by SCBWI Western Washington
Franny Billingsley, most recently the author of Chime, will be one of three keynote speakers at SCBWI Western Washington's 23rd Annual Writing and Illustrating for Children conference, which will be held April 12-13, 2014, at the Marriott Redmond Town Center. (Get registration info.) Chime, a National Book Award Finalist, received six starred reviews, and Franny's... Continue Reading →
Check out this great post on the collaborative process between editor, art director, and artist by art director Lauren Rille, who will at our spring conference. —Contributed by Street Team member Suzanne Kaufmann, who was recently a featured illustrator on Kathy Temean's Writing and Illustrating blog. Update: We've fixed a glitch in the link, so... Continue Reading →
Bestselling illustrator Renata Liwska (THE QUIET BOOK) will join local member & bestseller Nina Laden for the launch of their new book, ONCE UPON A MEMORY, at the Secret Garden Bookshop in Ballard at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3. And guess what? If you were going to take guesses about a shiny Canadian illustrator... Continue Reading →
Kerri Kokias, conference coordinator for the SCBWI WWA Annual Conference for Writing and Illustrating for Children, is excited to begin announcing our faculty lineup! The event will be on April 13, 2014, with optional Master Classes and Critique Round Tables on April 12. We’re going to tease you a little bit and reveal our faculty... Continue Reading →
Colleen AF Venable As someone who seems to have fully recovered from being voted class "dork," Colleen AF Venable's double major in studio art and English led her to success as a graphic novelist writing about a hamster named Hamisher. Her Guinea Pig: Pet Shop Private Eye series is now up to its fifth release,... Continue Reading →
Taylor Norman To get to know Taylor Norman is to understand to know her almost obsessive passion: books. Specifically, books for kids. As the editorial assistant in the Children's division at Chronicle Books, Taylor comes to life on the Chronicle Books Blog, which gives fellow devotees a dose of what's going on in the kidlit... Continue Reading →
2013 Annual Conference SNEAK PEEK presents SOPHIE BLACKALL Autralian-born, New York-transplanted illustrator Sophie Blackall might be best known for her lovably quirky illustrations in the Ivy and Bean series of chapter books, or she might have flickered on in your consciousness when she won the coveted 2003 Ezra Jack Keats Award for illustrating Ruby's... Continue Reading →
2012 Conference Registration Opens to the Public on January 17th! It's coming! Take a peek at the speakers and new opportunities we'll have at our conference happening April 21-22, 2012 at the Redmond Town Center Marriott. Complete details will be available in the next couple of days, but here's a peek: SCBWI Western Washington's 21st... Continue Reading →
Our Co-regional Advisor Laurie Thompson interviewed Michael Bourret, one of the agents coming to our conference this weekend. Here's a taste: Michael Bourret is an agent with Dystel and Goderich, and recently opened their brand-new West Coast office. I’ve heard Michael speak at a few of the national SCBWI conferences, and it’s always a pleasure.... Continue Reading →
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