Rainbow Caterpillar

Rainbow Caterpillar’s mission is to preserve and promote culture by providing parents the tools to transmit their children their own home language or a second or third (or fourth or fifth) language.  Since children learn continuously and in all environments and situation, Hanoosh and Happie (founders of Rainbow Caterpillar) believe not so much in direct didactic teaching, as in supporting spontaneous learning by the same process of playing and exploring that children go through in the course of learning their primary language.

Ruth Rakoff has had many careers, filled countless volunteer roles and dabbled in many of the arts. Currently she is working on her first novel. She lives in Toronto. Join her in The Remarkable Reads Tent at 2:40.

Ted Reader is an award-winning chef and food entertainer, who has parlayed his passion for food into a culinary tour de force that includes more than a dozen cook books, shelves of food products, live culinary performances, TV and radio cooking shows and appearances as well as culinary demonstrations, a catering company and teaching. See him on the Cooks ‘n’ Books stage at 4:00.

One Bird’s Choice is a hilarious memoir by former CBC Radio writer Iain Reid.  When Iain lands a job at a radio station near his childhood home, he decides to move back in with his lovable but eccentric parents on their hobby farm. What starts out as a temporary arrangement turns into a year-long extended stay, in which Iain finds himself fighting with the farm fowl, taking fashion advice from the elderly, and ultimately easing (perhaps a little too comfortably) into the semi-retired lifestyle. See him in The Great Books Marquee at 12:00 with Michael Lista and Mark Sedore.

Christina Reynolds is ELLE Canada’s senior editor for style and travel. ELLE Canada magazine is the country’s fashion and beauty authority covering international as well as local fashion and lifestyle topics with a Canadian flavour. Join her in the Canadian Magazines Tent at 12:45 where she discusses what’s in this fall.

David Rider is the urban affairs bureau chief for the Toronto Star and lead reporter on the Star’s coverage of the 2010 Toronto civic election. Over more than 20 years as a journalist, Rider has been a reporter and editor at several Canadian newspapers, Reuters News Service and CBC online and radio, as well as an Asia-based freelancer. See him in The Toronto Star Tent at 2:00 with Royson James and Vanessa Lu.

Peter Robinson is the recipient of numerous awards for his Inspector Banks novels, including the prestigious Grand Prix de Littérature Policière and several Arthur Ellis best novel awards. Robinson divides his time between Toronto and Richmond, Yorkshire. See him in The Remarkable Reads Tent at 11:40.

Now Executive Editor of Homemakers, Canada's magazine about living well and eating well, Jessica Ross stared her magazine career as Associate Editor and Web Editor of IE:Money. Jessica is a member of the Magazines Canada professional development committee and is Vice President and Treasurer of the Canadian Society of Magazine Editors. Join her in The Canadian Magazines Tent at 5:15 with Matthew Blackett, David Hayes and Jacqueline Kovacs.

Nicholas Ruddock’s writing has been published in The Dalhousie Review, The Antigonish Review, Fiddlehead, Prism International, Grain, sub-Terrain, Event, and Exile. His short story “How Eunice Got Her Baby” was published in the Journey Prize Anthology in 2007, and a short film adaptation, narrated by Gordon Pinsent, was made by the Canadian Film Centre. Ruddock is a family physician. He lives in Guelph, Ontario. See him in The Remarkable Reads Tent at 1:00.