{"id":348684,"date":"2025-12-17T23:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/in-memoriam-norma-charles-the-cwill-bc-society-blog\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T23:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T23:02:08","slug":"in-memoriam-norma-charles-the-cwill-bc-society-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=348684","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam: Norma Charles | The CWILL BC Society blog"},"content":{"rendered":"


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It is with heavy hearts that CWILL shares that Norma Charles, one of our longest serving and most cherished members, passed away on August 19 after an illness.<\/p>\n

Norma was a talented author and an integral member of the kidlit community in BC and Canada. She served as a membership committee coordinator for CWILL and was ever ready to offer a friendly greeting and a warm smile to our members, old and new. We have all benefitted enormously from her generosity, time, and friendship over the years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She was not only a leading member of CWILL, but other literary organizations such as The Vancouver Children\u2019s Literature Roundtable, The Writers\u2019 Union of Canada, the BC Book Prizes, and CANSCAIP.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Her own books, including her latest picture book,\u00a0The One and Only Question<\/em>, frequently uplifted social justice causes and showcased her warmth, sincerity, and care. She was a teacher, teacher-librarian, mother to four, and author of 22 books over the past three decades.<\/p>\n

She is greatly missed already, and CWILL will be finding ways to commemorate her in the time ahead.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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