by SCBWI Western Washington
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association has released the shortlist for their 2015 Book Awards, and member Stasia Kehoe's book, The Sound of Letting Go, is on it! The awards recognize excellence in writing from the Pacific Northwest (from Alaska to Oregon and Montana). Nearly 300 books published in 2014 were nominated, and the final awards... Continue Reading →
Join the illustrators of SCBWI Western Washington at a reception to open our exhibition at the Washington State Historical Society in Tacoma on November 22. Come see the artwork and the artists, enjoy light refreshments, and try your hand at an illustration or two! Free museum admission is available to all who attend between the... Continue Reading →
Are you ready for our next monthly programming meeting? You won't be disappointed. This coming month–– Thursday, November 20, to be exact––SCBWI WWA presents: NONFICTION IS THE NEW BLACK: a Panel Discussion moderated by Laurie Ann Thompson (Be a Changemaker) and featuring nonfiction and fiction authors Lisa L. Owens (The Great Chicago Fire), Jim Whiting... Continue Reading →
Warning: Unauthorized post! (Exciting, isn't it?) Your roving Ohio reporter will be in Seattle for an early-December Kid Lit Drink Night on Saturday, Dec. 6, starting about 7:00 p.m. (and earlier if she can swing it). We'll gather at the Elliott Bay Brewhouse and Pub in Burien (on the back side of Sea-Tac airport, kinda,... Continue Reading →
Join the illustrators of SCBWI Western Washington at a reception to open our exhibition at the Washington State Historical Society in Tacoma on November 22. Come see the artwork and the artists, enjoy light refreshments, and try your hand at an illustration or two! Free museum admission is available to all who attend between the... Continue Reading →
On this Monday, November 10, Seattle's Poetry on Buses: Writing Home program kicks off a year of poetry with music, poetry, the poetry buses — and maybe you? — at the Moore Theatre in Seattle. Celebrate the 365 poets whose poetry will be "going round and round" on busses. Several are SCBWI WWA members. Doors... Continue Reading →
Check out the Graphic Artists Guild lunchtime workshop on "Your Brand, Your Way" with Susan Straub-Martin, which will be held November 19, 2014, from noon to 1:30 p.m. Consider yourself a brand, a commodity. What would you like people to know about you? In this workshop, identify who you are as a brand, write a... Continue Reading →
Plan to come to Inside Story tomorrow night at Parkplace Books (348 Parkplace Center, Kirkland, WA 98033) at 7:00 PM. It'll be a great chance to get ahead on (or finish up) your holiday gift buying! We hold this celebration twice a year for booksellers, librarians, teachers, and other children's book lovers so you can... Continue Reading →
Join Blanca Santander Monday, November 3 for the closing of her exhibit with Rene Julio, Between Love and Death. Jacque Larrainzar will be making music. Festivities will be at the M. Rosetta Hunter Gallery at Seattle Central College on Capitol Hill from 5-8 pm. Come one, come all!
Are you, or is anyone you know, participating in this year's National Novel Writing Month????? Instead of doing your due dilligence in a vacuum, how about some writing sessions with like-minded and determined individuals at Seattle Public Library's Write-Ins, Mondays at the Central Branch location in downtown Seattle? These three-hour sessions are geared toward... Continue Reading →
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