Thanks aplenty to Lynn Hooghiemstra, who interviewed the always-fabulous Tricia Lawrence and wanted to share her conversation with everyone. Click here for the complete interview.
Interview with agent Tricia Lawrence
Meg Lippert’s iPad app released
Congratulations are in order! Meg Lippert, Director of Storytelling for LEARN WITH HOMER, has been writing for this educational iPad app for the past year. Designed for children 3-6, the app includes phonics lessons and engaging science units integrated with folk tales, fables, poetry, folk songs, and original stories. It's in the i-tunes app store: LEARN WITH HOMER. A... Continue Reading →
Wendy Wahman’s book trailer selected for festival
Meow! The first of two book trailers illustrator Wendy Wahman ever made, for A Cat Like That, was just selected for Minneapolis, Minnesota's Walker Art Center's "CatvidFest,"(Internet Cat Video Festival) from over 7,000 entries. The Festival was created to share a sincere love of cats and cat videos from crowd-sourced content within the context of... Continue Reading →
Update re: Rollin’s Memorial
Jonathan Standridge, a friend of Rollin Thomas, has let us know that there will be a memorial service in Spokane on Saturday, August 10. If you'll be in the area, you can contact him for more information at jds51134 (at) aim (dotcom). Some SCBWI WWA members plan to email Jonathan art or words that might... Continue Reading →
SCBWI Conference blog updates!
Didn't get to join the fray in LA? Have no fear, the SCBWI Blog Team (represented by our own invincible Jolie Stekly, Martha Brockenbrough, Jaime Temairik, and Kim Baker, plus others) s are on it so you won't miss everything...except the libations and a few elbows to rub. Fret not: I bring tidings of great... Continue Reading →
5th annual Bainbridge Student Writing Contest
The fifth annual Bainbridge Student Writing Contest is coming! Hosted by Suzanne Selfors, who will be joined by fabulous guest judges Kevin Emerson, Martha Brockenbrough, and George Shannon, this year's theme will be "Creatures, Monsters and Beasts." Contest Guidelines: * This short-story contest is open to all local students, grades 1... Continue Reading →
Remembering Rollin
Rollin Thomas, illustrator and teacher extraordinaire, left us on Tuesday, July 30. His joy and enthusiasm will certainly be missed. Here he is enjoying time with a (slightly) younger pal: If we hear of memorial or donation plans, we'll update here. In the meantime, hug your loved ones, friends, and favorite art.
New book from John Skewes
Here's some good news from John Skewes: He was interviewed on the Book Bites for Kids podcast for his new book, Larry Gets Lost in Prehistoric Times. Click here for a link to the podcast via John's blog. Congratulations, John!
Come toast Kirsten AND MOLLY!
Come say hi to globe-trotter Kirsten Carlson at KLDN on Thursday night (scroll down a post for the deets). NEWS FLASH -- and Molly Hall, who relocated to New York for about a year but is now back in Seattle -- hooray! -- will be coming tonight, too! Molly, known as one of the Queens... Continue Reading →