IN PERSON REGISTERED
Do you dream of writing stories? Start here with a workshop facilitated by local author, Jessica Vitalis. Learn to create fictional characters your readers will love, hate and definitely remember. For kids ages 8 to 12 years old.
JESSICA VITALIS is a Columbia MBA-wielding writer on a mission to write entertaining and thought-provoking literature. As an active volunteer in the kidlit community, she’s also passionate about using her privilege to lift up other voices. She founded Magic in the Middle, a series of free monthly recorded book talks, to help educators introduce young readers to new fantasy books. She was recently named a 2021 Canada Council of the Arts Grant Recipient and featured on CBCs Here and Now. Her first novel, The Wolf’s Curse, published in 2021, and a standalone companion novel, The Rabbit’s Gift, comes out October 25th.
Programmer: Jackie
AGE GROUP: | Tween |
EVENT TYPE: | Book Clubs, Writing and Authors |
TAGS: | Other Children's Programming | Creative Writing |
Located in the heart of Uptown Waterloo, the two-storey building features a separate children’s area, ample study space, the Ellis Little Local History Room and WPL’s largest collection of browsable materials.