We’ve finally on facebook and news about the children’s writers and illustrators sharing information and friendship is easily available now. Come and have a look.
SCBWI has conferences, meetings, networks, lots of comraderie across Australia and New Zealand.
SCBWI Australia and New Zealand supports :-
National Year of Reading where SCBWI leaders Frane Lessac, Hazel Edwards, Deb Abela, Christopher Cheng and I are ambassadors www.love2read.org
Room to Read bringing education to the children of the developing world www.roomtoread.org
SCBWI is lead by:-
Frane Lessac Illustrator Coordinator
Corrine Fenton in Victoria and Tasmania
Dianne Wolfer in WA
Sheryl Gywther, Prue Mason. Tina Marie Clark, Pamela Rusby in Queensland
Frances Plumpton in New Zealand
Amanda Graham in SA
Susanne Gervay in NSW, ACT and Australia
Christopher in Australia and on the international board
www.scbwiaustralia.org
The new year started with floods in Queensland and an enormous outpouring of support by Australian children’s writers and illustrators. I am proud to be part of this community.
With the new year comes Network. It begins at the Hughenden again in February.
It’s open to any contracted or published children’s/young adult author or illustrator. Just turn up.
- Date: 1st Wednesday of the month – 2nd February 2011
- Time: 10.30-12.30
- Place: 14 Queen Street Woollahra (just off Oxford Street Paddington)
- Parking: 2 hour parking on Queen Street; all day parking in Centennial Parklands across the road; parking until 3 p.m. on Oxford Street opposite the Parklands.
- Bus: Plenty of buses along Oxford Street. Just get off at corner of Oxford, Queen, Moore Park Road.
- Cost: Buy your coffees/teas cake or frittatas during the meeting.
Authors and illustrators often drop by, stay, catch up for coffee. Just caught up for coffee with the talented Queensland author Pamela Rushby at the Hughenden.
Her YA novel ‘When Hip Chicks Went to War’ (Hachette) won the NSW Premier’s Award in 2010. Fabulous book.
Network supports Room to Read, bringing literacy to the children of the developing world www.roomtoread.com
We’ve finally on facebook and news about the children’s writers and illustrators sharing information and friendship is easily available now. Come and have a look.
