SCBWI Conference Talent, talent, talent – illustrators coming out of your ears and eyes – a feast of established and new illustrators are showcasing, speaking, sharing the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators at The Hughenden in Sydney.
Showcase: Friday 29th June
Open to Industry 4.30-5.30p.m. for an exclusive viewing
14 Queen Street Woollahra
Lead by our brilliant Illustrator Coordinators:- Frane Lessac and Sarah Davis,
supported by the Illustrator committee – Lesley Vamos, Serena Geddes, Andrea Edmonds, Majorie Crosby-Fairall. Invitation created by Lesley Vamos.
Some of the brilliant illustrators showcasing and speaking:-
Nina Rycroft
Frane Lessac
Lesley Vamos
Lachlan Creagh
Majorie Crosby-Fairall
Sarah Davis
Betty Sargeant
Wendy Binks
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A National Year of Reading partnership with ambassadors for the NYR ambassadors Hazel Edwards, Frane Lessac, Deborah Abela, Christopher Cheng and Susanne Gervay are part of the SCBWI Conference.
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Everyone was excited to have lovely illustrator and picture book writer Tina Burke fly in from Toronto Canada and New Zealand literary agent Frances Plumpton fly in from New Zealnd, as well as illustrator Lachlan Creagh from the Gold Coast for the Christmas party.
Deb Abela spoke enthusiastically about her beautiful book Aurelie and gave great insights from the reality of writing today where you have to market your book to having the passion to continue with your vision even when others reject it. The strength of Deb’s Aurelie is that it’s inspired by her beloved Grandma’s stories of ghosts and past lives.
It was a great celebration of the HOPE CARDS with Tina Burke and the designer, art director Jan Latta. Jan did a beautiful job and I couldn’t have done it without her, especially since I had no idea. I just made a call to authors & illustrators from around the world to send messages and illustrations of HOPE to the kids of the Australian Bush Fires in all shapes and form and the words and images came from Netherlands, Hong Kong, Japan, Canada, many States in the USA …. and of course Australia.
Jan had a major task to get them in the right format. We had lots of consultations but it was worth it. The Hope Cards are beautiful, warm and encompass the love of the world’s authors & illustrators for the kids of the Victorian bush fires.
SCBWI Australia will be launching the Hope Cards for the anniversary of the Victorian Fires in 2010.
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Peter Taylor, the multi-talented SCWBI Coordinator , Queensland chapter, and the Book Safari Coordinator, the inimitable Jenny Stubbs roped me in to help with the Book Safari tents at Woodlands. This was a first for me and proved to be an excellent networking and promotional activity. Opportunity abounded to talk to lots of teachers, students and other writers, illustrators, publishers and editors. In other words it was reading, hearing, viewing and doing STORIES, pretty much non stop!
Here is a pictorial overview from the days I was there – 2nd, 3rd and 5th of September. PHOTOGRAPHS: 1-3 Woodlands;
Woodlands, Ipswich from the approach road
The heritage listed Homestead with the Book Safari banner at the entrance
Why it is called Woodlands.
4-6 Editors, Presenters, Writers and more…
Kristina Schulz, UQP, Leonie Tyle, Random House, Dr. Robyn Sheahan-Bright
Julie Nickerson, Cheryl Gwyther, Dee White
Justin D'Ath's very unique book launch
7-9 Illustrators and workshops…
Behaving like Wild Things at the mask making workshop with Lee Fullarton
Lucia Masciullo shows us her new books x 2
Lachlan Creagh inspires us with his own brand of wild things
10-13 The nomads at their tents…
Peter Taylor,writer, illustrator, calligrapher and SCWBI coordinator
Author/illustrators, Helen Ross of Miss Helen Books and Lynelle Z. Westlake
Lynelle Z. Westlake using every spare minute to create!
J.R.Poulter + books, Peter Taylor not losing a moment in the background
Jenny Stubbs and Book Safari Coordinators in hand-painted, South African t-shirts designed for the festival
MS Readathon Tent
14 & 15 Jenny Stubbs and the Coordinating Team outside the Jacaranda Room; MS Readathon Tent
16 – 19 The people who keep the writers and illustrators viable – the amazing folk of the BOOK GARDEN!
