Sunday September 22, 2013 11am - 5pm.
Halifax Waterfront, around the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
Starr Dobson
Event Info: 'Theodore Tugboat' Stage at 12:00 - 1:00
Starr Dobson is the producer and co-host of the Maritimes’ most-watched news magazine program—Live at 5. She joined the CTV Atlantic news team in 1990 after graduating from the University of King’s College journalism degree. A native of Alma, Nova Scotia, Starr has received an Atlantic Journalism Award, two Atlantic Regional RTNDA Trina McQueen Awards, and an Adrienne Clarkson Award—Diversity. Starr volunteers with the IWK Telethon, Christmas Daddies, Ronald McDonald House, and Nova Scotia Special Olympics. She lives in Halifax with her husband and two children. They have a spoiled dog, but no goat.
Books
My Goat Gertrude
In My Goat Gertrude, Starr Dobson is a little girl living in a big, rambling house in the country with her family and lots of pets—including a mischievous goat, Gertrude Allawishes, who is notorious for eating anything and everything. One day Starr’s cousin Leanne comes to visit. Leanne is Starr’s opposite in a lot of ways, but one thing they have in common is a love of Wig Wag chocolate bars. This visit, though, Leanne has only brought one and won’t share with Starr. Starr chases Leanne around the yard, but Leanne taunts her and is about to start eating the chocolate in front of her—when in swoops Gertrude and her special gastric talents to save the day. Although some names have been changed to protect certain cousins (who, to be fair, usually shared their chocolate very nicely), Starr’s account of Gertrude Allawishes and her bizarre tastes is absolutely true.
