In addition to the following, I have done many readings in
elementary schools in the last five years. At present, I am most often asked to come into elementary schools to talk about my books Big City Bees, Fraser Bear: a Cub's Life, and Tale of a Great White Fish: a Sturgeon Story,and to share slides about the books and about honeybees, black bears, Chinook salmon and sturgeon. Older children are also deeply interested in the
writing, editing and publishing processes. I travel the province and
the country regularly giving readings, and workshops, and I work
with teachers and teacher-librarians to structure sessions so that
they best meet the needs and interests of students.
*To enquire about booking an engagement, please contact me
directly
at maggiedevries@shaw.ca
2012
August to December: Writer in Residence at UNBC in Prince George, B.C.
Guest Author at "Rural Writers in Residence" weekend in Smithers
Guest speaker at Burnaby’s Environmental Awareness Week
Booktopia, North Vancouver, audience of teens
April: Tour of Smithers, Terrace, Kitimat and Hazelton
2011
Museum of Anthropology:
Talk with Joy Kogawa on writing for children about war and trauma
Vancouver International Writers Festival guest author
Literacy Festival, Maple Creek Middle School, Port Coquitlam
Class on Gender and Violence, University of British Columbia
Workshop on Research for Writing Fiction, Joy Kogawa House, Vancouver
Writer in Residence, Gibson’s Elementary School, Sunshine Coast
Touring author, Canadian Children’s Book Week, Prince Edward Island
2010
Bookclub, Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre
Workshops for Elementary and Secondary School Teachers, ProD Day, Langley
Fair on the Environment, North Vancouver School District
Workshops promoting Fraser Bear, Fraser River Tour, from its mouth to its source
Science Writing for Children Fair, University of British Columbia
Word on the Street, Vancouver
Writers’ Workshop for Teachers, ProD Day, Prince George
Writers’ Fair, 100 Mile House
Church Service, Unitarian Church of Vancouver
2009
Amnesty International Symposium, Ottawa
International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, St.
Catherines
Children's Writers & Illustrators of British Columbia, Vancouver
Fraser Valley Institution for Women, British Columbia
Victims' Services, Volunteers' Workshop, Saskatchewan
Professional Development Day for Secondary and Intermediate
Teachers, Langley
Conference for Alternative Educators, Vancouver
2008
Surrey International Writers’ Conference
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, Wesley Urban
Ministries, Hamilton United Churches, Guelph
Area, October
Guelph Wellington Women in Crisis
Denman Island Writers’ Festival
International Women’s Week Talks,
Kelowna, Pemberton and Vernon, BC
A Roomful of Missing Women Art Show Opening, Kamloops
Conference for Alternative Educators, Vancouver
2007
CANSCAIP (Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators
and Performers)
Conference, Toronto
Writers’ Salon, Green College, UBC
Surrey International Writers’ Conference
A Roomful of Missing Women Art Show Opening, Prince George
CANSCAIP conference, Lumsden, Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
"Living in Community" panel, Vancouver Public Library
"Speed networking" sessions with writers, Writers’ Union AGM
Writer-in-Residence, North Shore Writers’ Festival, North Vancouver
International Women’s Day, Chippewa Nation, Bruce Peninsula, Ontario
2006
Canadian Federation of University Women,
Cambridge, Ontario
Sidney Christmas Writers’ Festival, Sidney, BC
Series of writers’ workshops rooted in my sisters’ writing,
elementary school in
Port Coquitlam, BC
Vancouver International Writers’ Festival on Tale of a Great White Fish
Amnesty International event, North Vancouver
Harrison Hot Springs Festival of the Arts
Vancouver Public Library Teen Book Club
Tour of Prince George, Prince Rupert, Smithers and Terrace
Workshops with children and teens, 100 Mile House
Alouette Correctional Centre for Women
Forum for Stop Sexual Exploitation Week, Kamloops
Maggie (centre seated) at Canadian
Federation of University Women Dec. 2006
2005
West Coast LEAF (Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund) Event
Heart of the City Festival, Carnegie Centre, Downtown Eastside,
Vancouver
NOVA Panel participant (installation at VPL)
Speeches to large high school audiences about Missing Sarah,
Nanaimo,
New Westminster and Vancouver
International Literacy Day speaker, Carnegie Centre
Writer in Residence speech, Vancouver Public Library
Art against Brutality, Oppenheimer Park, Downtown Eastside,
Vancouver
University Women’s Club, Hycroft
2004
Inaugural CAVA (Canadian Victim Assistance) Conference, Richmond
PSAC (Public Service Alliance of Canada) Regional Women’s Conference
WomenSpeak, Douglas College, New Westminster
North Vancouver School District event for teachers and
administrators
Victoria Children’s Literature Roundtable
The Orchard rehabilitation facility, Bowen Island
Bowen Island Library
