SCBWI SA Cape Town: August 2007

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

NEWSFLASH

Writing Workshops & Manuscrip feedback

Dorian Haarhoff is a children's writer, a poet, a one-on-one writing mentor. A former Professor of English, he now facilitates creative writing workshops and runs email courses. Topics include life stories, fiction and poetry. He offers constructive feedback on manuscripts. Passionate about developing innate creativity and imagination, he believe in the power of stories and images to create a new world. His workshops are based on his book The Writer's Voice. Contact Dorian 021 855 3937 / 082 873 6802
dorianh@pixie.co.za dorianhaarhoffwriter.homestead.com

Friday, August 10, 2007

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WORKSHOP ON WRITING-FOR-CHILDREN
I am once again holding this week-long workshop on writing texts for picture books and books for older children. The responses of participants in the previous workshops were enthusiastic as they explored memoir, language patterns, made dummy books and generally steeped themselves in the craft of children’s literature.

Dates and time: 9am to 1pm from Monday 3 to Friday 7 September
Venue: My book-filled home in Claremont
Cost for the week: R700. (A deposit of R200 to book your place)
Phone Reviva Schermbrucker at 021 6716785 or email nbrucker@iafrica.com

Become a member

Membership in the SCBWI is open to anyone with an active interest in children’s literature or media. We welcome aspiring and published writers and illustrators, librarians, educators, artists, students, dramatists, musicians, filmmakers, and others. A passion for children’s literature is our #1 criterion. Dues are US$75 for the first year and US$60 each renewing year. Full Membership Open to those whose books, articles, poems, stories, illustrations, photographs, films, television or electronic media for children have been commercially published or produced. Professional editors, agents, and publishers are also included in this category. Associate Membership Open to unpublished writers and illustrators of children’s literature or media, and those with a general enthusiasm for the field. Writers or illustrators who have been published in markets other than children's literature (but not in children's literature) would be considered Associate Members.

About SCBWI (International)

The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, formed in 1971 by a group of Los Angeles based writers for children, is the only international organization to offer a variety of services to people who write, illustrate, or share a vital interest in children’s literature. The SCBWI acts as a network for the exchange of knowledge between writers, illustrators, editors, publishers, agents, librarians, educators, booksellers and others involved with literature for young people. There are currently more than 19,000 members worldwide, in over 70 regions, making it the largest children's writing organization in the world

Aims of SCBWI

To create opportunities for writers & illustrators of children’s books to learn and become well-informed about the industry we work in, locally and internationally.
To provide opportunities for writers & illustrators to communicate regularly with peers, to compare notes and not only to work in creative isolation. To share with and to learn from each other. In a sense, to create a community of children’s book writers and illustrators.
To stress and strategise with members around the importance of managing the workload in order to set aside time and energy specifically to pursue creative stimulation and to develop creativity and personal development.
To provide opportunities for members to compare notes about career planning and management (also to balance a contribution to educational work with freely creative work (trade books) without losing the creative spark).
To provide opportunities for members to make contact and to interact with established and successful children’s book writers and illustrators, local and foreign.