Many thanks to Wendy Phillips, winner of the Governor General's Award for Children's Literature this past year, for having come and spoken to three of our junior English classes on Wednesday afternoon. Wendy is the Teacher-Librarian at MacNeil Secondary School in Richmond, and her first book, Fishtailing, won the ultimate prize for 2010.
Ms. Phillips is a very candid speaker, and captivated her audience by not only providing a book read and talk of her novel, but also a discussion about the writing process and favourite books. Students were delighted with her presentation, and a copie of her book was drawn for each of the three teachers' classes: Mr. Harkness, Ms. Verma, and Ms. Ng.
A big thank you again, Wendy, and good luck on your next book!
