Deborah Ellis

Next Tuesday, March 20 at 6:30 author Deborah Ellis will be speaking at a fundraising raising dinner at the St Marys Community Centre. Proceeds from the dinner will go to Women Breaking Bread for Women who will use it to support teachers in Afganistan.

Deborah Ellis volunteered at an Afghani refugee camp in Pakistan in 1999 which inspired her to write The Breadwinner that tells the story a young woman who cuts off her hair and poses as a boy so that she can support her family in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. Ms Ellis is also the author of Looking For X which won the 2000 Governor-General's Award for Children's Literature.

Tickets are available for $25 each at the St Marys Library which is also selling her books with proceeds going to the event.