September 25, 2011

What: Hosting Toronto’s annual Word on the Street festival
When: Sunday September 25, 2011, 11am – 6pm
Where: Queen’s Park, Toronto

The Word On The Street is a national celebration of literacy and the written word. On one extraordinary Sunday each September, in communities coast to coast, the public is invited to participate in hundreds of author events, presentations and workshops and to browse a marketplace that boasts the best selection of Canadian books and magazines you’ll find anywhere.

There is always plenty to see and do at Canada’s largest book and magazine festival, and best of all, The Word On The Street and all of its events are FREE!

Kari-Lynn Winters – Host
Event Info: Children’s Activity Tent at 2:45 PM – 5:45 PM

Kari-Lynn Winters is a picture book author, poet, and performer. After finishing her doctoral program at UBC in literacy education, Kari-Lynn assumed her new job as Assistant Professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, where she teaches drama-in-education to and mentors teacher candidates. Kari-Lynn has over a dozen books published or in press, many of which have won reader’s choice awards.

See more at www.thewordonthestreet.ca/wots/toronto/author/kari-lynn-winters-host.