ola meeting space: ola meeting space -> Forest of Reading® 2010 Golden Oak™ Award Ceremony

TORONTO, June 2, 2010 ----- This year’s Golden Oak Author Award is being presented at a lunchtime reception on Thursday, June 10, 2010 from 1:15 - 2:15 pm at the North York Memorial Hall. The Golden Oak Award Reception will be held as part of a Toronto-wide Learners’ Conference organized by the Metro Toronto Movement for Literacy (MTML) and the Toronto Public Library.

The 2010 nominees are:
Brave Deeds by Ann Alma
Call me Aram by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Impact by James C. Dekker
Lunch with Lenin and Other Stories by Deborah Ellis
One Hen: How One Small Loan Made a Big Difference by Katie Smith Milway and Eugenie Fernandes
Word Nerd by Susin Nielsen

Each year over 200 learners from literacy programs across Toronto come to the event. The Learners’ Conference provides them with the opportunity to meet with other learners, attend two exciting workshops, and enjoy a wonderful luncheon. During the ceremony attendees can meet the nominees and get a chance to win a copy of the nominated books. Fun and learning wrapped into one great day, the Golden Oak™ Awards Ceremony is the climax to a memorable day.

The Golden Oak™ Award is part of the OLA’s Forest of Reading® program. In this program, each series is named after a tree and geared towards a variety of age ranges. More than one hundred professionals from school and public libraries coordinate the programs across the province and close to 250,000 children, young adults and adults read the Forest of Reading® books each year. Through their library, readers of all ages vote on their favourite Canadian book. The program is designed to encourage reading for fun and is the largest recreational reading program in the Country.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Meredith Tutching, Program Coordinator, Ontario Library Association
Phone: 416-363-3388 x22
Email: mtutching@accessola.com