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STUDY GUIDES!
Spreading the Word events connect to BC curriculum.
There will be a study guide for each event available
on the Festival website (www.writersfest.bc.ca) in
September.
Guides d’études! Les activités « Spreading the Word »
ont des liens directs avec les programmes d’études
de la C.-B. Pour permettre aux enseignants de tirer
plein parti du Festival, un guide d’études a été élaboré
pour chacune des activités. Ces guides seront
disponibles sur le site Web du festival en septembre.
WRITE TO THE POINT
A writing contest for secondary school students
(Grade 8–12). The winner of each grade level will
spend one day at CBC radio studios to produce their
story, which will air on North By Northwest. The top
prizewinner also gets a set of tickets for their class to
attend a Festival event. For more information contact
[email protected] or call Ilona Beiks
604.215.9726.
H O W T O B U Y F E S T I VA L
EVENT TICKETS
Each year the Reading with Writers program sends
authors to visit inner city school classrooms (K–12).
It’s a great opportunity for students to meet an author
and ask questions. If you are interested in booking a
writer for a classroom visit in October, please contact
Ilona Beiks at [email protected].
CYNTHIA WOODWARD
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
21 ANNUAL
Check our website in mid-August for event and
program details and the school event ticket order
form: www.writersfest.bc.ca.
> Festival school events will sell out quickly, so be
sure to book early.
> Tickets go on sale September 16, 2008.
> School Group tickets: $7 per ticket
for each Festival school event (includes GST).
TO ORDER:
On-line: www.writersfest.bc.ca
By phone: 604.681.6330 ext. 107
By fax: 604.681.8400 (call ahead for order form)
A limited number of subsidies, based on financial
need are available through the Cynthia Woodward
Development Fund. Call 604.681.6330, ext. 103.
F O R M O R E I N F O R M AT I O N A B O U T S P R E A D I N G
THE WORD PROGRAMS
MORE READING WITH
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Contact:
Ilona Beiks, Education Co-ordinator,
[email protected] or 604.681.6330
To receive a Spreading the Word brochure by mail:
email your mailing address to our Distribution
Co-ordinator [email protected].
For more information about La Joie de Lire, contact:
Brenda Berck, Responsable de la programmation
française, [email protected] or
604.681.6330.
This program provides free Writers Festival event
tickets to inner city schools. For more information
please contact Aletha Humphreys at
[email protected].
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SPREADING THE WORD
A N I N N O VAT I V E E D U C AT I O N P R O G R A M
FOR K-12 TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
✑ It’s eclectic, entertaining and challenging!
✑ A rare opportunity for students and teachers to
engage with Canadian and international writers.
✑ Inspiring students to read and write.
THE FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE
4 D AY S , 3 3 E V E N T S
✑ Step out of the classroom and onto Granville Island.
✑ Some of the hottest authors on the planet converge
with students and teachers in intimate, interactive and
informal settings.
✑ Writers of all genres perform, read from their work,
talk about their craft and answer students’ questions.
✑ Events for all levels—Kindergarten to Grade 12.
✑ In response to the overwhelming popularity of Words
on the Fly, the spoken word event at the 2007
Festival, we will feature two spoken word events for
secondary schools this year and a workshop with
Australian wordsmith Miles Merrill. Also look for
details about events shining a spotlight on graphic
novels. Check our website for details in September.
LA JOIE DE LIRE
Chaque année, le Vancouver International Writers Festival
présente une programmation de jour en français destinée
aux élèves des programmes de français langue
maternelle et d’immersion en français des niveaux
primaire et secondaire. Nous invitons des auteurs
francophones du Québec et des autres provinces du
Canada, ainsi que de la France. Les auteurs de cette
année comprennent les écrivains Évelyne Daigle et
Sylvain Meunier du Québec et Faïsa Guène de la France.
Les livres des auteurs qui participent au festival sont en
vente chez Vancouver Kidsbooks, à www.kidsbooks.ca
<http://www.kidsbooks.ca>.
Comme toujours, nous avons élaboré un programme
mettant en vedette des auteurs possédant une vaste
expérience dans la présentation de leur œuvre au public
scolaire. Et pour les enseignants : les guides d’études
(voir ci-dessous).
Ces activités auront lieu du mardi 21 octobre jusqu’au
jeudi 23 octobre.
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