KEY: YA = young adult MG = middle grade PB = picture book NF = nonfiction LINKS: University Book Store Third Place Books Elliott Bay Book Company Secret Garden Books Seattle Central Library Tuesday March 3, 7PM ––Carson Ellis, Home (PB) Third Place Books, Ravenna; also: FRIDAY, MARCH 6 at 7pm, Secret Garden Books ––Randy... Continue Reading →
Conference faculty profile: Carter Hasegawa
Carter Hasegawa will share his book sense with you! Carter Hasegawa, associate editor at Candlewick Press, came to children's publishing in a roundabout way. After a decade of working in the grocery business, followed by a two-year stint in textbook publishing, he left everything behind to follow his passion for children's books and went back... Continue Reading →
Conference faculty profile: Michelle McCann
Michelle McCann CAN show you how to tell, and tell you how to show! Editor at Beyond Words, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Michelle McCann is a graduate of Brown University and has an MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College. She has been working as a children’s book editor and art director... Continue Reading →
Conference faculty profile: Kristen Nobles
Kristen Nobles, art director at Candlewick Press. Kristen Nobles joined Candlewick Press as Art Director in 2004. As an art director, she has worked with award-winning illustrators Leslie Patricelli, Sophie Blackall, Yuyi Morales, John Rocco, Matt Myers, Ed Young, and Carson Ellis. Kristen loves a strong character, a unique style or retro look made new... Continue Reading →
Northern Network March meeting
When the Muse Refuses: Dealing with Writer’s Block You’ve been there. Staring at a blank page that stubbornly resists words. Your Muse must be on vacation, because you’ve got a bad case of Writer’s/Artist’s Block. Come explore what to do when your pen is stuck in neutral and your word processor refuses to process any... Continue Reading →
March meeting madness!
We're marching toward March, and our next meeting is going to be magnificent! From Critique to Collaboration will feature two children’s authors discussing their path to creative partnership which resulted in a two-book deal with Simon Spotlight. Jennifer Bradbury Jennifer Bradbury and Stephanie Guerra, both authors of young adult and middle-grade fiction, began as... Continue Reading →
Conference faculty profile: Nina Laden
Crystal WHO? Nina Laden, this year's Crystal Kite Award winner. SCBWI Crystal Kite Winner Nina Laden lives in Seattle and on Lummi Island, WA, but mostly she lives in her imagination. She grew up in the New York City area, the daughter of two artists, and received a BFA from Syracuse University’s College of Visual... Continue Reading →
Conference faculty profile: David Wiesner
David Wiesner = Caldecott x 3! Author and illustrator David Wiesner has been awarded the Caldecott Medal THREE times–– for Tuesday, The Three Pigs, and Flotsam. Three other books of his, Sector 7, Free Fall, and Mr. Wuffles! were named Caldecott Honor Books. Among other honors, Wiesner holds the Japan Picture Book Award for Tuesday, the French Prix Sorcières for The Three Pigs, and a... Continue Reading →
Conference faculty profile: Sharon G. Flake
The incomparable Sharon G. Flake! With millions of books in print, the multi-award-winning author Sharon Flake has earned an international reputation as one of the top MG and YA authors writing today. Her breakout novel The Skin I'm In, in 1998, established her reputation as a must read author among middle and high school students, as well as teachers,... Continue Reading →
Online kid-lit class starts March 23
Do you have a diverse or unusual book that editors aren’t willing to take a chance on? Would you like to have all the resources you need to create a stunningly written, illustrated, and published book? Then this new interactive course, How to Self-Publish with Crowdfunding, could be perfect for you. Learn from Jed Alexander,... Continue Reading →