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Road Trip to Portland for the region’s largest book festival.
The largest book festival in the Pacific Northwest will be held Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the Portland Art Museum and other Portland venues. The one-day Portland Book Festival features regional and national authors presenting onstage events, pop-up readings, and workshops. Activities are available for readers of all ages. Plus it's Portland .... so you're... Continue Reading →
Vancouver BC Group To Honor Publisher Sheila Barry
Vancouver Children's Literature Roundable tributes picturebook editor and publisher, the late Sheila Barry on November 16.
SCBWI Winter Conference Registration Now Open
The SCBWI New York Winter Conference registration opens Thursday, October 24. The Conference dates are February 7-9, 2020 in New York City, New York.
SCBWI BookStop: Buy Books By Our Members
Browse, buy, and enjoy work by SCBWI members in the annual SCBWI BookStop now through December 3, 2019. https://www.scbwi.org/scbwibookstop/
Turn your childhood memories into a book
Wendy Wahman leads a workshop to tap childhood memories for stories on Sunday, Oct. 20th, 2019 from 2 – 4pm at King's Books, 218 Helen's Ave, Tacoma, WA.
Meet the creators of 2 new inspirational picture book biographies
Craig Orback and Tessa Blackham will appear together for a powerful talk about designing non-fiction picture books October 25.
We’re kicking off our 2019–2020 season in style!
October 12 and 13 offer many events for kidlit writers and illustrators. Come to the SCBWI monthly meeting with Don Tate, attend the WA ST book awards and take a Master Class.
Trudi Trueit presents Explorer Academy #3 “The Double Helix”
Author Trudi Trueit will be signing the new Explorer Academy title: Book #3: The Double Helix at Brick and Mortar Books in Redmond, WA on Saturday, Oct. 12th at 2pm.
Be Fearless: See Sharon Mentyka Reading Her New Bill Gates Biography
See author Sharon Mentyka read from her new Bill Gates biography at University Book Store, Seattle on October 19 and Phinney Books, Seattle November 16