First Calgary Savings Book Rapport
Educational Programme of WordFest
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WordFest
is thrilled to welcome Deborah Ellis, author of
the internationally
renowned Breadwinner trilogy, to the
2008 Festival
Deborah Ellis has achieved
international acclaim with her courageous and
dramatic books that give Western readers a glimpse
into the plight of children in developing
countries. The Breadwinner trilogy, which
has been published around the
world in seventeen languages, raised more than
half a million dollars in
royalties which were donated to Street Kids International
and to Women forWomen, an organization that supports
education projects for Afghan girls in refugee
camps in Pakistan.
Deborah comes to the Festival with her newest
release, Off to War, Voices of Soldiers' Children,
in which she interviews the children of Canadian
and American soldiers serving in Afghanistan and
Iraq. In their own words, they describe how being
a soldier's child has affected their lives. Royalties
from Off To War are being donated to the Children
in Crisis fund of IBBY, the International Board
on Books for Young People.
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The 2008 Book Rapport
Event Schedule has been posted, click HERE
to check out this year's line-up!
