Our last gig – a Q&A session with Neil Wilson

Our last stop in Canada was the Ottawa International Writers Festival. They have had many Irish writers take part over the years and last year brought writers and illustrators to Dublin for the CBI conference. The sun came out in the capital!

Drawing for 100 kids in Hopewell school

They draw back – a parliament of owls

street furniture

Perfect Books – yes, we all bought books in every city!

door detail

Big Chair Alert!

parliament buildings

the locks lowering the Rideau Canal to the Ottawa river

the squirrels are BLACK!!

Ottawa river. Near side is Ontario, far side is Quebec

National Gallery

Tiny geese -inuit art

National gallery, Inuit art

Inuit piece, tiny seal

The Three Watchmen, Jim Hart

Big chair in the sun

poutine festival

Oisín and Deirdre in the Natural History museum

Moose!

Moose eile!

Thar be bears

The festival venue

We saw wonderful Inuit art in Ottawa and also the fabulous Maman by Louise Bourgeios which deserves its own album! There is a lovely picturebook about Louise and her Maman, who was a weaver, illustrated by Canadian illustrator, Isabelle Arsenault