DATE: October 6, 2012
CONTACT: Melissa Stewart
CHAPTER: New England
LOCATION/TIME: Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art/ 10 am
10:00 Registration and Networking
10:30-12:00 “My Biggest Career Challenge and How I Solved It”
Panelists: Anna Dewdney, Greg Fishbone, Jeff Mack, and Nancy Poydar
Four authors and author-illustrators discuss the most significant hurdles they’ve overcome in creating their
work, selling it to publishers, and promoting it to teachers, librarians, booksellers, and the general public.
12:00-1:00 Bring a bag lunch and eat with other workshop attendees
1:00-2:30 “My Biggest Writing/Illustrating Challenge and How I Solved It”
Panelists: Anna Dewdney, Greg Fishbone, Jeff Mack, and Nancy Poydar
Four authors and author-illustrators discuss the struggles they’ve faced while creating the children’s books
we know and love. Their stories will inform and inspire writers, illustrators, and children’s book enthusiasts.
2:30-3:30 Book Sale and Signing
Meet Anna Dewdney, Greg Fishbone, Jeff Mack, and Nancy Poydar and have them autograph your books