Proceeds from Book Fair allow us to invite talented Canadian authors, illustrators and storytellers to RPPS to conduct workshops for the students.
This year we are pleased to host:
- author Menna Glyn Andrews
- storyteller Jennifer Cayley
- illustrateur France Cormier
- author Denise Chong
- Catherine English
- author and performer Rachel Eugster
- auteur Joanne Lecuyer
- authors Sylvia and Franco Picciano
In 2016 RPPS students welcomed:
- author Menna Glyn Andrews
- author Catherine Austen
- illustrateur France Cormier
- author and performer Rachel Eugster
- author and educator Kimberly Gordon
- auteur Joanne Lecuyer
- author and educator Cathryn Morgan
- authors Sylvia and Franco Picciano
- author-illustrator Josephine Rioux
In 2015 RPPS students welcomed:
- author Kathy Clark
- illustrateur France Cormier
- author and performer Rachel Eugster
- spoken-word artist and performer Mehdi Hamdad
- author Kate Jaimet
- illustrateur Marc Keelan-Bishop
- storyteller Kim Kilpatrick
- auteur Michel Lavoie
- authors Sylvia and Franco Picciano
- auteur Gilles Plante
- raconteur Daniel Richer
Other past visitors have included:
- award-winning author Kenneth Oppel (The Boundless, the Airborn series, Peg and the Yeti and many other books)
- poet Dennis Lee (Melvis & Elvis, Garbage Delight and scores of other books)
- illustrator Wallace Edwards (The Cat’s Pajamas, Monkey Business, Alphabeasts)
- local novelist Joan McCurdy (The Serpent’s Egg trilogy)
