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Biography

Beryl has published articles, poetry and translations in Canadian magazines and journals and has appeared on CBC radio and television. In 1995 she won the Milton Acorn People's Poem Award and the same year was writer-in-residence at Wallace Stegner House in Saskatchewan. In 1997 she held the same position at the Wurlitzer Foundation for the Arts in New Mexico. Beryl has produced recordings for children including "Lullabies and Laughter for the Lullaby Lady" which became a Gold Record in 1998.
She has three children and four grandchildren and lives in Vancouver.

Memberships:
Writers Union of Canada, CANSCAIP, CWILL. Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable, Federation of BC Writers

Book types: juvenile fiction, juvenile nonfiction

Guest speaker/presentation information

"Telling my father's story (When he didn't want me to)"
The story of how I came to discover and write the true story of my father who was a British Home Child sent to Canada when he was thirteen to work on an Ontario farm. Covers Canadian history, immigration and citizenship. Visual aids illustrate research methods to help students in their own research. Time for discussion and questions.

"Between the Covers: The Story Behind the Book"
The story of writing a book from conception through editing, artwork and printing. Visual aids illustrate geography and history as an introduction for young readers and writers to the creative process of turning a real life story into fiction. Time for discussion and questions.
Teacher's Guides are available for CHARLIE'S STORY: A HOME CHILD'S LIFE IN CANADA and WISHING STAR SUMMER.

Presentation geographic range: Vancouver, Coast, Lower Mainland, Gulf and Vancouver Islands, Thompson Okanagan, Northern British Columbia, Cariboo Chilcotin Coast, Kootenay Rockies, The Territories, Canada - beyond BC, USA

Presentation audience age groups: grades 4-6

Published work

FOLLOW THE ELEPHANT, Ronsdale Press, 2010
CHARLIE: A HOME CHILD'S LIFE IN CANADA, Key Porter Books, 2009
WISHING STAR SUMMER, Raincoast Books, 2001

Awards & recognition

CHARLIE: A HOME CHILD'S LIFE IN CANADA has been nominated for the Hackmatack Award (Atlantic Canada 2010-11), shortlisted for the Violet Downey IODE National Award, (2010), nominated for the Chocolate Lily 2010-11 Award and long-listed for the Canadian Children's Literature Roundtable Information book award (2011). WISHING STAR SUMMER topped the BC Booksellers list for 26 weeks, was named an our Choice book by the Canadian Children Book Centre (2002), nominated for the BC Chocolate Lily Award (2003), the Saskatchewan Diamond Willow Award (2003-4) and the BC Red Cedar award (2003-4).