It was a fun and busy time at the OLA Superconference. It started bright and early with the Forest of Reading breakfast on Thursday, and then the winners from last year gave a panel discussion on what their win meant to them. The photo below, taken by Joanne Levy, shows me at the far left, Wesley King (Red Maple Fiction winner), Martin Springett (Blue Spruce winner), Brit Trogen and Kari Trogen (Silver Birch Express winners). Not visible is Jeyn Roberts (White Pine Winner) Bill Swan (Red Maple non-fiction winner) and Rob Laidlaw, (Silver Birch non-fiction winner). Helen Kubiw, Forest of Reading co-chair can be seen in green behind the panel. Angela Thompson, her co-chair, is not visible.
I did four separate signings, two on Thursday and two on Friday. The photo below is of Christie Harkin and myself at the Fitzhenry & Whiteside booth on Friday. I was signing The Best Gifts and When Mama Goes to Work. Christie was my editor for both books.
I also signed at the OLA bookstore on Thursday. I was signing Making Bombs for Hitler, as it was the Silver Birch winner last year, plus One Step at a Time, as it’s a Silver Birch nominee this year. I also signed Underground Soldier at the booth since it was brand new and a companion novel to Making Bombs for Hitler. The store ran out of Underground Soldier!
I also signed at the Goodminds.com booth. They had all three books in my WWII trilogy available, plus One Step At A Time and When Mama Goes to Work. They sold out of Underground Soldier too!
My fourth signing was at the OBPO booth with Pajama Press, signing One Step at a Time. Richard Jones, president of Pajama Press, gave a great prep talk to everyone waiting in line for their book. It was really great the way he gave background info on One Step, as well as Last Airlift, the companion book.
