As part of the festivities for Small Business Saturday, a.k.a. the Saturday after Thanksgiving (and Black Friday), author Sherman Alexie is spearheading a campaign in which authors can help support their local bookstores on November 30. The gist is for PAL authors to spend an hour, a short shift, or a day, hand-selling books at... Continue Reading →
Illustrators: Catch this Graphic Arts workshop on the cloud
How can cloud computing and Adobe Creative Cloud help children's illustrators or book designers? Find out in a Graphic Arts Guild workshop on September 25, 2013, from noon to 1:30 p.m. The session, called "Stormy Weather or Silver Linings: What the Cloud Means to Your Business," will be held in the Seattle Design Center Plaza... Continue Reading →
Launch party alert!
South Sounder Jennifer Shaw Wolf (BREAKING BEAUTIFUL) will launch her second YA mystery, DEAD GIRLS DON'T LIE, on Tuesday, September 17, at the Olympia Barnes and Noble at 7:00 p.m. Jennifer's new book keeps readers on their toes in another dark, romantic story of murder and secrets: Jaycee and Rachel were best friends. . .... Continue Reading →
Great news for Jillian!
Looks like some serious congratulations are in order! Jillian Coats, who writes as J. Anderson Coats, was just awarded one of two 2013 Scanduzzi Children's Book Awards for her young adult novel, The Wicked and the Just. Check out the article featuring all the winners of this year's Washington State Book Awards. The exciting announcement... Continue Reading →
Register now for October events
Here's the skinny: Four fabulous events, and very little time to get in on the action! Read and register now! 1) You've heard, perhaps, about Weekend on the Water? (Registration ends this Friday, September 13. Hurry!) Click here to apply. 2) Fall Meeting: Our Keep It Simple Art Show, our showcase of local illustrators, plus... Continue Reading →
Kindling Words About to Spark
The Kindling Words East and West events, which are so popular for children's writers, illustrators, and editors that registration proceeds in part by lottery, have announced their 2014 registration request dates. And check out the workshop leader for KW West: Laurie Halse Anderson! KINDLING WORDS EAST 2014 January 30- February 2The Essex, Essex Junction, Vermont... Continue Reading →
Hey look! We’ve got a handy events calendar!
Now you can check out kidlit events in our region at a glance with our new SCBWI WWA events calendar. It's right here on our blog. See that tab near the top? Click it. From there you can change the view to a list (Agenda), see just a week at a time, or view a... Continue Reading →
Your Wurst Weekend Ever
You can get this shirt! Join our own SCBWI illustrator E. Sattler at the Great Wallingford Wurst Festival this weekend as she serves up the Wurst! Great people watching for writers and illustrators! Great food! Great t-shirts and limited edition pints glasses designed by the mysteriously named E.! You can drink out of this glass!... Continue Reading →
Call for authors: NaNoWriMo opportunities
[Here's a message from a local librarian with a great idea for PAL folks in our chapter, with a time-sensitive response needed. Dawn had attached a sign-up grid to her email, but we can't reproduce that here, so just email her and explain why you couldn't quite follow directions. We're sure she'll still be thrilled... Continue Reading →
Dana Sullivan’s Book Illustration classes
Dana Sullivan, author/illustrator of Ozzie and the Art Contest, will be teaching Intro to Children's Book Illustration classes at Pratt Fine Arts Center later this month and at Kirkland Arts Center in October. Both classes will take you from idea through story-boarding to final dummy and the submission process. Dana says, "These are excellent classes... Continue Reading →