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October 14, 2006
Illustrator's Breakfast
Event: We welcome one of Canada's leading illustrators, Janet Wilson. She is well known for her artistic interpretation of In Flander's Fields (Granfield), Me & Mr. Mah (Spalding), Selina and the Shoo Fly Pie (Smucker), Tiger Flowers (Quinlan) and Imagine That!
Special guest: author William Bell
University Golf Club 8:30 am [PDF Flyer] [WORD]

February 25, 2006
Event: Serendipity: Hugh Brewster, Valerie Hussey, Paul Janeczko, Betsy Lewin, Ted Lewin, and Beverly Naidoo
Place: Scarfe Building Faculty of Education
Time: 8:00 a.m. Registration, Coffee & Muffins, and Autographing 9:00 a.m. Program to 4:00 p.m.

February 2, 2006
Event: Authorfest at UBC.
Place: Hebb Theatre, UBC.
Time: Thursday, 4:30pm - 6:30pm.
More Info: (doc) or (pdf)

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July 13, 2005
Event: Wendy Orr. Wendy will be sharing her books with us, relating the success of Nim's Island in the U.S., and giving us insights into the current trends of the Australian writing scene.
Place: UBC

February 26, 2005
Event: Serendipity Roch Carrier, Kevin Crossley-Holland, Shari Graydon, David Shannon, Bonnie Verburg
Place: Scarfe Building Faculty of Education
Time: 8:00 a.m. Registration, Coffee & Muffins, and Autographing
9:00 a.m. Program to 3:00 p.m.

February 2, 2005
Event: Authorfest BC Authors: Avis Harley, Trevor Lai, Shar Levine, Andrea Spalding
Place: Hebb Theatre, UBC
Time: 4:00-6:00 p.m.

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November 3, 2004
Event: Allan Stratton Canadian Children's Book Week Authors and Illustrators
Place: University Women's Club - HYCROFT
Time: 6:30 p.m.

October 18, 2004
Event: Discovering THE ANNE FRANK EXHIBITION
Place: The Vancouver Holocaust Centre at the Jewish Community Centre
Time: 7:00 pm

October 2, 2004
Event: Tony Ross, (from Andersen Press) ILLUSTRATOR'S BREAKFAST
Place: Westin Bayshore Hotel, West Georgia
Time: 7:30 am

May 11, 2004
Event: Paul Yee. Set in 1907 in Vancouer's Chinatown. Hosted by Tradewind Books.
Place: Ponderosa Annex F.
Time: Tuesday, 7:00 pm.

February 27 - 28, 2004
Event: Serendipity. A special event celebrating 25 years of Vancouver's Roundtable. Serendipity includes a gala 25th Anniversary Banquet on Friday evening featuring the hilarious poet, Loris Lesynski, from Toronto. This will be a solid-silver celebration with festive memories and, of course, door prizes galore. Presenters include: Karen Levine, the winner of the 2003 Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada Information Book Award, for Hanna's Suitcase; Michael Foreman, renowned British illustrator, Greenway Medal winner, and author and illustrator of War Boy and more than 150 other books; Klaus Flugge, editor of Andersen Press, the children's literature powerhouse publisher of Tony Ross, Melvin Burgess, Ruth Brown, David McKee, Chris Riddell, Colin McNaughton, Ralph Steadman and others; Isobelle Carmody, fantasy and science fiction writer from Australia, The Legendsong Saga, The Obernewtyn Chronicles, The Gathering and others; David Wiesner, New York based illustrator, two time Caldecott Medal winner, for Tuesday and for The Three Pigs and author/illustrator of many more books.
Place: Gala Banquet - Pondersa Cafe, UBC; Serendipity - Neville Scarfe Building, UBC.
Time: Banquet, 6:30 pm; Serendipity, 9:00am - 4:00 pm.

February 4, 2004
Event: Authorfest A celebration of four of our BC Writers: David Bouchard, David Ward, Pam Withers, Deborah Zagwyn.
Place: Hebb Theatre, UBC.
Time: Wednesday, 4:30 - 6:00 pm.

January 26, 2004
Event: Salute to Kevin Major
Place: Richmond Public Library, Main Branch (Brighouse-Minoru)
Time: 6:30 pm Dessert; 7:30 pm Presentation.

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November 25, 2003
Event: "Remembering Monica" An evening to pay tribute to and remember a beloved Canadian writer - Monica Hughes.
Place: Immaculate Conception School, 3745 West 28th Ave., Vancouver
Time: Tuesday, 7:30 pm.

November 8, 2003
Event: Eric Walters & B.C. Authors and Illustrators, Canadian Children's Book Week Gala
Place: Shadbolt Centre & Ceperley House, Dear Lake Park, Burnaby.
Time: Saturday 1:00 pm. - 4:00 pm.

October 27, 2003
Event: 25 Years with Children's Books: A celebration with two of B.C.'s and Canada's most recognized writers, Sarah Ellis & Kit Pearson.
Place: L.S. Klinck Building, UBC.
Time: Monday, 7:00 pm.

September 27, 2003
Event: Illustrator's Breakfast Rosemary Wells opens the 25th season of the Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable!
Place: Westin Bayshore
Time: Saturday, 7:30 am.

July 9, 2003
Event: Kirsti Wakelin, Illustrator of A Pod of Orcas by Sheryl McFarlane. Stefan Czernecki, Illustator of The Sea King by Jane Yolen & Shulamith Oppenheim. He also illustrated Buddha Under the Bodhi Tree and the Singing Snake.
Place: Language Education Research Centre (LERC), Ponderosa F, UBC.
Time: 4:30 ­ 5: 30 pm

April 20, 2003
Event: Easter Reading Party

February 22, 2003
Event: Serendipity Katherine Paterson, Linda Sue Park, Chris Riddell, Dinah Stevenson, Linda Granfield
Place: Scarfe, UBC
Time 8:30 am - 2:30 pm

February 5, 2003
Event: Authorfest 2003

January 27, 2003
Event: Oh, Sweet Poetry

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November 5, 2002
Event: Gala Celebration of Children's Book Festival. Gillian Chan and our BC children's authors and illustrators.
Time: Tuesday, 7:00 pm.

October 28, 2002
Event: Arthur Slade.
Time: Monday, 7:30 pm.

September 21, 2002
Event: Breakfast with Mem Fox, Australian author.
Chairs: Ron Jobe and Sharon Freeman.
Time: Saturday, 8:30 - 11 am.

February 23, 2002
Event: Serendipity Michael Morpugo, Author. Devon, England. Waiting for Anya, Twist of Gold, High King of Britain, Kensuke´s Kingdom, The Wreck of the Zanzibar. Karla Kuskin, U.S. Poet. James and the Rain, The Upstairs Cat, City Dog. Deborah Hodge, Barbara Reid.
Place: Wall Centre, Vancouver
Time: 7:45 am - 3:00 pm

February 6, 2002
Event: Authorfest
Place: Hebb Theatre, UBC
Time: Wednesday, 4:30 - 6:00 pm.

January 28, 2002
Event: Dessert party to honour Author Linda Bailey.
Place: Arts for Kids Art Gallery, Leo Marshall Media Centre. 810-West 21st. North Vancouver.

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November 6, 2001
Event: Canadian Children's Book Festival Gala
Ange Zhang, Illustrator: Cowboy of the Steppes, Time of Golden Dragons.
Martine Bates, Author: Dragon’s Tapestry, Prism Moon, Taker’s Key.
Also celebrating B.C. Authors & Illustrators Chair: Wendy Sutton.
Place: Vancouver Museum’s Auditorium, Vancouver.
Time: Tuesday, 7pm.

July 11, 2001
Event: Wendy Orr, South Australia.
Wendy, well-known for her powerful novel Peeling the Onion, is originally from Saltspring Island but has been living in South Australia for some time. Come hear her talk about her many Annick picture books and the new novel Nim's Island.
Place: LERC, UBC.
Time: Wednesday, 4:30 - 5:30 pm.

June 4, 2001
Event: Janet McNaughton, Newfoundland,
Author of Catch Me Once Catch Me Twice, The Secret Under My Skin, To Dance at the Palais Royale, Make or Break Spring, and the latest, The Saltbox Sweater.
Co-hosted with Vancouver KidsBooks.
Place: Kidsbooks.
Time: Monday, 7:30 pm.

May 28, 2001
Event: Illustrator's Breakfast David Almond. London, England.
The author of such outstanding titles as Skellig, Kit's Wilderness and Heaven's Eyes.
Co-hosted with Vancouver KidsBooks.
Place: Kidsbooks.
Time: Monday, 7:30 am.

May 10, 2001
Event: A Conversation with Sharon Stewart of Richmond Hill, Ontario.
Hosted by Red Deer Press. Sharon is the author of The Dark Tower, ( A Red Cedar Nominee), The Minstrel Boy, Spider's Web, My Anastasia, and the soon to be published City of the Dead.
Place: LERC, UBC.
Time: Thursday, 5:30 - 6:30 pm.

February 24, 2001
Event: Serendipity 2001 Conference. Speakers: Vivien Bowers, Writer. Nelson B.C. Lois Lowry, Writer. Boston, Massachusetts. Kelly McKinley, Writer. San Diego, California. Jan Ormerod, Illustrator. Cambridge, England. Janet S. Wong, Poet. Seattle, Washington.

February 7, 2001
Event: Authorfest
Place: Hebb Theatre, UBC.

January 22, 2001
Event: An Evening to Honour Sue Anne Alderson
Place: Hycroft: Women’s University Club.

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February 26, 2000
Event: Serendipity 2000 Conference. Speakers: Jez Alborough, Illustrator. London, England. Barbara Greenwood, Author. Toronto, Ontario. J. Patrick Lewis, Poet & Writer. Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Anita Silvey, Editor. Boston, Massachusetts. Laurence Yep, Writer. Pacific Grove, California.

February 10, 2000
Event: The Challenge of Reluctant Readers. Dr. Mary Dayton-Sakari, University of Victoria, BC. Dr. Ronald Jobe.
Place: UBC

February 8, 2000
Event: Authorfest. Speakers: Sarah Ellis, Writer. Vancouver, BC. Bob Heidbreder, Poet. Vancouver, BC. Shar Levine, Writer. Vancouver, BC. Heather Kellerhals-Stewart, Writer, Heriot Bay, BC. Mary Razzell, Writer. Vancouver, BC.
Place: Hebb Theatre, UBC.

January 24, 2000
Event: Annual Gala Dinner. Salute to Monica Hughes, Writer. Edmonton, Alberta.
Event: Law Courts Restaurant.

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November 16, 1999
Event: Children’s Book Festival Gala. HMSC Discovery, Deadman¹s Island Stanley Park. Special Guests: Kenneth Oppel, Writer. Toronto, Ontario. & BC Writers: Linda Bailey, Lillian Boraks-Nemetz, Norma Charles, Sandra Diersch, Sarah Ellis, Bob Heidbreder, Jim Heneghan, Nancy Hundal, Diane Jarvis Jones, Heather Kellerhals-Stewart, Shar Levine, Cythia Nicolson, Mary Razzell, Florida Town, and Irene Watts.

October 27, 1999
Event: Diana Wieler. Writer. Winnipeg, Manitoba.

October 19, 1999
Event: Folklore for Our Times. Special Guests: Priscilla Galloway, Writer. Toronto, Ontario. Sarah Ellis, Writer. Vancouver, BC. Linda Lines, Folklorist. Prince George, BC.
Place: Vancouver Public Library

October 2, 1999
Event: Illustrator’s Breakfast. Leo & Diane Dillon. Illustrators, Brookyn, New York.
Place: Hyatt Regency Hotel

September 28th, 1999
Event: Tomie de Paola, His Art and His Stories. Special Guests: Barbara Elleman. Former teacher librarian, public librarian, Booklist reviewer, Editor of Children’s Section of Booklist, founder of Book Links. She is currently the Distinguished Scholar of Children’s Literature in the School of Education at Marquette University in Milwaukee.

May 11, 1999
Event: An Australian Spring. Christine & David Harris, Writers. Adelaide, South Australia.

April 12, 1999
Event: An Australian Spring. Erica Irving, Publisher. Melbourne, Victoria. Craig Smith, Illustrator. Melbourne, Victoria.

February 27, 1999
Event: Serendipity 1999 Conference. Speakers: Melvin Burgess, Writer. England. Susan Pearson, Editor. New York. New York. Chris Raschka, Writer/Illustrator. New York. Greg Ruhl, Illustrator. Toronto, Ontario. Bruce Whatley, Illustrator. Sydney, Australia. Rose Whatley, Writer. Sydney, Australia.
Place: Coast Plaza Hotel.

February 4, 1999
Event: Authorefest. Speakers: Marion Crook, Writer. Vancouver, BC. Gayle Gaetz, Writer. Vancouver. BC. Robert Heidbreder, Poet. Vancouver, BC. Ainsle Manson, Writer. Vancouver, BC. Diane Swanson, Writer. Victoria, BC.
Place: Hebb Theatre, UBC.

January 25, 1999
Event: Nights to Remember. A Gala Dinner Saluting the Roundtable¹s 20th Birthday! Featuring Special Guests: Jean Little, Writer. Elora, Ontario. Claire MacKay, Writer. Toronto, Ontario.
Place: The Law Court’s Restaurant

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December 1, 1998
Event: A Caldecott Party! Who Will Win? Dr. Ron Jobe & his favourite picture book nominees.

November 25, 1998
Event: The Warmth of Winter! Andrea & David Spaulding.

November 10, 1998
Event: Canadian Children’s Book Festival Gala. Speakers: Harvey Chan. Illustrator, Toronto, Ontario. Kim Fernandes, Illustrator, Toronto. Ontario. & BC Writers: Norma Charles, Marion Crook, Sandra Diersch, Joanne Findon, Gayle Friesen, Deborah Hodge, Shelley Hrdlitschka, Pascal Milelli, Cynthia Nicolson, Kit Pearson, Ginny Russell, Joan Skogan, Vickie Scudamore, Irene Watts, and Joan Weir.
Place: Hycroft: The University Women’s Club

October 29, 1998
Event: Art Spiegelman’s Maus Exhibit at the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre. Graham Forst, Writer. Vancouver, BC. Frieda Miller, Director. Holocaust Education Centre.

October 10, 1998
Event: Poet’s Breakfast. Jack Prelutsky, Poet. Seattle, Washington.

July 22, 1998
Event: William Bell, Writer. Orillia, Ontario. Ting-xing Ye, Writer. Orillia, Ontario.

February 21, 1998
Event: Serendipity 1998 Conference. Speakers: Shelley Tanaka, Writer & Editor. Toronto, Ontario. Peter Carver, Editor, Red Deer Press. Toronto, Ontario. Demi, Illustrator. Seattle, Washington. Philip Pullman, Writer. Oxford, England. Alice Schertle, Poet. New York.
Place: Coast Plaza Hotel.

February, 1998
Event: Authorfest. Speakers: Marion Crook, Writer. Coquitlam, BC. Dayle Gaetz, Writer. Vancouver. BC. Robert Heidbreder, Poet, Vancouver. BC. Ainslie Manson, Writer, West Vancouver, BC. Diane Swanson, Writer, Victoria, BC.
Place: U.B.C.

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November 4, 1997
Event: Canadian Children’ Book Festival Gala. Special guests: Barbara Nichol, Writer. Toronto, Ontario. Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak, Storyteller & Writer, Rankin Inlet. & B.C. Writers & Illusrators.
Place: Hycroft: The Women’s University Club.

October 4, 1997
Event: Illustrator’s Breakfast. Tomie dePaola, New London, New Hampshire.
Place: Hyatt Regency Hotel

May 29,1997
Event: Gillian Rubinstein, Writer. Adelaide, South Australia.

April 10, 1997
Event: Agnes Nieuwenhuizen. Manager of Australia’s Youth Literature Program. Melbourne, Victoria.

March 6, 1997
Event: Jean Little. Writer. Guelph, Ontario.

February 22, 1997
Event: Serendipity 1997 Conference. Speakers: Karen Cushman, Writer, Oakland, California. Linda Granfield, Writer, Toronto, Ontario. Pat Hutchins, Illustrator, London, England. X. J. Kennedy, Poet, Boston, Massachusetts. Mark Macleod, Editor, Sydney, Australia.
Place: Coast Plaza Hotel

February 5, 1997
Authorfest. Speakers: Marion Crook, Coquitlam, B.C. Sarah Ellis, Vancouver, B.C. Dorothy Field, Cobble Hill, B.C. James Heneghan, North Vancouver, B.C. Monica Hughes, Edmonton, Alberta. Ginny Russell, Delta, B.C.
Place: Scarfe Building, UBC.

January 27, 1997
Event: Gala Dinner.A Symphony of Tastes. Tim Wynne-Jones. Writer. Ontario.
Place: Cecil Green Park, UBC.

March 6, 1997
Event: Jean Little. Writer. Guelph, Ontario.

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November 27, 1996
Event: Poetry, Mulled Wine, & Bob! Robert Heidbreder, Poet. Vancouver, B.C.

November 5, 1996
Event: Canada’s Children¹s Book Festival Gala. Special Guests: Aubrey Davis. Writer & Storyteller. Toronto, Ontario. & B.C. Writers & Illustrators.
Place: Hycroft: The University Women's Club

October 28, 1996
Event: Paulette Bourgeois. Writer. Toronto, Ontario.

October 7, 1996
Event: Margaret Mahy. Writer. Governor’s Bay, New Zealand.

October 1, 1996
Event: Ian Wallace. Writer & Illustrator. Toronto, Ontario. W. D. Valgardson, Writer. Victoria, BC.

September 26, 1996
Event: Illustrator's Breakfast. Patricia Polacco. Ohio. Norton Juster. Writer.
Place: Hyatt Regency Hotel

September 20, 1996
Event: Bob Heidbreder, Poet. Vancouver, BC. Linda Bailey, Writer. Vancouver, BC. Place: KidsBooks, Vancouver, BC.

September 19, 1996
Event: The Face on the Milk Carton. Carolyn Cooney, Writer.
Place: KidsBooks, Vancouver, BC.

May, 1996
Event: The Best of the Best: The NCTE Adventuring with Books Project. Speakers: Dr. Wendy Sutton, UBC. With Sally Clinton, Maggie DeVries, Sheila Egoff, Avis Harley, Erika Hasebe-Ludt, Linda Lines, Morag Macdonald, Keith MacPherson, Sonia MacPherson and Linda Stender.

February 16, 1996
Event: Serendipity 1996 Conference. Speakers: Jeannie Baker, Illustrator. Sydney, Australia. Ashley Bryan, Poet. Isleford, Maine. Janni Howker, Writer, England.
Place: Coast Plaza Hotel.

January 22, 1996
Event: Wildlife in the City. Gala dinner. A Salute to Diane Swanson. Writer, Victoria. B.C.
Place: Cecil Green Park, UBC.

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December 5, 1995
Event: Mulled Wine & Yule Poetry.

November 22, 1995
Event: Canada’s Children¹s Book Week Gala. Special Guests: Mark Thurman. Writer. Toronto, Ontario. BC Writers & Illustrators.
Place: Hycroft: University Women’s Club

November 18, 1995
Event: Canada’s Children's Book Week: Pacific Launch B.C. Writers & Illustrators.
Place: Westin Bayshore Hotel.

November 7, 1995
Event: Martha Brooks, Writer. Winnipeg, Manitoba.

October 26, 1995
Event: Aidan Chambers, Writer & Critic. England.

October 11, 1995
Event: Caroline MacDonald, Writer. Adelaide, South Australia.

September 23, 1995
Event: Illustrator’s Breakfast, Lynne Cherry. Writer & Illustrator. Washington, D.C.
Place: Hyatt Regency Hotel

February 18, 1995
Event: Serendipity 1995 Conference. Speakers: Barbara Bondar, Writer. Toronto, Ontario. Sheldon Cohen, Illustrator. Montreal, Quebec. May Cutler, Publisher. Montreal Quebec. Michael Rosen, Poet & Writer. London, England. Tololwa Mollel, Writer. Edmonton, Alberta.

January 16, 1995
Event: Gala dinner. Brian Doyle. Writer. Ottawa, Ontario.
Place: Cecil Green Park, UBC.

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November 12, 1994
Event: National Launch of Canada Children¹s Book Week. Special Guests: Eugenie Fernandes. Illustrator, Toronto, Ontario. & B.C. Writers & illustrators.
Place: Westin Bayshore Hotel

October 24, 1994
Event: Jo Bannatyne-Cugnet. Illustrator. Saskatchewan. Ludmila Zeman. Writer & illustrator. Montreal, Quebec.

October 21, 1994
Event: Author reception with BCTLA.

October 4, 1994
Event: Theodore Taylor. Writer. San Diego, California.

September 24, 1994
Event: Breakfast with Brett. Jan Brett, Illustrator. Boston, Massachusetts.

February 19, 1994
Event: Serendipity 1994 Conference. Speakers: Michael Foreman, Illustrator, England. Dagmar Greve, Publisher, New York. Janet Lunn, Writer, Toronto. Christopher Moore, Writer, Toronto. Suzanne Staples, Writer, Florida.
Place: Graduate Student Centre, UBC.

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September 25, 1993
Event: “The Tale Continues”. A Conference to Salute the 40th Anniversary of the International Board on Books for Young People. (IBBY). Speakers: Marianne Carus, Editor. Peru, Illinois. Juan de Isasa, Publisher. Madrid, Spain. Jeff Garrett, Librarian & Editor of Bookbird. Lafayette, Indiana. Elliott Gose, Critic & Writer. UBC. Virginia Hamilton, Writer, Ohio. Britt Isaksson, Journalist. Stockholm, Sweden. Rindert Kromhout, Writer. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Victor Reece, Storyteller & Tsimpshian Artist. Vancouver. Tayo Shima, Professor. Tokyo, Japan. Lisbeth Zwerger, Illustrator. Vienna, Austria.
Place: Graduate Student Centre: UBC.

June 23, 1993
Event: Children’s Gala. Stoddart Publishing & the Canadian Booksellers Association’s Gala festivities to celebrate Canadian Children’s authors and illustrators.

February 20, 1993
Event: Serendipity 1993 Conference. Speakers: Avi, Writer. Rhode Island. Ruth Brown, Illustrator. Bath, England. Eve Bunting, Writer. Pasadena, California. Richard Jackson, Editor. California. Paul Morin, Illustrator. Rockwood, Ontario. Jan Thornhill. Writer. Toronto.
Place: Graduate Student Centre, UBC.

January 18, 1993
Event: “Sheependipity: A Salute to Sheep!” The Roundtable’s Gala Dinner. Special Guests: Janet Lunn, Writer. Hillier, Ontario. (Amos’s Sweater). Kim La Fave, Illustrator. Sunshine Coast, BC. The Menu included: Shepherd’s Pie, Herbivore salad with fresh Sheep Dip, Rack of Ruminant with A Mos of Potatoes, Bo-peep timbales and Cherry Tomatoes, Buns and Baaa-ter, as well as Lambent Alaska. Tea in Woolly Warmers.
Place: Cecil Green Park

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November 3, 1992
Event: Children’s Book Week Gala. Jean Little, Writer. Guelph, Ontario. & BC Writers: Sue Ann Alderson, Joan Buchanan, Elvie Butler, Norma Charles, Sonia Craddock, Odette Johnson, Claire Kujundzic, Marge Lightfoot, Ainslie Manson, Kit Pearson, Marion Crook, Mary Razzell and Irene Watts.
Place: Hycroft: The Women's University Club.

October 7, 1992
Event: Marianne Brandis, Writer. Kingston, Ontario.

May 28, 1992
Event: Pierre Berton, Writer. Toronto, Ontario.

April 30, 1992
Event: Deirdre Kessler, Writer. Charlottetown, Prince. Edward Island.

February 22, 1992
Event: Serendipity 1992 Conference. “Visions & Voices for Children.” Speakers: William Bell, Writer, Orillia, Ontario. Marie-Louse Gay, Illustrator, Montreal. Camilla Gryski, Writer, Toronto, Ontario. Jan Mark, Writer. Oxford, England. Kit Pearson, Writer. Vancouver, B.C. Ian Wallace, Illustrator, Toronto, Ontario. Leona Trainer, Publisher. Toronto, Ontario.
Place: Graduate Student Centre, UBC.

January, 20, 1992
Event: A Roundtable Gala dinner. Cecil Green Park, UBC “An Evening with L.M. Montgomery.” Mary Rubio. Guelph, Ontario

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December 5, 1991
Event: Tololwa M. Mollel, Writer & Storyteller. Edmonton, Alberta.

November 5, 1991
Event: Canadian Children’s Book Week Gala. Adrian Forsyth, Writer. Toronto, Ontario. Ruth Ohi, Illustrator. Toronto, Ontario. & B.C. Writers.
Place: Hycroft: The University Women’s Club.

October 24, 1991
Event: Dennis Lee, Poet. Toronto, Ontario.

October 16, 1991
Event: Martyn Godfrey, Writer. St. Albert, Alberta.

September 17, 1991
Event: Brenda Clark, Illustrator. Toronto, Ontario.

April 15, 1991
Event: Peter Carver, Writer & Teacher. Toronto, Ontario.

February 23, 1991
Event: Serendipity 1991 Conference. Speakers: Dorothy Briley, Editor & Publisher. New York, New York. Anthony Browne, Illustrator. Kent, England. Celia Godkin, Writer. Toronto, Ontario. Jean Little, Writer. Elora, Ontario. Leena Maissen, Executive Director IBBY. Basel, Switzerland. Maggie de Vries, Writer. Vancouver, B.C.
Place: Graduate Student Centre, UBC.

January 23, 1991
Event: Roundtable Gala Dinner. Michèle Lemieux. Montreal, Quebec.

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November 20, 1990
Event: Charles Causely, British Poet. England.

 October 22, 1990
Event: Paulette Bourgeois, Writer. Toronto, Ontario.

October 1, 1990
Event: Myra Cohn Livingston, Poet. Pasadena, California.

May 17-19, 1990
Event: Serendipity 1990 Conference. “Cultural Roots/Routes.” Speakers: Eric Beddows, Illustrator. Toronto. Patricia Crampton, Translator. Calne, Herts, England. Carmen Diana Dearden, Publisher. Caracas, Venezuela. Terence Dickinson, Writer. Toronto, Ontario. Sheila Egoff, Professor, UBC. Paula Fox, Writer. New York, New York. Marie Louise Gay, Writer & Illustrator, Montreal, Quebec. Hans Halbey, professor. Frankfurt, West Germany. Christie Harris, Writer. Vancouver, B.C. Ted Harrison, Illustrator. Whitehorse, Yukon. Michèle Lemieux, Illustrator. Montreal, Quebec. Monica Hughes, Writer. Edmonton, Alberta. Shirley Hughes, Writer & Illustrator. London, England. Marcia Lord, UNESCO Director, Paris, France. Janet Lunn, Writer. Hillier, Ontario. Margaret Mahy, Writer. Lyttleton, New Zealand. Margaret McElderry, Publisher. New York, New York. Carmen Garcia Moreno, Librarian. Mexico City, Mexico. Greg Maguire, Writer. Boston, Massachusetts. Stéphane Poulin, Illustrator. Montreal, Quebec. Barbara Reid, Illustrator. Toronto, Ontario. Ira Saxena, Psychologist, New Delhi, India. Samboon Singkamanan, Professor & Writer. Bangkok, Thailand Shigeo Watanabe, Writer & Illustrator, Tokyo, Japan. Patricia Wrightson, Writer. Maclean, NSW, Australia. Jane Yolen, Writer. New York Ed Young, Illustrator. Hastings on Hudson, New York.
Place: Music Auditorium & Buchanan Building. UBC.

February 13, 1990
Event: “Valentine’s in the Dark!” A gala Serendipity Dinner in the roundtable tradition saluting Franklin in the Dark Special Guest, Paulette Bourgeois, Writer. Toronto, Ontario. Dress Code: Turtle Green, wear a touch of security and bring a flashlight.
Place: Cecil Green Park, UBC.

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April 14, 1989
Event: Brenalda Wheeler, Writer. Beatrice Culleton, Writer.

March 15, 1989
Event: Barbara Smucker, Writer. Waterloo, Ontario

March 9, 1989
Event: Michael Rosen. Poet, London, England.

February 25, 1989
Event: Serendipity 1989 Conference. Speakers: Doris Bass, Director of Sales & Marketing, Bantam, Doubleday Dell Publishers. New York, New York. Paula Danziger, Writer. New York, New York. Phoebe Gilman, Illustrator. Toronto, Ontario. Beverly Mathias, Director of the Centre for the Handicapped Child. London, England. Barbara Smucker, Writer. Kitchener, Ontario.
Place: Graduate Student Centre: UBC

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December 6, 1988
Event: “Perfect Presents”. Featuring Wives’ Tales Storytellers. Nan Gregory & Melanie Ray.
Place: Vancouver Public Library

October, 1988
Event: Welwyn Wilton Katz, Writer. London, Ontario.

May 17, 1988
Event: “The Trickster and Animals in Fantasies for Children.”. Elliott Gose.
Place: UBC

February 20, 1988
Event: Serendipity 1988 Conference. “Celebrating the Arts of the Illustrated Book.” Speakers: Dr. Patricia Cianciolo, Professor, East Lansing, Michigan State University. “Recent Trends in Illustrating Books for Children.”. Barbara Reid, Illustrator. Toronto, Ontario. Tony Ross, Illustrator. England. Ann Blades, Illustrator. Crescent Beach, BC. Sue Anne Alderson, Writer. Vancouver, BC.
Place: Graduate Student Centre, UBC.

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- 1987 -

October 21, 1987
Event: Claire Mackay. Writer. Toronto, Ontario. “Comparing the Writing of Fiction and Non-Fiction.”

October 1, 1987
Event: Roger Paré and the Great Alphabet Caper!

May, 1987
Event: Nancy Bond, Writer. Boston, Massachusetts. “The Challenge of Writing Time Travel.”

February 11, 1987
Event: Serendipity Conference. “An Evening of Romance!” Speakers: Leona Trainer, Publisher. Toronto, Ontario. “Pulp, Passion & Pubescence!”. George Nicholson, Editor. New York, New York. “The Romance of Publishing?”. O.R. Melling, Writer. Ireland. “The Romance of History!”. Cora Taylor, Writer. Edmonton, Alberta. “³The Romance of Enchantment!” Place: Cecil Green Park, UBC.

November 17, 1987
Event: Canadian children¹s Book Festival Gala. Special Guests: John Bianchi, Writer. Sylvia Funston, Editor of Owl Magazine. Toronto, Ontario. Toronto, Ontario. BC Writers: Sue Ann Alderson, Elizabeth Brochmann, Norma Charles, Sonia Craddock, Sarah Ellis, Joan Ford, Christie Harris, Jan Hudson, Heather Ketherhall-Stewart, Ainslie Manson, Florence McNeil, Mary Razzell and Paul Yee.
Place: Hycroft: The University Women’s Club

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- 1986 -

November 19, 1986
Event: Daniel Serine, Writer. Montreal, Quebec.

November 18, 1986
Event: Marilyn Halvorson. Writer. Sundre, Alberta. Marie Louise Gay, Writer & Illustrator. Montreal, Quebec.

November 1, 1986
Event: The British Are Coming! Jan Mark. Writer. Oxford, England. Philippa Pearce. Writer. Cambridge, England. Jill Paron Walsh. Water. Cambridge, England. John Rowe Townsend. Writer. Cambridge. England.
Place: Graduate Student Centre, UBC.

September 23, 1986
Event: Barbara Smucker, Writer. Waterloo, Ontario.

February 18, 1986
Event: Serendipity 1986 Conference A touch of Grimm: A Salute to the 200th Anniversary of the Grimm Brothers. Bill Richardson, Librarian & Writer, Vancouver, BC. “Grimm Fairy Tales & Storytelling.” Dr. Elliot Gose, UBC. “Interpretations of Fairy Tales.” Mary Ann Mikituk, Teacher. “Fairy Tales in the Classroom.” Vera Rosenbluth, CBC Journalist. “The Brothers Grimm: Their Lives and Work.” Nan Gregory/Melanie Ray. Grimm Folktales: A Storytelling Concert.”
Place: Cecil Green Park, UBC.

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- 1985 -

No Information Available

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- 1984 -

February 29, 1984
Event: Serendipity ‘84: Tis the Year of the Rat!
Speakers: Monica Hughes, Writer, Edmonton, Alberta.; Constance Green, Writer. Toronto, Ontario.; Dorothy Harris, Writer. Toronto, Ontario.; Shelly Tanaka, Editor & Writer, Toronto, Ontario.; Claude Aubrey, Writer. Ottawa, Ontario.; Joan Buchanan, Writer. Vancouver, BC. Featuring a gala banquet featuring deep-dish rodent pie!
Place: Cecil Green Park, UBC.

January 25, 1984
Event: Curious and disturbing Images in books for Young children: A Salute to Orwell Burns and Johnson. Dr. Terry Johnson, U. of Victoria.

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- 1983 -

November 14, 1983
Event: Pursuit of Excellence: the Best of 1983! Dr. Ron Jobe, UBC

October 27, 1983
Event: The Haunting Quality of Illustrations: Getting Lost in a Painting. Elizabeth Cleaver, Illustrator. Montreal, Quebec.

September 22, 1983
Event: Alice Kane, Folklorist. Toronto, Ontario.

August 8, 1983
Event: Meet Jean Fritz for Lunch. Jean Fritz, Writer. New York, New York.

April 12, 1983
Event: “The Truth Behind Children¹s Choosing Award books!” Dr. Linnea Lilja. University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. Team Leader of IRA's Children’s Choice Award and the Mark Twain Award.

March 10, 1983
Event: Serendipity '83: A Salute to the Year of the Pig! A gala theme conference featuring a Œsplendiferous PIGnic!, with roast suckling pig and all the trimmings. Root salads! (4:15 pm to 9:30 pm) ŒSOWS-SCROFULA Meet the Authors in our Piggy Pub! Boar Book Display. The Visual Swine! Judi Walker, West Point Gray Public Library. Speakers: Elizabeth Cleaver, Illustrator. Montreal, Quebec.; John Larsen, Writer & Illustrator. Prince George, B.C.; Suzanne Martel, Writer. Montreal, Quebec.; Jan Truss, Writer. Alberta; Bertrand Gauthier, Publisher & Writer. Montreal, Quebec. Robert Bringhurst, Book Designer. Vancouver, B.C. Theme Speakers: Dean Dan Birch, Faculty of Education. “The Year of the Pig.” Dr. R. M. Beames, Internationally recognized Authority on pigs in the UBC Dept. of Animal Science. “Pigs are Terrific!” Dr. Tory Westermark, Chair: Department of Language Education. “The Hog’s Heritage: The Swine in Language, The Readin’ Hog!”

February 9, 1983
Event: Censorship is Alive in BC! What Can We Do? Guest Speakers; Roy Bentley, UBC.; Jan Douglas, Vancouver Public Library. Debbie Simmons, Vancouver Public School Board.

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- 1982 -

November 14, 1982
Event: Surrey Author Brunch. Monica Hughes, Writer. Edmonton, Alberta.

October 27, 1982
Event: An Evening with Richard Peck. Richard Peck, Writer. New York, New York.

October 5, 1982
Event: Robert Munsch, Writer & Storyteller. Guelph, Ontario.

May 28, 1982
Event: The Storyteller.Bruno Bettelheim, Writer.

April 28, 1982
Event: A Horrible Evening of Horrible books!

March 10, 1982
Event: The New Look! Virginia Davis. Director of the Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Toronto, Ontario.

February 12, 1982
Event: Serendipity/ En Veine: Canadian Publishing for Children. The Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable’s first all-day conference on Canadian Literature for Young People. Sessions were held in English and French. Speakers: Irene Aubrey, Children¹s Literature Consultant, National Library. Ottawa, Ontario.; Irma McDonough, Editor, In Review. Toronto, Ontario. ; Paule Daveluy, Translator & Writer. Montreal, Quebec.; Barbara Smucker, Writer. Waterloo, Ontario.; Monica Hughes, Writer. Edmonton, Alberta.; Brian Doyle, Writer. Ottawa, Ontario.; Garnet Hewitt, Illustrator. West Vancouver, B.C.; Heather Woodall, Illustrator. Vancouver, B.C.; Scott McIntrye, Publisher. Vancouver, B.C.; Ginette Anfousse, Writer. Val David, Quebec.; Patsy Aldana, Publisher. Toronto, Ontario.; André Cailloux, Poet. Montreal, Quebec.; Marilyn Sacks, Editor. Vancouver, B.C.; Alan Shute, Editor.

January 14, 1982
Event: A Time of Reality and Finality: Death & Dying in Children’s Literature. Two nurses, working with chronically ill children shared their reading to eleven books on this theme. This was followed by a positive session on “Ten books to Read before You Die!” Guests: Sr. Maureen O’Loane. Nurse Clinician. Cystic Fibrosis Clinic, Health Centre for Children. Vancouver General Hospital. Ms. Gail Roberts. Nurse Clinician. Oncology Clinic, Health Centre for Children. Vancouver General Hospital.

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- 1981 -

November 16, 1981
Event: Gordon Korman, Writer. New York, New York.

October 15, 1981
Event: A Pirate Evening. Joan Clark, Writer. St. John's, Newfoundland.

October 4, 1981
Event: Peter Parnall, Illustrator. Maine.

October 3, 1981
Event: Nightmares: Are You Ready for Halloween? Jack Prelutsky, Poet. Seattle, Washington.

May 14, 1981
Event: Meet-the-Author! A gala reception with the Canadian Council of Teachers of English National Conference. U.B.C. Over 85 Authors were present to meet 1,000+ conference delegates from all provinces, 22 states, Australia & England.

May 14, 1981
Event: Writers on Writing II.Luncheon Panels: Canadian Council of Teachers of English, UBC. Speakers: Kevin Major, Writer. St. John¹s, Newfoundland.; Paul Zindel, Writer. New York, New York.; Bonnie Zindel, Writer. New York, New York.; Frances Duncan, Writer. B.C.

May 13, 1981
Event: Writers on Writing. Luncheon Panels: Canadian Council of Teachers of English, UBC. Speakers: Moncia Hughes, Writer. Edmonton, Alberta.; Janet Lunn, Writer. Hillier, Ontario.; Ellizabeth Cleaver, Illustrator. Montreal, Quebec.; Christie Harris, Writer. Vancouver, B.C.

March 9, 1981
Event: A Night of Mystery. A lively discussion about children¹s and adult mystery/ detective novels compared to the realism of police work. Featuring two Vancouver police officers, Sergeant Pete Fraser and Sergeant John MacMillan.

January 20, 1981
Event: Walt Morey, Writer. Sandy, Oregon

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- 1980 -

November 12, 1980
Event: Patti Stren, Writer. New York, New York.

October 22, 1980
Event: Jean Little, Writer. Elora, Ontario

October 1, 1980
Event: Robert Cormier, Writer. Leominster, Massachusetts.

February, 1980
Event: Historical Aspects of Children's Literature: A Look at UBC's Arkley Collection. Sheila Egoff, Professor & Writer.
PLace: UBC

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- 1979 -

November, 1979
Event: “What the Dickens?” A Yule-time celebration featuring retired Dean of Education, Neville Scarfe, reading from Dickens and a reader’s theatre presentation of Johann’s Gift to Christmas

November, 1979
Event: There is More to Illustrations Than the Picture. Douglas Tait, Illustrator. Harrison Hot Springs, BC. An unexpected highlight of this session was that the bulb in the large and bulky opaque projector exploded, spraying fine pellets of glass all over. One of our more dramatic moments!

October, 1979.
Event:Ramona, Henry Huggins & Friends, A gourmet banquet for Beverly Cleary, Writer. Carmel, California
Place: Faculty Club, UBC

April 23, 1979
Event: Following the initial meeting, the Roundtable held a very successful theme night celebrating St. George's Day. “Stop Dragin' and Read!” Dr. Roy Bentley gave one of his famous toasts to St. George, Queen Victoria, and other dragons over cups of Dragon Brew!
Place: Edmonton

Event: The first program featured Dr. Pat Cianciolo from Michigan State University on “The Truth Behind the Newbery & Caldecott Awards!” It attracted 125 people. An important element of each Roundtable was to set aside the first part of each session for book talks and discussion of new books.
Place: Edmonton

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