Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The NPS Residency goes to....
The Wellington
Children’s Book Association is pleased to announce Helen Vivienne Fletcher has been awarded the New Pacific Studio residency for 2012.
Helen belongs to
the WCBA and has been very active in promoting children’s literature. She was a
member of our Spinning Gold committee and has been a member of the Wellington
Storylines committee for a few years now.
Helen will
receive a $300 stipend and the seven days residency at New Pacific Studio. At
the time this residency is being offered -two Danish artists -a writer and a
children’s book illustrator will also be in residence.
New Pacific Studio, a beautifully
restored 1912 villa, is located
on a 5-acre property on State Highway 2. It is 1 km north of the Mt Bruce
National Wildlife Centre, 5 minutes south of Eketahuna and 20 minutes north of
Masterton. This is the perfect location to forget everything else you HAVE to
do and get on with the work in progress with no interruptions.
New Pacific
Studio is available as a retreat for writers and artists: contact the Studio to apply for a residency.
Maureen Crisp
Convener
Wellington
Children’s Book Association
Friday, August 3, 2012
New Residency Announcement for Children's Writers and Illustrators
Wellington Children’s Book
Association (WCBA) Inc
New Pacific Studio Working
Residency
Illustrators and Writers for Children:
You are invited to apply for a free, seven-day
residency at New Pacific Studio, Mt Bruce, Wairarapa, funded by the Wellington
Children’s Book Association (WCBA) Inc. The WCBA will also offer a stipend of
$300 to cover travel and food costs.
New Pacific Studio, a beautifully restored 1912
villa, is located on a 5-acre
property on State Highway 2, just 1 km north of the Mt Bruce National Wildlife
Centre, 5 minutes south of Eketahuna and 20 minutes north of Masterton. This
is the perfect location to forget everything else you HAVE to do and just get
on with the work in progress with no interruptions.
The residency is
self-catering in a communal farmhouse kitchen, with a resident director and at
the time this residency is being offered, two Danish artists will also be in
residency: a children's book illustrator and a writer. The working spaces in
the villa are quiet and private with broadband. There is free pick up from Masterton
railway station.
Rules:
Applicants must:
- Reside in the
Greater Wellington region
- Be over 18
- Be a current
member of The Wellington Children’s Book Association
- Have a minimum of
one published work (in a recognised trade or educational publication for
children eg: School Journal) or a Writing Award.
- Be available to
take the week offered (either 22nd- 28th October or 29th October-4th November 2012)
Applicants are invited to send their
Writing/Illustration CV along with either -
- (Writers) Up to
10 pages of a work in progress or previously published work.
- (Illustrators)
Colour copies of two illustrations from a work in progress or previously
published work.
Please include your name, address, phone, and
email contact details in your covering letter and state what you hope to get
out of the residency.
Entry
deadline:
Please submit your covering letter, CV and sample
pages by 24th August 2012 to
NPS
Residency
Wellington
Children’s Book Association
P O
Box 1242
Wellington
The Judges’ decision is final and no
correspondence will be entered into.
The successful applicant will be personally
notified and may be asked to participate in media publicity.
(Note: Wellington Children’s Book Association
committee members and their immediate families are ineligible to enter.)
For more details about the WCBA see:
For more details about New Pacific Studio see:
Margaret Mahy Nationwide Read - 11 August
Children's literature enthusiasts around the country are participating in this wonderful tribute on 11 August. See:
http://mmnationwide.blogspot.co.nz/
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Coming up …
The Wellington Children’s Book Association Inc.
Annual General Meeting
When: 7pm, Tuesday 24 July 2012
Where: Turnbull House,
Bowen Street, Wellington
Bowen Street, Wellington
Followed by panel discussion: Publishing – I’ll do it myself!
Johanna Knox (The
Flytrap Snaps), Gay Hay (Fantail’s Quilt), and Kevin Boon (Kezia) talk about
their successful self-publishing journeys: how they did it, what worked for
them, and what they learned along the way.
Chaired by author and WCBA convenor Maureen Crisp.
Chaired by author and WCBA convenor Maureen Crisp.
Entry: Free
Wine and nibbles provided.
All welcome - members, non-members, and prospective members!
Congratulations ...
This is a belated congratulations to the shortlisted writers and illustrators in the LIANZA Children's Book Awards announced last month!
The
WCBA is very well represented by members including: Jack Lasenby (also our patron), David Hair, Fleur Beale, Barbara Else, Johanna Knox & Sabrina Malcolm, Gay Hay &
Margaret Tolland, Moira Wairama, and Juliette MacIver.
The full list of
finalists - and more info - is here at the LIANZA site. The winners will be announced on Monday August 6 at Caffe L'affare.
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