Skateboard Sibby. Copies of her signed book are available at the store.
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Melanie Mosher read from 3 of her books. A ‘Beginner’s Guide to Goodbye’ (soon to be released by Nimbus Publishing), ‘Goth Girl’ and her picture book ‘Fire Pie Trout’.
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Carrie Muller read from her picture book ‘The Terrible Horrible Smelly Pirate’. We now have a copy of this book signed by both her and her co-author Jacqueline Halsey in the store.
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Young Adult Author Nicole Bea read from her book ‘Forever Summer’, which is being released this Monday. She will be doing a Book Reading/Signing Event here on Saturday, November 14th, from 1-4pm. Check out her Facebook Page for more information.
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We are looking forward to the second annual #IReadCanadian Day in 2021 when we hope to beat this year’s 50 minutes of reading Canadian!!!
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Cindy Tingley & Cindy Campbell- Stone