Victoria—First SCBWI Gathering for 2015

Date/Time
Date(s) - 14/Mar/2015
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm (all are welcome to stay on afterwards to chat and drink downstairs)

Location
DiMattina’s Restaurant
306 Lygon Street - Carlton, VIC

SCBWI Victoria’s first gathering for 2015 will be held at DiMattina’s Restaurant in Carlton on Saturday 14 March. Our guest speaker will be bestselling author James Phelan, and our member speakers will be Anna Walker and Gabrielle Wang.

James Phelan is the bestselling author of twenty-three novels and one work of non-fiction. From his teens he wanted to be a novelist but first tried his hand at a real job, studying and working in architecture before turning to English literature, spending five years at a newspaper and obtaining an MA and PhD in writing.

James has published five thrillers in the Lachlan Fox series: Fox Hunt, Patriot Act, Blood Oil, Liquid Gold and Red Ice, as well as the Alone trilogy of young adult post-apocalyptic novels for Hachette Children's and a thirteen-book middle-grade series for Scholastic. The Spy is the first Jed Walker Thriller, and is followed by The Hunted in 2015.  

James will talk about his journey to publication, what he writes about and why, and explain his working methods.  

Anna Walker illustrates and writes stories for children. Working from a studio in Melbourne shared with printmakers and artists, Anna paints and creates the characters from her books out of felt and wool. She is currently working on a stop motion book trailer for her newest book Mr Huff, due out in July.

Her books are published around the world and one of her recent titles, Peggy, was shortlisted in the Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards in 2013. Starting School, written by Jane Godwin, received an honourable mention in 2014. 

Gabrielle Wang is a children’s author and illustrator with over 16 books published. She has twice won the Aurealis Award for Best Children’s Long Fiction and her novels have been named Notables in the Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards. Two of her works were Highly Commended in the Prime Minister’s Awards and her first book, The Garden of Empress Cassia was listed on the USBBY Outstanding International Books Honour List.

Booking Details  

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

Payment: To reserve your place, your payment must be received by Wednesday 11 March. You can pay in one of the following ways:

1. Direct Deposit to: 

            National Australia Bank

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

            BSB: 082 187

            Account Number: 82 863 8450

Please be sure your name appears with the deposit amount on your payment statement. Please also send a follow-up email to Carolyn_goodwin@bigpond.com, advising when payment was made.

2.   Cheque made out to SCBWI and posted to:

             Caz Goodwin,

             37 Auburn Road,

             Hawthorn East  VIC 3123.

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.