TUES FEB 12, 7.30p.m. LITCHAT is CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER, LIBRARY IS CLOSED.
LINC classroom, 4th floor, Central Branch, Hamilton Public Library
LINC classroom, 4th floor, Central Branch, Hamilton Public Library
JENNIFER MOOK-SANG grew up in Guyana, South America and now lives
Burlington Ontario. While reading bedtime stories to her two sons, she fell in
love with picture books and decided to write one of her own. In the midst of
her writing journey, Jennifer is amazed and delighted to find herself a published
author. Her humorous middle-grade novel Speechless (2015,
Scholastic) was nominated for a slew of awards. It was named the Surrey Schools Book of the Year and commended as a
‘best book of the year’ by the CBC. Jennifer’s picture book Captain
Monty Takes the Plunge was published by Kids Can Press in October
2017. Captain Monty is a stinky pirate who’s never had a bath, because he’s
afraid of the water, because he can’t swim. Of course he falls in love with a
mermaid. What could be more perfect? Jennifer loves to read and cook (and eat)
and talk to her many young readers about writing. The actual writing part? Not
so much. She will share her story of becoming a real live writer and her road
to publication. Questions welcome!
