SCBWI SA Cape Town: December 2007

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

SCBWI South Africa's January 2008 Event, Cape Town

January 2008 Event, Cape Town.

“Enfolded by a broody hen”: satisfying some psychological needs of the child through books"

Presenter: Andree-Jeanne Tötemeyer
Date: Tuesday 22nd January 2008
Time: 13:30—16:00Where: Bellville Public Library, Bellville (Cape Town)
Cost: Non SCBWI Members R80 & SCBWI Members R50.00 (Includes tea/coffee & sandwiches.)
RSVP: To book please e-mail SCBWI.ZA@gmail.com before 15th January 2008. NB! - put Jeanne Totemeyer in the e-mails subject line
Inquirers: E-mail SCBWI.ZA@gmail.com NB! - put Jeanne Totemeyer in the e-mails subject line
Specific requirements: Please specify if you are vegetarian

Description: Acclaimed Afrikaans children’s book writer, Hester Heese stated: “A children’s book is like a broody hen; it enfolds the child”. In this informal and entertaining talk, the speaker with the use of well-known children’s picture books, will demonstrate what a book can do for a child. Using and adaptation and modification of American children’s books expert, May Hill Arbuthnot’s psychological needs of the child, she will show how nine psychological needs of the child can be satisfied by books.

Andree-Jeanne Totemeyer has specialised and lectured in children's and youth literature for 25 years at four different universities and has more than 50 journal articles and chapters in books to her credit. A former professor and head of the Department of Information Studies of the University of Namibia, Jeanne took early retirement during 1997 in order to have more time for her work in the area of children's literature and readership and creative writing for children. Jeanne has acted as a judge for many children's literary prizes and she regularly offers demo-talks to educators, parents, librarians and children's book enthusiasts on topics in the field of children's books.

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.