TIFA KIDS! Reading: John Spray Mystery Award Winner

Tim Wynne-Jones

TIFA KIDS! Reading: John Spray Mystery Award Winner

Tim Wynne-Jones

2:00pm

Saturday, October 31, 2020

30 mins

Prepare for a weekend of literary adventure. From October 31 to November 1, TIFA will proudly present an offering of free, digital activities to surprise and delight the entire family.

This event is a 15-minute presentation by the John Spray Mystery Award winner Tim Wynne-Jones with The Starlight Claim. The Canadian Children’s Book Centre Book Awards celebrate the best Canadian books for young people. The winners for the 2020 English-language awards were announced in a live broadcast on October 30.

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About the Canadian Children’s Book Centre

The Canadian Children’s Book Centre is a national, not‐for‐profit organization founded in 1976. We are dedicated to encouraging, promoting and supporting the reading, writing and illustrating of Canadian books for young readers. Our programs, publications, and resources help teachers, librarians, booksellers and parents select the very best for young readers. For more information, please visit bookcentre.ca.

John Spray Mystery Award logo

Prepare for a weekend of literary adventure. From October 31 to November 1, TIFA will proudly present an offering of free, digital activities to surprise and delight the entire family.

This event is a 15-minute presentation by the John Spray Mystery Award winner Tim Wynne-Jones with The Starlight Claim. The Canadian Children’s Book Centre Book Awards celebrate the best Canadian books for young people. The winners for the 2020 English-language awards were announced in a live broadcast on October 30.

English captioning is available for this video. Please click the ‘CC’ button in the video toolbar to turn it on.

About the Canadian Children’s Book Centre

The Canadian Children’s Book Centre is a national, not‐for‐profit organization founded in 1976. We are dedicated to encouraging, promoting and supporting the reading, writing and illustrating of Canadian books for young readers. Our programs, publications, and resources help teachers, librarians, booksellers and parents select the very best for young readers. For more information, please visit bookcentre.ca.

John Spray Mystery Award logo

Featured Authors

Tim Wynne-Jones has written 38 books including novels for adults, young adults and children, picture books, and short story collections. He has won the Governor General’s Award, twice, among many other Canadian and international honours. His work has been published in 10 languages in 13 countries. In 2012, Tim was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Tim also taught creative writing for 16 years in the Master’s Program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. His most recent book, War at the Snow White Motel, and other stories, was published by Groundwood Books in the Covid Spring of 2020.

Read more about Tim Wynne-Jones

2:00pm

Saturday, October 31

30 mins

What to read

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