Dave poses for a picture with Meg Tilly at Hooked On Books during her visit to Penticton. She was one of the instructors at the 2010 Penticton Writers And Publishers Youth Write Camp. Besides the Youth write Camp, Penticton Writers And Publishers also sponsors an annual Young Writers Contest.

Dave poses with one of three grade 8 classes he visited at South Okanagan Secondary this year. Raise A Reader sponsored the visits and provided a book for each student in the class. This ‘books for kids’ aspect of the South Okanagan Raise A Reader program is the brainchild of Yasmin John-Thorpe who also manages the program.