October 4, 2025 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

Telling Tales Festival

Royal Botanical Gardens

Preteen Tent (Ages 9-12)

Age / Grade 9-12 / Grades 4-6

Join Mary Averling in the Preteen Tent for a 45-minute session featuring a reading and accompanying activities on theme with her novel, The Ghosts of Bitterfly Bay

Following the presentation, meet Emily and get your book signed at Epic Books’ Autograph Tent.