Friday, February 4, 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Hall C
EXPO 2011 EXHIBITORS:
Go to the 2011 Exhibitor Directory page for a listing of exhibitors and sponsors.
EXPO is an integral part of the educational and networking experience that is Super Conference
- See the latest technologies, trends, services and programs
- over 200 firms and 700 personnel ready to answer your questions
- Compare products and prices in a time-efficient way
- Do your product analysis with colleagues without scheduling a meeting
- Bring your problems and let the experts solve them
- Tips for improving programs, products and services
- After all these years the Passport to Prizes is still fun to win
- Great Thursday afternoon reception sponsored by EDU Reference Publisher's Direct
- Public access email stations
- New programming in the EXPO Theatre
PASSPORT TO PRIZES
You have until 1:00 PM today to win!! Make sure you drop off your completed Passport in the drum outside the entrance to EXPO 2011!
AUTHOR SIGNINGS
9:30 AM
- Peggy Dymond Leavey, Growing Up Ivy, – Dundurn, Booth #428/430
9:45 AM
- Melanie Florence, Jordin TooToo – James Lorimer & Company, Booth #433
10:00 AM
- Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark, Franklin in the Dark 25th Anniversary Edition – Kids Can Press, Booth #310
- Paul Challen, What Just Happened – Follett International, Booth #711/713
- Ben Hodson & Carolyn Beck, Richard Was a Picker – Orca Book Publishers, Booth #410/412
- David Miller, Cormorant Books – Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario, Booth #220/222
- Mahtab Narsimhan, The Deadly Conch: Book Three in the Tara Trilogy, – Dundurn, Booth #428/430
10:15 AM
- Sharon Jennings, Home Free – Kate Walker & Company, Booth #415
10:30 AM
- Marina Cohen, Mind Gap, – Dundurn, Booth #428/430
- Andrew Larsen, The Luck of Jude – James Lorimer & Company, Booth #433
- Maureen Ulrich, Face Off – Publishers Group Canada, Booth #221
11:00 AM
- Helaine Becker – S & B Books, Booth #511
- Sigmund Brouwer, Absolute Pressure / Timberwolf – Orca Book Publishers, Booth #410/412
- Joy Crysdale, Fearless Female Journalists – Kate Walker & Company, Booth #415
- Deborah Kerbel, Lure, – Dundurn, Booth #428/430
- Annabel Lyon, Encore Edie – Penguin, Booth #118/120
- Jeff Szpirglas, Owlkids Books – Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario, Booth #220/222
- Frieda Wishinsky, Queen’s Secret – GoodMinds.com, Booth #115/117
11:30 AM
- Nicholas Maes, Crescent Star, – Dundurn, Booth #428/430
12:00 Noon
- Rebecca Bender, Cormorant Books – Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario, Booth #220/222
- Frieda Wishinsky, Blob – Orca Book Publishers, Booth #410/412
1:00 PM
- Ron Brown, From Queenston to Kingston, – Dundurn, Booth #428/430
- Alma Fullerton, Cormorant Books – Organization of Book Publishers of Ontario, Booth #220/222
- Chad Solomon, Adventure of Rabbit and Bear Paws – GoodMinds.com, Booth #115/117
1:15 PM
- Jean Rae Baxter, The Way Lies North / Broken Trail – Literary Press Group, Booth #332
- Tania Duprey Stehlic and Vanja Vuleta Jovanovic, Violet – Kate Walker & Company, Booth #415
1:30 PM
- Nora Rock, Fly Away – Orca Book Publishers, Booth #410/412
2:00 PM
- Janet Wilson, Our Earth– Kate Walker & Company, Booth #415
YOU CAN ALSO...
• Check your email.
• Meet at the café with its expanded menu and seating.
ON STAGE AT THE EXPO THEATRE
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM
TeachingBooks.net: Bringing Authors and Books to Life
Nicholas Glass, Teaching Books
Want to have Eric Walters, Roch Carrier, Ian Wallace, Kenneth Oppel, Roald Dahl, or Elie Wiesel in your library, anytime? TeachingBooks.net enables personal connections with literature for patrons, students, teachers, and librarians. The presentation shows how you can have the author in your library—anytime—and use multimedia to engage readers. Canadian children’s and young adult authors and books will be emphasized.
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
IEEE eBooks and eLearning — Exciting New Developments
Ruth Wolfish, IEEE
IEEE eLearning has a new name, new course levels, and a new robust IEEE Learning Management System. IEEE eBooks are delivered through IEEE Xplore with over 400+ titles with many search options to the chapter level. Come join us and be entered in a raffle for an AMEX gift card and other prizes.
11:30 AM – 12:00 Noon
The All-New ProQuest platform
Micromedia ProQuest
The all-new ProQuest platform is here! Come see how ProQuest’s customer-driven design to the new platform will simplify access to information and bring together complementary content types and formats, including leading journals, periodicals, news content, rare and archival information, dissertations, research reports, ebooks, and multimedia.
12:00 Noon – 2:00 PM
CANSCAIP Mass Book Launch
CANSCAIP and OLA are proud to present the seventh annual mass book launch Friday February 4, 2011 at the EXPO Stage in Hall C, from 12:00 Noon – 2:00 PM. 20 authors and illustrators will introduce to you their new 2010 titles in entertaining five-minute infomercials. Sylvia McNicoll, Book Launch Co-ordinator of CANSCAIP, will act as emcee and official timer. Enjoy the personalities behind the books as well as their behind-the-creation stories. Buy a raffle ticket to win some of these stories. Picture books, middle-reader age as well as young adult novels will all be available on site for purchase and the authors and artists will happy to autograph them for your collection.
Bob Barton
Trouble on the Voyage, Napoleon
Helaine Becker
Magic Up Your Sleeve, Owlkids books
The Quiz Book for Boys, Scholastic Canada
The Haunted House that Jack Built, Scholastic Canada
The Hilarious History of Hockey, Scholastic Canada
A Porcupine in a Pine Tree, Scholastic Canada
Hélène Boudreau
Real Mermaids Don't Wear Toe Rings, Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky
Keep Out!, Nimbus Publishing
Lana Button
Willow's Whispers, Kids Can Press
Sean Cassidy
Kaazak!, Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Veronika Martenova Charles
It’s Not about the Rose!, Tundra Books
It’s Not about the Apple!, Tundra Books
It’s Not about the Crumbs!, Tundra Books
It’s Not about the Hunter!, Tundra Books
It’s Not about the Pumpkin!, Tundra Books
Laurel Croza
I Know Here, Groundwood Books
L. M. Falcone
The Midnight Curse, Kids Can Press
Melanie Florence
Jordin Tootoo, James Lorimer & Co.
Ben Hodson
Richard Was A Picker, Orca Book Publishers
Marthe Jocelyn
Folly, Tundra Books
Kathy Kacer
Whispers in Hiding, Puffin Canada
Deborah Kerbel
Lure, Dundurn Press
Peggy Dymond Leavey
Growing Up Ivy, Dundurn Press
Jill Murray
Rhythm and Blues, Doubleday Canada
Judie Oron
Cry of the Giraffe, Annick Press
Anne Renaud
Into the Mist: The Story of the Empress of Ireland, Dundurn Press
Virginia Frances Schwartz
Crossing to Canada, Scholastic Canada
Richard Scrimger
Me & Death, Tundra Books
Marsha Skrypuch
Stolen Child, Scholastic Canada
Debbie Spring
The Kayak, Thistledown Press
Jan Thornhill
Who Wants Pizza?, Maple Tree Press
Maureen Ulrich
Face Off, Coteau Books
Rebecca Upjohn
The Last Loon, Orca Book Publishers
Patrick's Wish, Second Story Press
Farida Zaman
The Yoga Game, Gumboot Books
Nearly Nonsense, Tundra Books