The 2012 fair has not yet been planned, so please read on about our past event to learn more about the fair.
December 2 and 3, 2011
This year’s event will offer French Children’s books selected by our French teachers and a selection of Adult French books. Additionally, we will have English and Spanish children’s books and adult English books. The hours will be Friday, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
We also have many fun events planned for Friday, December 2:
3:00-6:30 p.m. Nicolas Poupon Book Signing
6:00-6:30 p.m. Pajama Storytime for PS & MS
6:30-7:00 p.m. Pajama Storytime for GS and CP
(Storytimes will be in all three languages.)
6:00-7:00 p.m. The teachers are planning a short stories event for the CE-CM students.
7:00-8:00 p.m. Parent Panel Discussion (Childcare will be provided)
Enjoy wine and an engaging discussion. We will have the opportunity to interview an international panel of authors and journalists (and some AIS parents) Nicolas Poupon, J.C. Conklin and Antonio Ruiz-Camacho. We will be discussing the creative process of how to write a novel and any other questions you have regarding their exciting careers.
NOTE: The children will be visiting the Book Fair with their classes on Friday and to make things easier on the parents, you can purchase Book Fair vouchers online. Book Fair Vouchers will be available online only and until Monday, November 28. Your children will receive their vouchers when they enter the Book Fair. We will also accept cash and checks.
This event is a very important fundraiser for our AIS Library and we greatly appreciate your support! We could use a few more volunteers too- please email library@austininternationalschool.org if you can help.
Author Panel Participant Bios
J.C. Conklin
J.C. Conklin is the author of two novels and one non-fiction book. She is currently working on a third novel. She is a former Wall Street Journal reporter and mother of three. Conklin is also an AIS parent.
Antonio Ruiz-Camacho
Antonio Ruiz-Camacho was born and raised in Toluca , Mexico. He’s a former Journalism Knight Fellow at Stanford University and a former Carol Houck Smith Contributor Scholar at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. He’s currently pursuing an MFA in creative writing from the University of Texas at Austin. For more information about him you can visit his website, http://www.antonioruizcamacho.com.
Nicolas Poupon
An author and illustrator born in 1972, Nicolas Poupon discovered his passion for comic books when he was 19 years old. Leaving behind history studies, he enrolled himself in a fine arts program, which afforded him plenty of time to discover his style and draw inspiration from the little vignettes in life. He is the author of more than 22 published works crafted in his identifiable style which mixes humor, poetry and awareness of social problems. His first published work was Noémie Contre la Rumeur, a comic book for youth published in 1999 by the French publishing house Treize étrange. This was followed by numerous publications by many small publishing houses in France, including Le 9ème Monde, Triskel, Paquet, Cycliste, and Delcourt. He garnered widespread attention with his humorous series Le Fond du Bocal. He followed this up with Faire Semblant les Jours D’Orage, undertaken in a more traditional comic book style. His work Fleur de Géant (Scutella Editions) follows the story of a tiny young woman named Fleur who escapes from her unhappy, misunderstood life into the Land of the Giants and makes friends with people who appreciate her unique size and personality. Poupon has been featured in numerous publications including Le Cyclist, Publiq’, La Dépêche de Midi and Canal BD.
