… said the shop girl to Ronald Tooke, World War Two RAF veteran
British SCBWI is celebrating 10 years of supporting and encouraging Children’s book writers and illustrators with their third conference.
This year the conference is being held between the 13 -14 November 2010, at The Stripe complex, King Alfred Campus, University of Winchester, SO22 4NR. This is also the venue for the regular Winchester Writers Conference which has now been supporting writers for 30 years and the university offers degrees and MA’s in creative writing.
The SCBWI conference is for writers or illustrators focusing on children’s writing. There are opportunities to have work critiqued, talk to agents, and editors and attend workshops as well as networking with established authors and illustrators.
Not a member of SCBWI? Well that doesn’t matter, the conference is open to anyone working or wanting to develop their work in the children’s genre. Check out the official British SCBWI website for more details and how to book your place.
If you are serious about writing for children this is a brilliant place to start. If you become a member, not expensive, there are many benefits: professional series, networking parties, retreats and much, much more.
If you do go, why not drop us a line and let us know how you got on?
Winchester 2010 with Plenary Speaker Sir Terry Pratchett OBE
This year the Winchester Writers’ Conference was celebrating 30 years of inspiring, encouraging and educating aspiring authors. The conference ran over three days. During this time workshops, seminars, networking, midnight reads and the all-important one-to-one appointments with agents, editors and authors were held. Not forgetting the book shop where first time authors can see their books beside established writers.
Who needs Facebook to keep in touch, eh? Get you own site, and see what pops up from the past. Check out this.
I have been thinking about last week’s finale of Dr Who (or rather the last two weeks, it was a two parter). I know what you’re thinking: a) you sad git and b) what’s that got to do with crying?
Trust me. I am not a doctor.
The show has probably gone from iPlayer now, so if you still have not seen it then treat yourselves to the DVDs when they come out, because the last two episodes in particular are a story telling masterclass. “What?” I hear you cry, “SciFi giving a masterclass in anything. Don’t be an ass.” Let me explain. Hear be spoilers.
The responsibility for holding the beer kitty money proves too much for Steve. It’s amazing what you can spend £17.50 on these days.
Find out exactly what in his Desperate Househusband blog.
We now haz mobile capabilities. Innit.
Check it out on your iPhone Droid-y thing.
I see that the BP bosses are now facing charges of “gross negligence or wilful misconduct” – does the same apply to Eng-er-land Manager Fabio Capello.
After last night’s lacklustre performance (the poor souls are only paid £160K per week) as the “importance of being earnest and ethnically northern” commentator intoned; “they’re frustrated; they look haunted by the England shirts; they’re playing poor club football in international shirts” I’m now looking to Lord David Young to look into my ‘Elf & safety.
It is because we don’t have one of these that English is the global language. In the English language, the rules are, as often as not, more honor’d in the breach than the observance.
