Loved the SCBWI Conference – :
Brilliant Meg Rostoff who is witty and realistic and more
Shaun Tan who had the audience standing and cheering – a fabulous Australian and world illustrator!
Mo Williams who is definitely a stand up comic
Julie Andrew who had us all humming Sounds of Music
Best selling authors including Bruce Coville, Jane Yolen, Lin Oliver and Theo Baker, Ellen Hopkins …. and more.
Frane Lessac, Chris Cheng and I were there representing the Aussie and New Zealand contingent.
Our fabulous international leader Kathleen Ahrens was there from Hong Kong
The speakers were wonderful, but loved the delegates even more – from all over the USA, Europe and Asia – friends through children’s books
A privilege
Lin Oliver’s humour and engagement with the writing community connected everyone at the huge SCBWI LA Conference winner.
Love Lin and Henry Winkler’s (the Fonz) NY best seller series Hank Zipzer series.
Gary Paulsen was riverting – the maveric who turned his tragic early years into wild independence, crashes and ultimately couragee and an independence that had led to powerful award winning books.
Verla Kay, a dynamic,really generous writer has established a kids’ literature writing community that gets 1 million hits a month – everyone in the community is welcome – www.verlakay.com
Katie Davis an engaging and delightful speaker and author gave great insight into how to promote your book – her online talk radio gets over 2.6 million listeners every month [email protected]
Leonard Marcus – the guru of children’s literature; Ellen Hopkins – best selling YA author of edgy verse books; Bruce Hale -brilliant speaker and best selling author; Allan Silberberg – award winning humorous author; Frane Lessac – award winning illustrator; Henry Winkler – the Fonz and best selling author …. and more are all part of the SCBWI International celebration of children’s literature in LA.
Loved the SCBWI Conference – :
Frane Lessac, Chris Cheng and I were there representing the Aussie and New Zealand contingent.
A privilege
