I will be launching Liam and I’s newest GGA, Power Play tonight beside a list of other spring Orca titles and their authors. It’s happening at the Victoria Events Center at 7:00. Stay tuned for information about Power Play’s website!
Its the last in the series and its done! It will be hitting the shelves this April.
Devin and Nadia team up with Bounce, Pema and Marcus as they all travel to Northern Ontario to watch their parents present to the Summit of World Leaders. A swarm of politicians, lobbyists, corporate bosses and protestors have all converged on the summit to get their messages heard. A tragic accident just hours before their parents’ presentation plunges the kids into their biggest mystery yet and sets them on the trail of a murderer bent on stopping their parents’ controversial message from being heard.
It’s a fight against the planet’s power players as the kids dive into the world of politics, uncovering how government works, the history of democracy, the influence of lobbyists and corporations on politicians and the potential of civil society to change it all.
Food fight has been nominated for the 2011 Joe Shuster Award in Best Comic for Kids category. The Joe Shuster Awards are Canada’s first national award recognizing outstanding achievement in the creation of comic books. They are named after pioneering Toronto-born artist Joe Shuster who, along with writer Jerry Siegel, created the iconic super-powered hero, Superman.
Tomorrow I will be at Tall Tales Books launching Liam and I’s new book: Food Fight! Local authors Robin Stevenson and Sylvia Olsen will also be there launching their new books.
Venue: Tall Tales Books, 795 Fort Street, Victoria, BC
Date and time: Saturday, May 15, 3:00PM
Exciting folks you’ll get to meet: Robin Stevenson, Sylvia Olsen, Mike Deas
Thanks to Orca Book Publishers this weekend I will be attending the Toronto Comic Arts Festival signing copies of the newest Graphic Guide Adventure; Food Fight. This is a really exciting opportunity as I will be in the company of some very talented people, as well as meeting Liam, the author, for the very first time in person!
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is a unique comics event, patterned after comics festivals like Angouleme, Harlem, and the Small Press Expo. It is two full days of comics-related events, including readings, presentations, panel discussions, gallery shows, and a large exhibition area featuring publishers and comic authors and artists. We like to describe it as ‘unconventional’.
www.food-fight.net has launched! Check out the brand new website dedicated to the new Graphic Guide Adventure: Food Fight. The website features games, resources, free wallpapers and avatars and more. Keep posted for more info on Food Fight which will hit the shelf’s in a matter of weeks.
The latest Graphic guide adventure, coming out in Spring 2010.
“While Devin and Nadia spend summer vacation at a university camp for little kids—Nadia as a counselor and Devin as an unwilling participant—their mother’s research project is vandalized and her motives are questioned. Devin, Nadia and Simon stumble upon shady characters, corporate conspiracy and a plot to take over the nation’s food supply with genetically modified fertilizer.
Mixing action and suspense with information on the agricultural system and the intricacies of the food supply, Food Fight is another gripping installment in the Graphic Guide Adventure series.”
In Liam O’Donnell’s words:
“Ok, so in Media Meltdown there’s a scene where a piece of media the kids create gets posted and shared on BoingBoing.net. So, you’ll understand my glee when I opened my browser yesterday to find this fantastic review of Media Meltdown on boingboing.net.
Full circle, very cool, and a very welcome endorsement from a website and group that I’ve admired for several years now. Watching the review get tweeted, re-tweeted and shared around the web is equally cool. Particularly as this spreading via social media is a key part to the kids’ success in the story.
Check out the review on BoingBoing.net to read the review and feel free to tweet and share the news (you can also just pick up the phone and tell your friends too, like we did in the olde days before the interweb.)”
I will be participating in CWILL’s book bash this Saturday…
When: Saturday, November 28, 2009
Time: 1:30 – 4:00 PM
Where: Fairfield Community Centre, 1330 Fairfield Rd, Victoria
Admission and refreshments: FREE!
What has 58 legs and has written more than 200 books? The 29 children’s authors who will be meeting and greeting kids at the Kids’ Book Bash on November 28, 2009.
The Bash is a first-ever Victoria event and a chance for children and adults to meet their favourite B.C. authors and illustrators, win prizes, make bookmarks, buy books and have them signed just in time for Christmas.
Kids of all ages, school groups, teachers, librarians and parents are all welcome — and it’s free.
Authors displaying their newest works are: Dan Bar-el, Fiona Bayrock, Dianna Bonder, Della Burford, Bev Cooke, Mike Deas, Penny Draper, Sarah Harvey, Laura Langston, Julie Lawson, Adrienne Mason, Rachel Muller, Sylvia Olsen, Pamela Porter, Sheri Radford, Jeff Rud, Margriet Ruurs, Diane Silvey, Andrea Spalding, Robin Stevenson, Nikki Tate, Laura Trunkey, John Wilson, Valerie Wyatt and Beryl Young. Also attending are authors Constance Horne, Sheryl McFarlane, Kit Pearson and Eric Wilson.
Cadboro Bay Book Company will be selling books. The Paint Box School of Art will help kids make personalized bookmarks. And emcee Nikki Tate will be conducting prize draws all through the afternoon.
Kids’ Book Bash is sponsored by Orca Book Publishers, CWILL-BC, the Greater Victoria Public Library, Cadboro Bay Book Company, The Market Stores and The Paint Box School of Art.
In Liam O’Donnell’s words:
I’m totally excited to announce that on October 1st Media Meltdown will not only be landing in bookstores across Canada but also available as a free download to anyone who wants it.
We’re not talking just a few chapters or a sample of rough work, it’s a FULL free download of the final printed edition for you to enjoy, keep and share. You’ll have to wait until October 1st to download your free copy, but for now you can preview the full graphic novel and get started on the adventure. If you like what you read and want your own papery copy, then head over to Orca Books and fill up your cart.
At the heart of Media Meltdown is a battle for control of the messages we all see and hear every day. It’s a struggle between young upstarts who want to get the truth out and the power holders who like things just the way they are.
I think it’s a fun story (I wrote it, so I am a bit biased), but it’s also a very important message that is crucial to the ongoing struggle for control the media that we all own. To help this message reach the most eyes and ears, myself , Mike Deas and the great folks at Orca decided to release Media Meltdown into the mediascape for free to see where it goes and who finds it and in hopes that it inspires other media makers to jump in and take part in the meltdown.
Enjoy!