Monday, June 23, 2008

Dinner with Virginia Lowe


‘Stories, Pictures and Reality:Two Children Tell’ studies children's perceptions of reality and imagination in the context of the written and pictured text. It uses a detailed case study of a boy and a girl from infancy to eight. Dr Virginia Lowe, from Australia, an English and Creative Writing Lecturer, author and manuscript assessor, speaks about her findings.
Dinner with Virginia Lowe
Monday 30th June, 7pm- The Parade Cafe; upstairs function room, Oriental Parade, Wellington. Numbers limited, $40 per head; includes main,dessert and tea/coffee
e-mail
the.wcba@gmail.com to book.

Something to get you started

Joy Cowley – Getting Started as a Children’s Book Author
Interested in writing for children? Award-winning children’s book writer Joy Cowley will talk about what’s involved, how to get started, where to send work off to, having an agent, the role of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, what some current gaps in the market are, and much more.

Upper Chamber, Arts Centre, 61-69 Abel Smith Street, Monday, 25 August, 7.30 pm

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

AGM & MORE

Here's the the AGM details for the WCBA and also a dinner evening planned for the end of the month. If you click on the image, it will enlarge in another window. Print it off, put it on your fridge, make a diary date and we'll see you there. All welcome.