2019 SCBWI READING LIST

We are putting together a 2019 SCBWI Reading List to promote our PAL authors and illustrators who have published, or will publish, a book, or books from 1/1/19 - 12/31/19.

This premiere list will be organized by category, and searchable by category, theme, and/or subject, making it a great tool for booksellers, caregivers, librarians and teachers.

The Reading List has become an important part of our support for PAL members since its inception. In furthering the reach of the list to decision-makers in the industry, we are expanding our marketing efforts to help get your books maximum visibility. The list will be sent to over 22,000 independent booksellers, public children’s librarians, library directors and school librarians. Plus, there will be advertising with PW, SLJ, and more. All this opportunities will help draw attention to your books!

Please fill out a form for each 2019 book that you would like on this list:

Title:

Author:

Illustrator:

25 Word (or Less) Book Description:

Your City and State of Residence:

Publisher:

Publication Date:

Your Website:

Genre:

Category*:

Themes & Subjects**:

*Please choose one of these categories: anthology, board book, picture book, early reader, chapter book, middle grade, young adult

**Please pick no more than 5 of the following themes & subjects below:

Please send your form to: readinglist@scbwi.org no later than July 16th.

Varuna Residential Fellowship

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Varuna the National Writers’ House invites writers from across Australia to apply for a Varuna Residential Fellowship.

A Varuna Residential Fellowship offers writers working across a wide range of literary forms and genres the gift of uninterrupted time to develop a new work in an inspiring environment and a collegial atmosphere.

Varuna Residential Fellowships offer two to three weeks of full board and accommodation at Varuna including a prepared evening meal, uninterrupted time to write in your own private studio, the companionship of your fellow writers and a one-hour Varuna Conversation with a Varuna consultant.

Varuna encourages writers from diverse backgrounds and at all stages of their career development to apply. Varuna will award 24 fellowships in 2019 with residencies of two or three weeks available to be taken between January and the end of May 2020.

In no particular order, the things I most love: The respect for quiet and solitary work. Being fed beautiful food. Perusing the book shelves. The beautiful, inspiring and replenishing gardens and surrounds. The fire! The daily routine which requires writers to come together in the evenings. The house and its history.
– Kate Mildenhall, 2017, author of Skylarking

Varuna provides such a carefully considered and perfectly realised environment for writing that it is virtually impossible not to be productive here.
– Emily Bitto, 2017, winner of the Stella Prize 2015

The consultation with Carol was great. She really listened to what I was trying to do, and her help and guidance put me in the right direction to make my work as good as possible.
– Anna Snoekstra, 2017, author of Only Daughter and Little secrets

Varuna is a mecca for writers. Many authors seek to prioritise their writing; Varuna gave me permission to do just that in a tranquil, inspirational site where many a notable novel, poem or short story has first found its feet.
– Laurie Steed, 2012, author, editor and reviewer

Applications close 30 July 2019. For full information about the Fellowships, please visit the Varuna website.

CBCA NSW ASPIRING WRITERS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM


CBCA NSW Branch is pleased to announce that entries are open for the 2019 Aspiring Writers Mentorship Program (AWMP), sponsored by Scholastic Australia. The aim of this national award is to foster the talent of an unpublished author of children’s literature. In 2019 the AWMP is open to picture book and junior fiction manuscripts.

The Winner of the AWMP will receive the Charlotte Waring Barton Award and a mentorship with Scholastic Australia, to include two three-hour mentoring sessions with an author selected by Scholastic Australia, and a one-hour mentoring session with each of the following Scholastic Australia employees: an editor, a marketing communications manager and a publisher.

Entries close on Wednesday 31 July 2019. A long list of entrants will be notified by the AWMP Convenor on or around November 22, 2019. The Winner and runners up will be announced on Thursday 28 November 2019 at an evening event in Sydney.

Authors whose careers have been launched by this award include the best-selling/award winning Michelle Cooper, Kirsty Eager, Jacqueline Harvey and Oliver Phommavanh.
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For further information, please contact AWMP Convenor Sarah Foster on sarahfcbcansw@gmail.com or Felicity Jagavkar in the CBCA NSW Branch office on cbcansw@bigpond.com