Writer in Residence – Allan Stratton

WHAT A GREAT, BUSY MONTH!

November 8, 2010 | Allan Stratton | Comments (0)

It’s been a wonderful month at the library. Following the Meet ‘n’ Greet and the Young Writers conference, I met with the public on October 28th to discuss writing Fact-Based Fiction. In particular, people were interested to hear about the people I met in Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Malawi and Zambia in writing my novels […]

YOUNG WRITERS CONFERENCE

October 18, 2010 | TPL Staff | Comments (0)

Thanks to Elsa Ngan who organized the fantastic Young Writers conference at the North York Public Library. After a great continental breakfast of fresh fruit, muffins and juice, the young writers and mentors settled in to a day of stimulating workshops. I was lucky to have two groups of extremely talented and hardworking writers; we […]

MEET AND GREET

October 4, 2010 | Allan Stratton | Comments (0)

So… I'm now officially installed as Writer in Residence and am really looking forward to my two months with you.   Saturday afternoon, I was at the North York Public Library for a Meet and Greet. Greg, Elsa and some of the friendliest librarians I've ever met had laid out a table of cheese, fruit […]