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Reading at the Eden Mills Writers Festival, September 2003
(Photo by Trevor Wilker)
(Photo by Trevor Wilker)
An unorthodox reading at Idle Kids, Detroit, Michigan, July 2004.
(Photo by Robert Earl Stewart)
(Photo by Robert Earl Stewart)
Talking with guests at the launch party for Cheeseburger Subversive, at Bar Italia, Toronto, May 2003 (Photo by Jim Jensen)
Reading at the Windsor Festival of the Book, October 2005.
(Photo by Nicole Sigouin)
(Photo by Nicole Sigouin)
Reading in the TD Centre courtyard during the ArtsWeek Toronto 2005 Kickoff
Signing copies of Cheeseburger Subversive at the York Region Board of Education's 2005 White Pine Award Celebration. (Photo collage by Tammy Chang)
Authors Richard Scarsbrook, Steven Heighton, Judith Bowen, Mike McCardell, and Rachna Gilmore at the 2006 Powell River Festival of Writers.
Booking SCHOOL and LIBRARY APPEARANCES
Richard Scarsbrook is booking NOW for school and library appearances in 2010/2011. He has over fifteen years teaching experience, and can present on a variety of writing-related topics to groups of varying size and age. Funding assistance is available through The Writers' Union of Canada Writers in the Schools Program, as well as throught The Canada Council for the Arts Readings Program.
Here is what teachers and librarians have to say about Richard Scarsbrook's presentations:
"Richard Scarsbrook's presentation at York Region District's White Pine Celebration was fantastic. He captured and held the attention of some 400 high school students as he told us about his life as an author and read from his thoroughly entertaining book Cheeseburger Subversive. Some students commented that they could even see this book adapted as a Hollywood movie. Highly recommended!" - Rob Baxter, Teacher-Librarian, York Region District School Board
"Richard. . . toured schools and libraries. .. for TD Canadian Children’s Book Week. Without any hesitation, I can say Richard was a huge success with students and teachers alike. I was amazed at his ability to make each of his presentations fresh and dynamic. . . Richard has a real passion for writing. He also has an excellent rapport with students. I recommend him to you without reservation. - Collene Ferguson, Manitoba Regional Officer, Canadian Children’s Book Centre
"(Richard's) sense of humour was a real hit with the students. I really appreciated the fact that Richard encourages youth to share their talents and provides useful constructive feedback. " - Elsa Ngan, Librarian, Toronto Public Library
EMAIL to reserve a booking!
Richard Scarsbrook is booking NOW for school and library appearances in 2010/2011. He has over fifteen years teaching experience, and can present on a variety of writing-related topics to groups of varying size and age. Funding assistance is available through The Writers' Union of Canada Writers in the Schools Program, as well as throught The Canada Council for the Arts Readings Program.
Here is what teachers and librarians have to say about Richard Scarsbrook's presentations:
"Richard Scarsbrook's presentation at York Region District's White Pine Celebration was fantastic. He captured and held the attention of some 400 high school students as he told us about his life as an author and read from his thoroughly entertaining book Cheeseburger Subversive. Some students commented that they could even see this book adapted as a Hollywood movie. Highly recommended!" - Rob Baxter, Teacher-Librarian, York Region District School Board
"Richard. . . toured schools and libraries. .. for TD Canadian Children’s Book Week. Without any hesitation, I can say Richard was a huge success with students and teachers alike. I was amazed at his ability to make each of his presentations fresh and dynamic. . . Richard has a real passion for writing. He also has an excellent rapport with students. I recommend him to you without reservation. - Collene Ferguson, Manitoba Regional Officer, Canadian Children’s Book Centre
"(Richard's) sense of humour was a real hit with the students. I really appreciated the fact that Richard encourages youth to share their talents and provides useful constructive feedback. " - Elsa Ngan, Librarian, Toronto Public Library
EMAIL to reserve a booking!
RICHARD SCARSBROOK
Appearances and Events
Upcoming Readings and Performances
*
July 19, 2010 - July 30, 2010
CREATIVE WRITING CAMP!
at
THE TORONTO WRITERS' CENTRE
627 Bloor Street West
(just steps from the Bathurst Subway Station)
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
(with early drop-off at 8 AM)
Learn the tricks of the trade from author Richard Scarsbrook!
Each session is limited to only 15 students
(aged 14 - 17 years old), so book early!
Cost: $250 plus GST per session.
To book, call 647-427-4737!
Spaces Are limited!
*
Friday, July 16, 2010, 1:30 PM
Saturday, July 17, 2:40 PM
Sunday, July 18, 10:10 AM
Readings/Author Q and A
at
The Saskatchewan Festival of Words
Moose Jaw Public Library
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Click here for details:
http://www.festivalofwords.com/summer-festival/presenters.html
*
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
9 AM
Radio Interview
with John Nichols
on
95.1 PEAK FM
Listen LIVE on the web HERE!
*
Saturday, September 11, 2010
3 - 4:30 PM
Reaading / Writing Workshop
at
Wordstock
Collingwood Public Library
55 Sainte Marie Street
Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
Click here for details:
http://www.wordstock.ca
*
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Festival Appearance
at
The Eden Mills Writers Festival
Eden Mills, Ontario, Canada
Click here for details: http://www.edenmillswritersfestival.ca
*
Monday, September 20, 2010
Creative Writing Workshop for Teens
at
The Eden Mills Writers Festival
Camp Edgewood, Eden Mills, Ontario, Canada
Click here for details: http://www.edenmillswritersfestival.ca
*
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Reading from "The Monkeyface Chronicles"
at
Word on the Street Vancouver
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Time and location TBA
Click HERE for details!
*
Spetember 27 to October 3, 2010
READING and WORKSHOP TOUR
of Central British Columbia
for
The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy
Details TBA
*
Friday, October 15, 2010
Musical Performance
with
Disorderly Conduct
at
AIDSBEAT
Kool Haus, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Click HERE for more details!
*
Saturday, October 16, 2010
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
and
Workshop Facilitator
at
The Young Voices Writers' Conference
North York Central Library,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Details TBA
*
November 4 to 6, 2010
Festival Appearances
at
BookFest Windsor
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Click here for details:
http://www.bookfestwindsor.ca/
*
Monday, November 15, 2010
Reading, Author Q and A
and
Monday, November 22, 2010
Creative Writing Workshop
at the
Pickering Public Library
Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Details TBA
*
Saturday, November 20
Creative Writing Workshop
Chatham Public Library
Chatham, Ontario
Details TBA
*
Listen to Richard Scarsbrook reading a clip from "The Twilight Girl" from Destiny's Telescope at Authors Aloud .
Great readings can also be heard from such Canadian literary luminaries as Steven Heighton, Nino Ricci, Trevor Cole, Russell Smith, Heather Birrell, Catherine Bush, Michael Redhill, Paul Quarrington, and many others.
Check it out HERE:
http://www.authorsaloud.com/fiction/scarsbrook.html
*
July 19, 2010 - July 30, 2010
CREATIVE WRITING CAMP!
at
THE TORONTO WRITERS' CENTRE
627 Bloor Street West
(just steps from the Bathurst Subway Station)
8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
(with early drop-off at 8 AM)
Learn the tricks of the trade from author Richard Scarsbrook!
Each session is limited to only 15 students
(aged 14 - 17 years old), so book early!
Cost: $250 plus GST per session.
To book, call 647-427-4737!
Spaces Are limited!
*
Friday, July 16, 2010, 1:30 PM
Saturday, July 17, 2:40 PM
Sunday, July 18, 10:10 AM
Readings/Author Q and A
at
The Saskatchewan Festival of Words
Moose Jaw Public Library
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada
Click here for details:
http://www.festivalofwords.com/summer-festival/presenters.html
*
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
9 AM
Radio Interview
with John Nichols
on
95.1 PEAK FM
Listen LIVE on the web HERE!
*
Saturday, September 11, 2010
3 - 4:30 PM
Reaading / Writing Workshop
at
Wordstock
Collingwood Public Library
55 Sainte Marie Street
Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
Click here for details:
http://www.wordstock.ca
*
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Festival Appearance
at
The Eden Mills Writers Festival
Eden Mills, Ontario, Canada
Click here for details: http://www.edenmillswritersfestival.ca
*
Monday, September 20, 2010
Creative Writing Workshop for Teens
at
The Eden Mills Writers Festival
Camp Edgewood, Eden Mills, Ontario, Canada
Click here for details: http://www.edenmillswritersfestival.ca
*
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Reading from "The Monkeyface Chronicles"
at
Word on the Street Vancouver
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Time and location TBA
Click HERE for details!
*
Spetember 27 to October 3, 2010
READING and WORKSHOP TOUR
of Central British Columbia
for
The Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy
Details TBA
*
Friday, October 15, 2010
Musical Performance
with
Disorderly Conduct
at
AIDSBEAT
Kool Haus, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Click HERE for more details!
*
Saturday, October 16, 2010
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
and
Workshop Facilitator
at
The Young Voices Writers' Conference
North York Central Library,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Details TBA
*
November 4 to 6, 2010
Festival Appearances
at
BookFest Windsor
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Click here for details:
http://www.bookfestwindsor.ca/
*
Monday, November 15, 2010
Reading, Author Q and A
and
Monday, November 22, 2010
Creative Writing Workshop
at the
Pickering Public Library
Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Details TBA
*
Saturday, November 20
Creative Writing Workshop
Chatham Public Library
Chatham, Ontario
Details TBA
*
Listen to Richard Scarsbrook reading a clip from "The Twilight Girl" from Destiny's Telescope at Authors Aloud .
Great readings can also be heard from such Canadian literary luminaries as Steven Heighton, Nino Ricci, Trevor Cole, Russell Smith, Heather Birrell, Catherine Bush, Michael Redhill, Paul Quarrington, and many others.
Check it out HERE:
http://www.authorsaloud.com/fiction/scarsbrook.html
Reading at The Monkeyface Chronicles Book Luanch Extravaganza, April 2010 (Photo by Jason Thompson)
Performing with The Featherless Bipeds at The Monkeyface Chronicles Book Launch Extravaganza, April 2010 (Photo by Jason Thompson)
Past Appearances
- Interviewed on TV show Daytime Toronto, June 2010
- Interviewed on TV show Daytime Durham, March 2010 and April 2010
- School and Library appearances through Canadian Children’s Book Centre and the Writers Union of Canada, ongoing, 2003 to present
- Multiple author appearances and creative writing workshops at the Toronto, Ajax, Whitby, and Pickering Public Libraries, 2003 to present
- Reading and Workshop presenter, Ottawa International Writer’s Festival, April 2010
- York Region Board of Education Author Day WebCasts, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Toronto Reading Council Conference, October 17, 2009
- Toured Belgium and England for the St. Joseph’s Institute’s stage adaptation of Cheeseburger Subversive, 2007
- Interviewed on CBC Radio One’s Freestyle <http://toronto.cbc.ca/hereandnow/>, March 2007
- Book Expo Canada, June 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Reading and Workshop presenter, Powell River Writer’s Festival, British Columbia, April 2006
- Gave readings and workshops at school and libraries across Manitoba, as a participant in the Canadian Book Week Tour, October/November 2005
- Presented several workshops and readings for the Toronto Public Library’s Teen Book Month, October 2005
- Writing workshop for the Writers Circle of Durham Region, June 2005
- Presentation at Listowel District Secondary School White Pine Award Celebration, May 2005
- Author presentation at the Peterborough Separate and Kawartha Pine Ridge Boards of Education White Pine Award Celebration, May 2005
- Reading and Presentation at the OLA White Pine Award Ceremony, May 2005
- Reading and presentation at the York Region Board of Education White Pine Award Celebrations, April 2005, 2006, 2007
- Word on the Street author panel, Toronto, September 2006
- The Ontario Library Association's SuperConference <http://www.accessola.com/superconference2005/>, 2005, 2007
- Author Discussion Panel The Windsor http://www.windsorfestivalofthebook.ca/ BookFest, 2004, 2006
- Interviewed on CBC Radio One’s Here and Now <http://toronto.cbc.ca/hereandnow/>, August 2003
- Reading, School and Library Appearance at The Windsor http://www.windsorfestivalofthebook.ca/ BookFest, 2004, 2006 (also booked for 2010)
- Readings and presentations at the George Brown College Spring Reading events at Nicholas Hoare Bookstore, annually from 2003 to present.
- Appearances at The Eden Mills Writers Festival <http://www.edenmillswritersfestival.ca/>, 2003 and the Stratford Book Festival <http://www.stratfordbookfestival.ca/>,
2003, 2004, 2005
- Readings given at The Renaissance Cafe <http://www.renaissancecafe.ca/>, 2004, The CAN/AM Lit Jam Reading Tour, 2004, The Pagitica Reading Series, 2003, The Art Bar Reading Series, 2002
- Interviewed on TV show Daytime Toronto, June 2010
- Interviewed on TV show Daytime Durham, March 2010 and April 2010
- School and Library appearances through Canadian Children’s Book Centre and the Writers Union of Canada, ongoing, 2003 to present
- Multiple author appearances and creative writing workshops at the Toronto, Ajax, Whitby, and Pickering Public Libraries, 2003 to present
- Reading and Workshop presenter, Ottawa International Writer’s Festival, April 2010
- York Region Board of Education Author Day WebCasts, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
- Toronto Reading Council Conference, October 17, 2009
- Toured Belgium and England for the St. Joseph’s Institute’s stage adaptation of Cheeseburger Subversive, 2007
- Interviewed on CBC Radio One’s Freestyle <http://toronto.cbc.ca/hereandnow/>, March 2007
- Book Expo Canada, June 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
- Reading and Workshop presenter, Powell River Writer’s Festival, British Columbia, April 2006
- Gave readings and workshops at school and libraries across Manitoba, as a participant in the Canadian Book Week Tour, October/November 2005
- Presented several workshops and readings for the Toronto Public Library’s Teen Book Month, October 2005
- Writing workshop for the Writers Circle of Durham Region, June 2005
- Presentation at Listowel District Secondary School White Pine Award Celebration, May 2005
- Author presentation at the Peterborough Separate and Kawartha Pine Ridge Boards of Education White Pine Award Celebration, May 2005
- Reading and Presentation at the OLA White Pine Award Ceremony, May 2005
- Reading and presentation at the York Region Board of Education White Pine Award Celebrations, April 2005, 2006, 2007
- Word on the Street author panel, Toronto, September 2006
- The Ontario Library Association's SuperConference <http://www.accessola.com/superconference2005/>, 2005, 2007
- Author Discussion Panel The Windsor http://www.windsorfestivalofthebook.ca/ BookFest, 2004, 2006
- Interviewed on CBC Radio One’s Here and Now <http://toronto.cbc.ca/hereandnow/>, August 2003
- Reading, School and Library Appearance at The Windsor http://www.windsorfestivalofthebook.ca/ BookFest, 2004, 2006 (also booked for 2010)
- Readings and presentations at the George Brown College Spring Reading events at Nicholas Hoare Bookstore, annually from 2003 to present.
- Appearances at The Eden Mills Writers Festival <http://www.edenmillswritersfestival.ca/>, 2003 and the Stratford Book Festival <http://www.stratfordbookfestival.ca/>,
2003, 2004, 2005
- Readings given at The Renaissance Cafe <http://www.renaissancecafe.ca/>, 2004, The CAN/AM Lit Jam Reading Tour, 2004, The Pagitica Reading Series, 2003, The Art Bar Reading Series, 2002