SCBWI CONFERENCE ROVING REPORTER TEAM

Gearing up for some great reporting from the Australia/New Zealand SCBWI Conference tea of Roving Reporters -  Betty Sargent / Pamela Rushby / Dimity 'Li'l Duck' Powell / Marjorie Crosby-Fairall / Carolyn 'Caz' Goodwin / Sarah Mounsey / Sandy Fussell / Peter Taylor / Maureen 'Mo' Johnson / Ramona 'Tweetie-Bird' Davey / Georgie Donaghey.

You'll know us by the badge we wear! ... Sheryl Gwyther - Conference Blog coordinator / SCBWI ARA Qld

Apologies to SCBWI British Isles for using your colourful image above. You're welcome to use our SCBWI Queensland SCBWI letters in return. :)

Shake Your Booty and Take Home a Bear!

The Bear Said Please (Wombat Books) by Jacque Duffy is a delightful, fun rhyming picture book about a very hungry bear that discovers there's something he needs even more than honey.

Win the book and a very huggable plush bear lovingly handmade by the books' creator.

The prize will be awarded to the best dancer at the Monday Night Dance Party. So shake your booty to the music of The Beatnickers—the brilliant SCBWI Band—and take home a bear! Announcement made at the end of the Conference.

The 2014 Illustrator Showcase Online Gallery

The Illustrator Showcase is a feature event of the Sydney Conference. The portfolio showcase displays SCBWI talent to the children's book industry. At the 2012 SCBWI showcase nearly fifty industry people viewed the exhibition resulting in contracts for new as well as established illustrators.  Andrew Berkhut alone, Head of Publishing Scholastic Australia, took on three new illustrators including Andrea Edmunds. Her first picture book 10 Silly Wombats was published in 2013.

The Illustrator Showcase will be held from 9am to 11.00am on Monday 14th July 2014. It is an exclusive showing to publishers, editors, art directors, media and the children’s book industry.  Following this showcase, industry is invited to meet relevant illustrators as well as participate in the conference.

Portfolios from established and emerging Australian and New Zealand illustrators will be on display. Visit the online gallery for a sneak preview of participating illustrators.