by SCBWI Western Washington
A reminder that Jay Asher is coming to town. "Jay Asher’s first book, Thirteen Reasons Why was and is a worldwide phenomenon. It’s been translated into 35 languages, spent over 200 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and sold nearly 2.5 million copies since its 2007 debut, making it a contemporary classic with... Continue Reading →
How To Be a Guest at Jennifer's Dinner Table WOW! What a Kick-off to our SCBWI season. Jennifer March Soloway was our guest agent from the Andrea Brown Literary Agency and she was truly one to listen to. Immediately, she captured the audience in Demaray Hall at SPU last week with her charisma for books, the... Continue Reading →
BOOK LAUNCHES TO CELEBRATE Come help me CELEBRATE the release of my debut novel for middle-grade readers, CHASING AT THE SURFACE, out on October 4, from WestWinds Press. After her mother unexpectedly leaves home, twelve-year old Marisa struggles with her feelings of loss and abandonment just as a pod of nineteen orca whales―mothers with their new... Continue Reading →
Secret Garden Books is hosting bestselling, Caldecott Honor artist David Shannon! His new picture book is Duck on a Tractor, and it tells the story of a determined duck who decides to jump on a tractor and drive it around the barnyard and through town, with hilarious consequences! David Shannon is the internationally acclaimed creator... Continue Reading →
Jaimie Temairik has got her very own, first picture book both illustrated and written by her. Sure, she's doodled illustrations for other people's writings before, (Bigfoot Does Not Like Birthday Parties, by Eric Ode, and How to Negotiate Everything by David Spellman). But for this one, the writer she's doodling for is none other than... Continue Reading →
Jennifer K. Mann proudly welcomes her latest picture book, SAM AND JUMP, to the world this coming Tuesday, May 10 AND next Sunday, May 15! Come one, come all––both sides of Elliott Bay are ready for this new dynamic duo! Jennifer K. Mann 1) WHEN: Tuesday, May 10 at 7pm WHERE: Secret Garden Books... Continue Reading →
CAAAWWWW! Our esteemed co-Regional Adviser, Dana Arnim, will be launching her picture book, BARTHOLOMEW QUILL: A CROW'S QUEST TO KNOW WHO'S WHO, with author Thor Hanson (FEATHERS). It's a gorgeously illustrated tale of a crow in search of his identity, and it marks Dana's first published picture book. Dana, Thor, and Bartholomew: A terrific trio!... Continue Reading →
Author and SCBWI-Oregon Illustrator Coordinator Barbara Herkert shares her new picture books, Mary Cassatt: Extraordinary Expressionist Painter and Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist. WHEN: Friday, January 29 at 7PM WHERE: Secret Garden Books
"S IS FOR SEATTLE" LAUNCH PARTY AND BOOK SIGNING Author Maria Kernahan and publisher Michael Schafbuch of Dry Climate Studios will be there tohelp celebrate the debut of our city's alphabet book, S IS FOR SEATTLE. When: Friday, December 4 at 7pm Where: Secret Garden Books
Christy at Secret Garden Bookstore wanted me to relay a message to SCBWI members about an offer to support the Page Ahead Children's Literacy Program. If you missed the Ballard Gives Black Friday event, The Secret Garden Bookshop will be extending their offer of 20% off of books purchased as donations to Page Ahead Children's... Continue Reading →
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