Sylvia McNicoll

Canadian Author for Young People

Dream Readings at North Vancouver Library

All hail to Canada Council for funding these terrific opportunities for me to meet young readers at Lynn Valley Mail Library  and Parkgate Branch Perhaps there was one dark and scary moment when I reached into my bag and found the connector to my old laptop instead of…

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Chapters Pointe Claire Signing

Thirty to forty books, that’s what Deb Aubin says authors who do any kind of promotion usually sell at her high travel Pointe Claire Chapters.  In Ontario 20, I’m told, is a good figure. The gauntlet is laid.   The glove thrown down. I become obnoxious on…

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Montreal Trip-Kahnawake Survival School

When I heard about my high school reunion in Montreal, like most broke authors with a new book, the question that occurred to me was how can I make this trip tax deductible. I’d always wanted to do a signing in the Pointe Claire Chapters so I called Deb Aubin at…

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Mail Someone a Book

The other day I received a book in the mail. I’m writing a profile on the author for Canadian Children’s Book News and this was the quickest best way to get hold of her novel. Mailing involves wrapping and costs so I tried to spare Gillian O’Reilly…

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