On-line Critique Groups - an exciting new initiative!

Members who wish to share their work and learn from others can now be linked to writers and/or illustrators with similar interests, goals and challenges.

If you are interested in joining an On-line Critique Group simply Click Here. Read the information and register your interest to be linked to a like-minded group. You will receive an automated acknowledgement.

When a group becomes available the On-line Critique Co-ordinator will contact you. The waiting time to join a group varies according to the number of members interested in joining a group at any one time. However, you will be contacted!

Why not take this golden opportunity to network with other writers and illustrators while honing your creative skills?

 

 

 

 

SCBWI Victorian Gathering 29 November 2014

Dear SCBWI VIC members
 
Our final gathering for 2014 will be on 29 November in Carlton (2-5pm).  Paul Collins will be our guest speaker and promises to offer up some of his best survival tips as both a publisher at Ford Street Publishing and as an author. Illustrator Kim Fleming will speak about Building a Career in Publishing and author Alison Lloyd will speak about Beginnings: How to get your story off to a good start.  Full details can be found in the attachment. I hope you can join us for this special get-together.  

Date: Saturday 29 November, 2014

Where: DiMattina’s Restaurant (upstairs room), 306 Lygon Street, Carlton

Time: 2pm – 5pm (then stay on for drinks afterwards)

Cost: $25 members, $30 non-members (includes afternoon tea)

Payment: To reserve your place, please pay by Wednesday 26 November in one of two ways:  

  1. Direct deposit to:

National Australia Bank

Account Name: Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators

BSB: 082-187            Account no: 82-863-8450

Would you please be sure your name appears with the deposit amount on the statement as well as sending a follow-up email to me, advising when payment was made, by Wednesday 26 November.

  1. Cheque made out to SCBWI and posted to Caz Goodwin, 37 Auburn Road, Hawthorn East, VIC 3123.  (Cheques must be received by Wednesday 26 November).

 
Christmas Drinks
As it will be our final gathering for the year, everyone is invited to stay on for Christmas drinks after our gathering on the 29th November. At 5pm, DiMattina’s will open the bar upstairs. I hope you can stay (or join us) for a drink and some Christmas cheer. (Drinks will be available for purchase at the upstairs bar).
 
I hope to see you all on 29th November, if not before.
 
Cheers,
 
Caz Goodwin

SCBWI Victoria Gathering 6 September 2014

SCBWI Gathering – Saturday 6 September 2014 – Flinders
Our next gathering is on Saturday 6 September, 2014. It is our annual regional event and this year we are gathering in Flinders on the Mornington Peninsula (details below).  Flinders is only 1¼ hours from Melbourne, not far from Red Hill. The link below provides more information about the town, local attractions, maps showing how to get there etc.
 
http://www.travelvictoria.com.au/flinders/
 
Guest Speaker
I’m delighted that our guest speaker will be Jen Storer. Jen is a best-selling author of chapter books, junior fiction and novels. She wrote the best-selling Truly Tan series, The Accidental Princess and the acclaimed gothic fantasy, Tensy Farlow and the home for Mislaid Children. Her latest series for preteens is the Crystal Bay Girls. Jen is currently working on the next Truly Tan books as well as a comedy series for boys. She is published by Penguin and Harper Collins.  Jen will be speaking about Creating Quirky Characters.  
 
We are also delighted to have Wendy Orr and Serena Geddes as our member speakers. 
 
Wendy Orr is the internationally published and award-winning author of more than 30 books, ranging from picture books to adult. In 2008 Nim’s Island was released as a Hollywood feature film starring Jodie Foster, Abigail Breslin and Gerard Butler; Return to Nim’s Island, based on Nim at Sea and starring Bindi Irwin as Nim, followed in 2013. The third in the series, Rescue on Nim’s Island, was published July 2014 and is in development as a film. Wendy’s topic is Setting Your Character Free: from Book to Film and Back Again.  
 
Serena Geddes spent six years working as an artist for Walt Disney Animation, including working on The Lion King sequels. In 2009 she started illustrating picture books and over the past five years has illustrated twenty-five books ranging from board books to picture books and junior novel series. She is the illustrator of the best-selling Lulu Bell series for 6-9 year olds. Serena will give us an insight into the life of a professional, full-time illustrator of children’s books. 
 
Meeting Details:
Date: Saturday 6 September, 2014
Where: Church Hall, St John’s Anglican Church, King Street, Flinders
Time: 2pm - 5pm
Cost: $25 members, $30 non-members (includes afternoon tea)
Payment: To reserve your place, please pay by Wednesday 3 September, in one of two ways: 

  1. Direct deposit to:
    National Australia Bank
    Account Name: Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
    BSB: 082-187            Account no: 82-863-8450
    Would you please be sure your name appears with the deposit amount on the statement as well as sending a follow-up email to me, advising when payment was made by Wednesday 3 September.
  2. Cheque made out to SCBWI and posted to Caz Goodwin, 37 Auburn Road, Hawthorn East, VIC 3123.  (Cheques must be received by Wednesday 3 September).

 
Receipts will be provided on the afternoon.  Feel free to contact me if you have any queries. 
 
Next SCBWI Gathering
On 29 November, we will be gathering at DiMattina’s in Carlton. Our guest speaker will be Paul Collins, award winning author and publisher at Ford Street Publishing. 

 

For more details please contact Caz Goodwin:  carolyn_goodwin@bigpond.com

 

We look forward to seeing you there.