27th Annual
Vancouver Island
Children's Book Festival
Saturday, May 4th, 2013
Meet dynamic Canadian children's authors and illustrators for a fun-filled and entertaining day in downtown Nanaimo!
For a printable flyer, click here
For a information sheet listing presentation sessions and venues, please click Information Sheet
Tickets are available from the Port Theatre box office (telephone 250-754-8550), or online through the "buy tickets" button below.
Bookfest is a fun-filled day for children and adults alike. Authors, illustrators, and storytellers from across Canada are invited to attend, presenting their work, telling stories, and/or showing children how they do what they do. Presentations are arranged for several different age ranges. There's something for everyone!
Three sessions are organized - two in the morning and one in the afternoon. Ticket price covers all three sessions and there is a choice of presenters for each session. Noon hour includes entertainment, activities, a chance to buy books written or illustrated by the presenters, and a chance to enter a Prize Draw for a basket filled with a book from each presenter. After the afternoon session there is another opportunity to buy books, and have them signed by the author or illustrator!
Bookfest celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2011! For more information, please see the anniversary page.
BookFest is made possible by the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts/Conseil des Arts du Canada
Artwork by Mike Deas
Presenters for 2013
Kathy Beliveau
Roch Carrier
Linda Granfield
Maryann Kovalski
Tololwa Mollel
Barbara Reid
Rick Scott
Ashley Spires
David Ward
BookFest is intended for elementary school-aged children, but for the younger set we offer rhyme time, a puppet show, and musical story time. For more information, see For Preschool Children
Vancouver Island University