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Booktopia

A Literary Arts Festival for Young People

Everyone can watch live presentations by our speakers on the WVML YouTube Channel. Events are open to all and not just limited to West Vancouver school classes this year.

No registration is required for these virtual presentations. Just visit our YouTube channel at the time of the event or find the link on the Library’s homepage half an hour before the event. You can also sign up for an email reminder at the bottom of this page.

You or your class will not be seen or heard during the event, which is a one-way stream. You will be able to send questions to presenters in advance by email to youth@westvanlibrary.ca or by emailing live during the event (a librarian will be monitoring email during all livestreams and passing questions on). 

2023 Virtual Presenters

BooktopiaWatt

Author and illustrator Mélanie Watt is the bestselling creator behind many beloved picture books for children, including the Scaredy Squirrel series, the Chester series, Bug in a Vacuum, You’re Finally Here!, Have I Got a Book for You!, and Augustine. Mélanie’s books have received numerous starred reviews from journals including Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews, and have won many state awards, including the Virginia Readers’ Choice Award, North Carolina Children’s Book Award, and Maryland’s Black-Eyed Susan Award. She is a multiple winner of the Ontario Library Association’s Blue Spruce Award and the Ruth & Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award. Scaredy Squirrel’s new adventures are better than ever, told in graphic novel form with more involved narratives and a wider cast of characters.

BooktopiaClanton

Ben Clanton is the New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of the Narwhal and Jelly series whose picture books include Mo’s Mustache, Vote for Me!, Rot, the Cutest in the World!, Boo Who?, and It Came in the Mail. He lives with his wife and kids in Seattle, Washington.

BooktopiaSelznick

More info about Brian Selznick coming soon!

Virtual Presentations

Learn more about the content of each presentation, including grade recommendations, and sign up for an email reminder.

Feb 9
Thursday, 11:00 am–11:50 am

Booktopia: Mélanie Watt: A Bilingual Conversation | Ages 6+ [YOUTUBE]

Feb 16
Thursday, 1:30 pm–2:20 pm

Booktopia: Ben Clanton: A Conversation & Live Drawing Demonstration | Ages 6+ [YOUTUBE]

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Shannon Ozirny

Head of Youth Services

  •  604.925.7422
  •  sozirny@westvanlibrary.ca
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