Paper Trail-Writing and Walking
Award-Winning Author Sarah Ellis
Thursday, October 8th 6:30pm

​The word that best describes Sarah's career in writing is "meander." In this presentation she will tell stories about her work and her wanders, including the pleasures of flaneuring, both on the page and on her feet, the winding journey from grade four essay to substack via a long detour in children's fiction, her beloved companions of the road, the importance of good socks and good colleagues, the inevitable, scary and productive experience of getting lost, and the odd tendency of humans to walk counterclockwise when left to wander freely (true fact!). Come prepared for detours.
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Sarah Ellis is the award-winning author of over twenty-five books for children and young adults. In 2013 she was awarded the B.C. Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence. She is a three-time Canadian nominee for the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Having retired as a children’s librarian and then retired from college teaching she is now writing and reading fulltime in the rain in Vancouver, sharing her bookish thoughts online at "Wild Reading" on substack. Her latest book for children is As Glenn as Can Be illustrated by Nancy Vo, published by Groundwood Books and she has a recent adult memoir, My Year in Fairyland: Grief, MAID and a Lifetime of Reading published by Stonehewer Books.

Join us on April 30 for the Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Osborne Collection and the 22nd Annual Albert and Clara Lahmer Memorial Lecture featuring award-winning illustrator and author Barbara Reid.



*Note that the schedule is changed from previous years, with the book signing taking place before the AGM:
5:00 – 6:00 p.m.      Barbara Reid will be signing books, Osborne Collection, 4th floor
6:00 – 6:25 p.m.      Annual General Meeting, Lillian H. Smith branch, Lower Level
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.      22nd Annual Albert and Clara Lahmer Memorial Lecture, Lower Level  

Barbara Reid: “Picturing Stories”
Barbara has been telling stories with pictures for as long as she can remember. She will be sharing her experiences from her prolific career and her recent book, The Story Hunter. The Story Hunter follows a prehistoric child’s first experience of seeingand creating cave art.
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Please join us after the lecture for a reception on the 4th floor.

Photo credit: Ian Crysler

Explore these rare and historic treasures at the Osborne Collection until November 30. 

Located on the 4th floor of the Lillian H. Smith Branch. Free. All are welcome.