Award-winning graphic novelists, a comic-book artist and an illustrator who creates art inspired by her dreams are only part of the lineup at the Vancouver Island Children’s Book Festival this year.
“It’s an incredible event,” said Michele Hillier, executive director of Literacy Central Vancouver Island. “It really is one of the best children’s book festivals across Canada.”
The festival will take place at Diana Krall Plaza in Nanaimo on Saturday, May 12. The event was started 32 years ago by Thora Howell and her husband, Jerry, owners of The Book Store on Bastion Street.
“They won awards for having the best children’s book store in all of Canada in the 1980s and 1990s,” Hillier said. “I worked there for about eight years. They had a fabulous children’s book selection.”
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