The Friday night SCBWI International Conference Australia & New Zealand at The Hughenden dinner, introduced the SCBWI leaders- me and Chris Cheng co-RA’s, Frances Plumpton Literary agent New Zealand, Dianne Wolfer ASA Western Australia, Frane Lessac Illustrator Coordinator, Corinne King ASA Victoria, Peter Taylor co-ordinator Queensland
and Executive Director of SCBWI worldwide film maker and author, Lin Oliver.
Sarah Foster Publishing Director for Walker Books Australia, gave a war, funny, celebratory speech about ‘Hank Zipster’ written by Henry Winkler (The Fonz) and Lin Oliver.
It has sold more than 3.5 million books.
Everyone loves the FONZ.
Hank Zipster is a funny, meaningful story inspired by The Fonz’ who had undiagnosed dislexia and faced difficult schools years. It’s a beautifully written series that gives kids a belief in themselves.
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