The Lambton County Library will host three award winning authors in a virtual setting as part of their Winter Reading Program.
Authors include Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award winner Shauntay Grant, Brock Greenhalgh and Governor General Award winner Kenneth Oppel.
The talks talk place today (Feb 2) from noon until 1 PM, Saturday February 12 from 1:30-2:30, and on Wednesday Febraury 16th from noon until 1 PM.
Author Talks With Shauntay Grant Wednesday, February 2, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (Online Program) Shauntay Grant is a writer and children’s author. Her picture book “Africville” won the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Awards.
With Brock Greenhalgh Saturday, February 12, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. (Online Program) Brock Greenhalgh has been telling the story of the 1934 Chatham All-Stars baseball team in one form or another for the past 30 years. He was first introduced to the team in 1989 as a university undergrad during a summer stint at the Chatham-Kent Museum. He realized that the team’s story was something special. Thirty years later, as he approached his 50th birthday he set a goal of writing a children’s book about the Chatham All-Stars who broke baseball’s colour barrier over a decade before Jackie Robinson.
With Kenneth Oppel Wednesday, February 16, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. (Online Program) Kenneth Oppel is a Governor General Award winning author, will be discussing his novel “The Nest”. Using Powerpoint and short readings, Kenneth will introduce readers to the strange ingredients that inspired this novel that explores disability and diversity, fears and dreams, and what ultimately makes a family.
Registration for each of these Author Talks is open at libnet.lclibrary.ca/events. Books by each author are also available to borrow with a Lambton County Library card using the online catalogue or the Iguana Library App.
