by SCBWI Western Washington
Full-Bodied Novel Summer Writing Retreat Hoping to take your writing to another level? Join Janet Lee Carey and Katherine Grace Bond for the Second Annual Full-Bodied Novel Retreat, July 21-23. Explore the writer's mind-body connection in a peaceful, relaxing setting at St. Andrew's House on Hood Canal. Authors Katherine and Janet invite you to explore... Continue Reading →
Janet Lee Carey celebrates her first picture book with illustrator Molly Blaisdell. Sing the Chickens version of the familiar Christmas carol. And hatch some holiday hilarity with us! Bring your peeps. Munch yummy treats. Prizes for the little ones. When: Saturday, December 3rd 5-6:30 Where: University Bookstore 990 102nd Ave Northeast Bellevue, WA 98004 More about The Twelve... Continue Reading →
Author Janet Lee Carey, whose atmospheric fantasy novels have carried us away for years into realms of imagination we never thought possible, started a blog in 2010, LIBRARY LIONS ROAR, which to raise awareness about the key role libraries and librarians play in sharing books and spreading the word with their audiences and their parents.... Continue Reading →
THIS WEEKEND! WORLD-BUILDING WORKSHOP: FROM ELVES TO ALIENS With YA Fantasy Author Janet Lee Carey Are you creating worlds for fantasy novels, sci-fi novels or games? Considering terrain, ecosystems, beings, cultures, societies, and languages? There’s a lot to cover, but when you design a world from a central theme, adding history and conflict, you create... Continue Reading →
WORLD-BUILDING WORKSHOPS: FROM ELVES TO ALIENS With YA Fantasy Author Janet Lee Carey Are you creating worlds for fantasy novels, sci-fi novels or games? Considering terrain, ecosystems, beings, cultures, societies, and languages? There’s a lot to cover, but when you design a world from a central theme, adding history and conflict, you create the... Continue Reading →
You're invited to a Book Birthday Party for: In The Time of Dragon Moon by Janet Lee Carey WHERE: Parkplace Books, 348 Parkplace Center, Kirkland WA WHEN: Saturday March 28 at 4pm Janet Lee Carey COME: Authors, Illustrators, Friends, Families, Dragons & Fairies ENJOY: Food, Wine, and Fun (don't miss Peggy King Anderson's... Continue Reading →
Time for some better-than-great news! Several of our very own fellow SCBWI-WWA writers have been included in the 2013 list of Best Fiction for Young Adults, as selected by YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association). And the honorees are: Janet Lee Carey, Dragonswood Marissa Meyer, Cinder Suzanne Selfors, The Sweetest Spell Congratulations... Continue Reading →
Due to snow and flu we have had to reschedule the DRAGONSWOOD Book Launch Party. The Party will now be held on Saturday February 25th, 6:30-9:00 p.m. at the same venue Parkplace Books in Kirkland. Same food, same dragon dance, same mask making and celebrating -- just a new date to pop onto the calendar.... Continue Reading →
Thanks to Janet Lee Carey for sending this post!! Read an interesting post on Library Lions about Banned Books Week. Lesley James, librarian at Douglass-Truth Branch of the Seattle Public Library roars about Banned Books,"The serious fact is that every year books are removed from the shelves of libraries when library staff responds to patrons’... Continue Reading →
Library Lions interviews youth librarians and gives a Roar for School Libraries and Public Libraries across the US. We also have special Author Spotlight posts. Kirby Larson is up on the blog now telling to tell us about her Library Love. You don’t have to be a Newbery award-winning author like Kirby to do a... Continue Reading →
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