Community Literacy

Community Links & Resources

Festivals and Book Camps

Burlington Public Library Book Camp
http://www.bpl.on.ca/kids/events/forest/forest.htm

Brantford Book Camp
http://www.calla.com/bookcamp/index.html

Eden Mills Writers Festival
http://www.edenmillswritersfestival.ca

Grit-Lit Hamilton’s Writer’s Festival
http://www.gritlit.ca

International Festival of Authors
http://www.readings.org

Luminato, Toronto’s Festival of Arts and Creativity
http://www.luminato.com/2009

Word on the Street
http://www.thewordonthestreet.ca

Toronto Storytellers Festival
http://www.storytellingtoronto.org/Pages/Festival.html

Vancouver International Children’s Festival
http://www.childrensfestival.ca

 

Key Publishing and Storytelling Organizations

Association of Canadian Publishers
http://www.publishers.ca

Canada Council for the Arts
http://www.canadacouncil.ca

Canadian Children’s Book Centre
http://www.bookcentre.ca

CANSCAIP - Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers
http://www.canscaip.org

Osborne Children’s Collection
http://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/uni_spe_osb_collection.jsp

SOCAN: The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers
http://www.socan.ca

Storytellers of Canada
http://www.sc-cc.com

Storytellers School of Toronto
http://www.storytellingtoronto.org

 

Literacy & Learning Sites

Adult Basic Education Association
http://www.abea.on.ca

Hamilton Literacy Council
http://www.hamiltonreads.ca

Parent-Child Mother Goose Reading Program
http://www.nald.ca/mothergooseprogram

Movement for Canadian Literacy
http://www.literacy.ca

SIL International
http://www.sil.org

The Literacy Site
http://www.theliteracysite.com