Wildlife Rescue Series!

Williams Lake Young Authors’ Conference

Filed under: Uncategorized, Author Events, Conferences — Diane at 1:46 pm on Thursday, April 30, 2009

Thanks and congratulations to all the students who attended the Williams Lake Young Authors’ Conference this past Monday!

I was really excited to be invited up again to present, and to meet 75 new young writers who are already well on their way to becoming accomplished wordsmiths.

It was also an honour to be included among an esteemed group of my fellow authors: James McCann, Kari-Lynn Winters, Julie Burtinshaw, Nan Gregory, Lee Edward Fodi and Nicola Campbell to name a few.
I presented on writing for a series, and gave participants a taste of pitching their ideas for an existing series. Participants also heard excerpts from Flight or Fight, Crow Medicine and my newest book, Gaia Wild. They had to come up with their own idea for the fourth book!

All workshop participants are invited to submit their writing to me via the COMMENTS button at the bottom of this post. I look forward to publishing your writing as part of my blog!

Special thanks to Amar Sull of the Williams Lake school district for organizing such a great event and orchestrating such an incredible opportunity for students and authors alike!

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Happy Earth Day!

Filed under: Uncategorized, Author Events, School Visits — Diane at 10:00 am on Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Happy Earth Day!

What are you doing to celebrate?

I’ve been invited to give a presentation on Jane Ray’s Wildlife Rescue Series to the students of York House School this afternoon. I’ve pulled excerpts from all three books to read, and put together a slide show with photos of animals from the Wildlife Rescue Centre; an oil spill; the hummingbird monitoring network; the Tennessee Elephant Sanctuary; and my very own little apartment — home of Sadie and Frances.

The librarian at York House asked me to think about how ecological themes are reflected in my books so as to tailor my presentation to Earth Day. The more I think about it, though, the more I think EVERY day is Earth Day (I mean, where else are you going to have a day but here? and what special thing would you do for the planet today that you shouldn’t also do tomorrow?) and that as much as my books are infused with ecological and animal welfare themes, they are, at their heart, stories. Stories about people who run into conflicts with each other; within themselves; and with the world around them and have to find their way through.
So today I want to tell stories. And I trust that the underlying themes will come through in the words and the stories and the adventures and the excitement.

See you this afternoon!

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Diane Haynes Presents on GAIA WILD

Filed under: Uncategorized, Author Events, Conferences, School Visits, 3 All About Gaia Wild — Diane at 6:28 pm on Monday, April 20, 2009

April 22nd — EARTH DAY

York House School

Vancouver, BC

April 27

Williams Lake Young Authors’ Conference

Williams Lake, BC

May 27

Word Warriors — Christianne’s Lyceum of Art & Literature

Vancouver, BC

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