On Saturday November 5th 2011, 38 Book Bloggers came together for an afternoon of food, drinks, book talk, networking and finally a chance to meet each other. It was wonderful to have so many book lovers in one place! Our hope is that this will be the beginning of a supportive network of friends, who all love the same thing- Reading!
We have so many people to thank-
Penguin Canada for giving us several ARCS, T-shirts and book marks for use as prizes.
Chapters Indigo for donating 40 reusable Indigo bags
Jennifer from Kobo for donating Kobo swag including awesome T-shirts and a Kobo E-Reader for Door Prizes
Nikole at Scholastic Canada who gave us a book for every attendee, including the coveted Scorpio Races.
Michelle from Simon & Schuster for the Fever by Lauren DeStefano ARCS for every attendee.We heard many squeals of delight with that one.
Hatchette Book Group Canada for giving a book for every attendee along with some cool swag.
Shannon at Harper Collins Canada, who not only gave us a book for every attendee, but also included a letter and a post it note in each and every book.
Lindsey from Random House Canada who we were fortunate enough to have join us for the event! Also gave us, a goodie bag for every attendee with a book, mug, pen, and bookmarks.
We also want to thank all of the wonderful bloggers who joined us on Saturday!!
Getting Ready
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| Indigo and Kobo |
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| Harper Collins Canada |
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| Simon and Schuster -"You give me Fever!!" |
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| Jackie and Mel and Wendy's Arm |
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| 38 bags full |
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| Hatchette and Harper Collins |
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| Sara (on left) Won the Kobo E-Reader as a Prize but since she already has one -she gave it to Hayley! |
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| The Ontario Book Blog Squad Liz, Wendy, Christa, Mel, ME (Jen), Jackie, Nicole and Angel |
It was a wonderful time! Great post, Jen =)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic behind-the-scenes recap!! I had such a great time and once again, thank you to the whole blog squad for organizing & to all the publishers with the amazing goodies!
ReplyDeleteMichele
Wish I could have been there- seemed like an amazing time!
ReplyDeleteI miss it already! Loved planning it with you guys. It was a wonderful event!
ReplyDeleteHUGE thanks to all the publishers, Indigo and Kobo! You rock!
I had such an amazing time meeting everyone yesterday! And thank you Jen for writing up this awesome recap! *sends a hug your way* And yay! I almost forget you had taken a picture of me with some of the others b/c I was too busy chatting away to snag one... I'll be saving it for sure!
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks so much to everyone who helped supported our event to make it a success!
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Wish I could have been there. Will you do another one in the new year do you think?
ReplyDeleteSounds like you guys had a totally fantastic time. Glad to hear it went so well. Hopefully next time I can make it. :)
ReplyDelete*sigh, it's over* It was so great seeing many bookish people yesterday! Thanks to everyone who attended, donated & organized for making this the fabulous event it was :D
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool - I think I might have to steal this idea to see if us Atlantic Canadians can do something similiar. If ever you would like author to join you let me know - I belong to a number of author groups and I'm always dying to go to Ontario - case in pt I'm there in May for some "me" time.
ReplyDeleteYou guys look like you had a great time! Lots of bookish fun. I hope I'll be able to go to the next one. :)
ReplyDeleteVery awesome recap, love the pics! I think I've said it a zillion times by now, but it was an awesome afternoon!! =)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for organizing it! I had a great time. I read all 3 of my ARCs last night!
ReplyDeleteSuch an awesome experience! Thanks to the whole Ontario Blog Squad for organizing it and all the publishers for contributing all the books! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry I couldn't make it. I had a family emergency at the last minute. But it looks like you all had a blast! :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great time had by all. :) Sorry I couldn't make it after all. Maybe next time.
ReplyDeleteThat looked like so much fun! When will you be having another one?
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