Edmonton Children's Literature Roundtable

A Children's Literature Roundtable (CLRT) is an assembly of enthusiasts who believe in quality literature for young people. A CLRT exists to share and discuss good books, to meet local, national, and international authors and illustrators for young people, to encourage Canadian talent, as well as to promote reading and publishing. CLRT was started by Ron Jobe and other librarians in Edmonton in 1977, and has become a national organization with active Children's Literature Roundtables all across Canada, from coast to coast. Current members include parents, teachers, teacher-librarians, public librarians, authors, illustrators, editors, professors, booksellers, publishers, and university students. Edmonton's Roundtable Executive meets once a year to plan the year's agenda. If you have ideas for possible CLRT presenters, please speak to a member of the Executive… or better yet join the Executive!

Susan Miller
ECLR President
skmiller@ualberta.ca

Other Children's Literature Roundtables:

Vancouver
Victoria
Kamloops
Calgary
Grande Prairie
Lethbridge 		Winnipeg
Ottawa
Toronto
Montreal
Saint John
Fredericton

About the Edmonton Children's Literature Roundtable

The first Children's Literature Roundtable in Canada was established in Edmonton in the fall of 1977. A trio of enthusiasts (Ronald Jobe and Annabelle Bourgoin, Consultants with the Edmonton Public School Board, and Dianne Woodman, a bookseller) wanted to have an organization which would allow people to get together to share good children's books and to meet the Writers and Illustrators which created them. The initial speaker was Phyllis Yaffee, the First Director of the Canadian Children's Book Centre in Toronto. Three other program were held in the inaugural season. A Christmas program, sponsored by the children's book store, with music and books is a tradition which still continue today. A discussion of mystery and detective stories with a detective from the Edmonton Police Department, and a HOT session on "Books that go klunck in the night!" This was held in the furnace room of a church! - From the VCLR web site

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Membership

Anyone interested in literary arts for young people may join the Edmonton Children's Literature Roundtable. The membership fees are listed on our membership application form. Costs include beverages at each meeting. Special sessions, such as visits by international authors, are ticketed events, but members enjoy a discounted ticket price. Members have the opportunity to vote for the Canada Information Book Award, and receive a newsletter about upcoming events, as well as news about the literary arts for young people. In addition to featured presentations by renowned local, national, and international authors and illustrators, each season of Edmonton CLRT's programming includes a Celebration of Albertan Authors and illustrators. This evening features 10 Albertan literary artists discussing and reading from their new work.

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