Priscilla Galloway

Readings

Priscilla Galloway has taken her Archers, Alchemists medieval show on the road! Costumes, props and magic, as well as the wonders of modern technology (PowerPoint) encourage enthusiastic audience participation. For curriculum reasons, school audiences are mostly grade 4; however, the show also works well with a mixed-age group.

The Cariboo Gold Rush of the 1860s is the focus for Priscilla’s new show, also featuring props and costumes, with a PowerPoint presentation, and based on her Lisa series (Penguin Canada, Our Canadian Girl, 4 titles available), junior-intermediate grades.

Also available—writing workshop or presentation focused on research and writing.

Special Equipment:

PowerPoint projector and screen.

Book Sales:

Copies of books can be brought to be sold and autographed, if arranged in advance.

Biography

Priscilla Galloway, Ph.D, has been a full-time author since 1993. Too Young to Fight: Memories from our Youth During World War II, won the major international Bologna Ragazzi award in 2000, the first Canadian book to do so. Other titles among her twenty-two books were nominated for the Canadian Library Association, Mr. Christie's, and Red Cedar awards. Eight were Our Choice selections.

Previously, Priscilla taught in high schools and universities and worked as a language arts consultant with children of all ages. She was honored as Teacher of the Year by the Ontario Council of Teachers of English. She is a past president of CANSCAIP (the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and Performers). Priscilla's eclectic career also includes operating a trailer park and managing an apartment building, not to mention a brief foray into cosmetic sales and a short stint as a cucumber farmer. Born in Montreal in 1930, Priscilla has lived, written, taught and scuba-dived from Pacific to Atlantic, from southern farming country to northern mines, from the Caribbean to New Zealand.