Maria Gill Talks Marketing Opportunities in the NZ

Our first meeting was held at Birkenhead Library Auckland Saturday February 18, when we gathered to hear Maria Gill talk about marketing opportunities.

Maria, whose Anzac Heroes (Scholastic NZ) was awarded the 2016 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults Elsie Locke Award for nonfiction and was the overall NZ Book Margaret Mahy winner, has curated several successful exhibitions of New Zealand children's books over the past three years.

Check out Maria's whatliesbeneathexhibition.blogspot.co.nz. This year she is expanding her recent focus on Anzac Books into Australia, with a new exhibition of outstanding Australian and New Zealand Anzac titles that will rotate around Brisbane Libraries in 2017-2018. Many titles by SCBWI members are included. For more background here's Maria's accompanying blog: Anzacstoriesbehindthepages.blogspot.co.nz

From NZ ARA, Frances Plumpton

May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust

Applications for 2018 creative time residential fellowships are now open

Published authors or illustrators of at least one book for children or young people are invited to apply for “the gift of time,” with a May Gibbs Trust creative time residential fellowship. The Trust provides delightful rent-free accommodation and local support in one of our three host cities - Adelaide, Canberra or Brisbane.

Visit maygibbs.org.au

Click on all the information provided under ‘creative time fellowships’

NB. This information is most effectively viewed on a computer screen and may not appear on phones or tablets

For application details contact Sally Chance, Fellowships Coordinator: contact@maygibbs.org.au

Completed applications must be received by 11.59 pm on Sunday April 30 2017

Luisa Gioffre-Suzuki illustrates new picture book

Congrats to Luisa Gioffre-Suzuki on her wonderful illustrations for

Willard the Dragon - Camp Dragonfire

Written by Suzanne Cordatos

Published by 4RV Publishing, in hardback

For ages 0 - 5

Willard the Dragon and his friends attend camp for the first time, finally. They are excited and look forward to all the activities. Their experience begins with roasting marshmallows over a campfire, until something strange happens ...

Love the cover - congrats again Luisa!