I got home from Book Week late Saturday afternoon, had one day to do laundry and rest, then on Monday, drove to London for their first Forest of Reading event. It was held at the Western Fair Grounds and the volunteers were absolutely spectacular, thinking of EVERYTHING.
The audience! 1900 strong!
In London, I won the Silver Birch non-fiction award, David Carroll won the Silver Birch fiction award, and Eric Walters won the Red Maple. Here’s the stunningly amazingly beautiful plaque I was given:
I gave it to Tuyet, who was THRILLED:
She and her husband are also holding footstep shaped letters from the students of Our Lady of Lourdes.
There was lots of news coverage for the London event. Like this article on CTV. And this one in the London paper. And this CTV video.
