The Friends were thrilled to celebrate some of Ottawa’s talented young writers with a recent event to launch the publication of pot-pourri 2016. This marks the tenth year that FOPLA has published pot-pourri, which features work by the winners of the Ottawa Public Library’s Awesome Authors youth-writing contest. This year’s winners were announced in March, and included over 50 talented youth between the ages of 9-17 from across Ottawa.
The young authors were invited to the Main Library’s Auditorium on October 26th, 2016 to celebrate their achievements with family and friends, and were each presented on-stage with a copy of the anthology.
Guests were treated to readings from several of the winning pieces, as well as words of encouragement from Chantal Cloutier (President of FOPLA), Danielle McDonald (CEO of the Ottawa Public Library), and Catherine Austen, who acted as both Judge for the Awesome Authors contest and Editor for this year’s anthology. The evening was hosted by Philip Robert (Manager of OPL’s St. Laurent, Vanier, Rockcliffe Park & Rideau Branches).
FOPLA is proud to publish pot-pourri and sponsor the Awesome Authors youth-writing contest as part of their commitment to support OPL’s programming and services. The 2017 Awesome Authors contest will open on December 1st, 2016. All would-be young authors are encouraged to go to OPL’s website (www.biblioottawalibrary.ca) after that date for full details.
Limited copies are still available for purchase. Email fopla@biblioottawalibrary.ca or call (613) 580-2424 x14383 for more details.