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| Born in London, Ontario of a school teacher's family, Bill now lives on Toronto Island where he writes books, plays, travel features, videos, and film scripts. He is best known for the "Bains Series" of novels for children set in Canada in the 1870s. There are now seven books in the series. He plans to write twelve altogether with settings in every part of the country. A film series by CBC and BBC is in the planning stages.
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Hamilton: A People's History. James Lorimer & Company, 2001.
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Ambush in the Foothills. James Lorimer & Company, 2000.
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Far From Home: Canadians in the First World War. McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1999.
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Sioux Winter. James Lorimer & Company, 1999.
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P rairie Fire!. James Lorimer & Company, 1998.
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| AWARDS: |
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| Nominated, Silver Birch Award for Sioux Winter, 2000.
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| Award of Merit, Heritage Toronto for Casa Loma: Toronto's Fairy-tale Castle and its Owner, Sir Henry Pellatt, 1999.
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| Canadian Children's Book Centre "Our Choice" list and nominated for the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People for Prairie Fire, 1998.
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| Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature, 1984.
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| Canada Council Award for Juvenile Literature, 1975.
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| GENRE: Fiction
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| AUDIENCE SIZE: 120
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| GRADES: 5 - 8
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| LENGTH: 60 MIN.
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| CITY: Toronto, ON
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| PHONE: 416-203-2956
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| EMAIL: billfreeman@rogers.com; bfreeman@norflicks.com
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| TWO SESSIONS: $ 100
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| FOUR SESSIONS: $ 150
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| TWO SESSIONS: $ 200
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| FOUR SESSIONS: $ 300
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