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2006 |
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| Camille
Bouchard |
Camille
Bouchard (Can) has enjoyed a varied writing career,
creating comic strips, young adult and children's books
and a wide range of work for cinema, television and the
stage; his latest book for young readers is Les Larmes
de Viracocha.
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| Dennis
Foon |
Dennis
Foon (Can) has won awards and honours throughout
the world for his plays, films, books and television scripts;
his latest novel is The Keeper's Shadow, the
final book of the stunning, evocative fantasy trilogy
The Longlight Legacy.
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| Natale
Ghent |
Natale
Ghent is an award-winning journalist and the
author of the acclaimed novel No Small Thing
- nominated for the Silver Birch Award among other honours
-- whose sequel she brings to this year's WordFest.
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Clem Martini |
Clem
Martini (Can) is a Governor General's Award-winning
playwright and author who returns to WordFest with the
latest installment of his Feather and Bone: The Crow Chronicles
trilogy, The Judgment , and a guide to drama
in The Blunt Playwright.
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| Anne
Robillard |
Anne
Robillard (Can) had been penning fantasy stories
for many years before her series Les Chevaliers d'Émeraude
caught the attention of publishers; the ninth and latest
installment in this bestselling fantasy epic is L'héritage
de Danalieth.
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Larry Verstraete |
Larry
Verstraete (Can) has been bringing the world
of science alive for teens since the early Nineties; his
latest book is Lost Treasures, a collection of
more than eighty real-life stories about treasure hunters
and their fabulous finds.
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2005 |
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| Sheree
Fitch |
This poet,
storyteller and educator returns to WordFest with her
first young adult novel The Gravesavers - a ghostly
mystery set in the tiny town of Boulder Basin, Nova Scotia,
as well as a brand-new collection of enchanting children's
poems.
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| Charlotte
Gingras |
En 2000, Charlotte
Gingras a de nouveau reçu le Prix du Gouverneur général
pour son roman jeunesse Un été de Jade. Elle
est membre de l'Union des écrivaines et des écrivains
québécois. La courte èchelle inc.
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| François
Gravel |
François is
an award-winning writer with a following among adults
and youth alike; his latest novels are Adieu, Betty Crocker
and the children's titles Sekhmet, la déesse sauvage
and Klonk contre Klonk.
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Tim Wynne-Jones |
Tim has penned
novels for adults, produced numerous radio dramas, a children's
musical, an opera libretto, short stories, and songs for
the television programme "Fraggle Rock." Tim
returns to WordFest with his latest work, A Thief
in the House of Memory.
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| Marie-Francine
Hébert |
Marie-Francine
Hébert a un talent pour l’écriture pour les jeunes de
tous âges. Ses livres et ses scénarios pour la télévision
ont remporté plusieurs prix, dont le Prix Christie et
le Prix du Gouverneur général.
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2004 |
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Clem Martini |
Clem Martini
is a Calgary-born award-winning playwright, screenwriter
and a writer of short fiction. The Mob is his
first work of young adult fiction.
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| Ange
Zhang |
Ange Zhang
is an author, illustrator and theater designer. He has
illustrated many children’s books, and has recently written
and illustrated his own, Red Land Yellow River:
A Story from the Cultural Revolution.
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Dave Bidini |
Dave Bidini
is the guitar player for the well-known Canadian rock
band, the Rheostatics. He is also the author of The
Tropic of Hockey and On A Cold Road. His
newest book, For Those About to Rock, is a guidebook
for any teenager who has dreamed of being in a band and
making it big.
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| Jaclyn
Moriarty |
She is the
acclaimed Australian writer of Feeling Sorry for Celia.
Moriarty brings her delightful new novel, The Year
of Secret Assignments to this year’s festival. Moriarty’s
books have been well received internationally, especially
by high school students.
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Laurent Chabin |
Laurent Chabin
est né et a grandi en France. En 1994, il déménage
à Calgary avec sa famille. Depuis 1996, il a écrit
plus de cinquante livres en français qui sont bien
reçus autant chez les jeunes que chez les adultes.
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2003 |
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David Baudemont |
David Baudemont
is an innovative Fransaskois children’s novelist and playwright;
his novels Les beaux jours and Les pierres
du Nil were composed in semi-improvised creative
workshops including young people.
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| Sheree
Fitch |
Sheree Fitch
is a renowned performance poet, storyteller, author, and
educator; she released her first young adult novel One
More Step last year, and The Rock A Bye Rock
is her latest book.
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| Dennis
Foon |
Dennis Foon
is an award-winning author, screenwriter and playwright;
his newest books for young people include the edgy coming-of-age
story SKUD and the stunning, evocative fantasy
The Dirt Eaters.
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| Carole
Fréchette |
Carole Fréchette
is one of the most recognized playwrights in Québec
theatre, and has also penned wonderfully lyrical novels
for young people such as the recently translated In
the Key of DO.
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| Caroline
Lawrence |
Caroline Lawrence
brought her training in the classics to the writing of
The Thieves of Ostia, the first of her immensely
popular Roman Mysteries series; her latest is The
Twelve Tasks of Flavia Gemina.
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| Garth
Nix |
Garth Nix counts
The Ragwitch, Sabriel, Shade’s Children and Lirael
among the multiple award-winning novels that feature his
original fantasy vision; his latest is the immensely popular
Abhorsen.
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| Rosemary
Sadlier |
Rosemary Sadlier
is a noted author and activist who was instrumental in
making the celebration of Black History Month a national
event in Canada; her latest is The Kid’s Book of Black
Canadian History.
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| 2002 |
| Julie
Burtinshaw |
Julie Burtinshaw
earned critical praise for her innovative debut novel,
Dead Reckoning, and returns to WordFest with
an equally gripping and fascinating tale of the sea in
Adrift.
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| Julie
Lawson |
Julie Lawson
is an award-winning children’s writer whose potent imagination
animates her new works The Klondike Cat, Emily: Disaster
at the Bridge and A Ribbon of Shining Steel.
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| Michèle
Marineau |
Michèle
Marineau is a two-time Governor General’s Literary Award-winning
children's authornoted for her clarity and insight; her
work in English translation includes award-winners The
Road to Chlifa and Lean Mean Machines.
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| Nicky
Singer |
Nicky Singer
is an accomplished and versatile writer who debuts as
a children's writer with feather boy, a coming-of-age
tale that has been praised as a moving, original and captivating
book.
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| Arthur
Slade |
Arthur Slade is a major new
voice in children's literature; he won a Governor General’s
Literary Award in 2001 for Dust and trains his
sights on high school in his latest, Tribes.
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