Hi there,

For those living in, near, or planning to visit Calgary in mid-September, registration for our Building Your Brand Online conference is now open.

Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, websites, blogs--how do you know where to start to build your presence online?

Vancouver-based author, publishing consultant and social media coach Crystal Stranaghan will facilitate this weekend-long conference (September 15 and 16 2012) packed full of all the information you need to build a purposeful, professional online presence.

Saturday's workshop is an information sharing session open to everyone.

However, Sunday's workshop is a hands-on session geared to building your actual Wordpress website and blog. And this workshop is limited to 12 participants.

For more information and for the registration form, see the attachment below; or go to www.scbwicanada.org/west .

[Conference Information & Registration.pdf]

Best,
Ken

Hi there,

The spring edition of our newsletter, The Western Tale Spinner, is now available to everyone who is interested. Lots of great articles!

Click on the link below to see it.

Best,
Ken
[SCBWI Spring 2012 newsletter.pdf]

Hi there,

Canada West now has a Facebook page. To view it and to 'Like" it, please check it out at www.facebook.com/ScbwiCanadaWest .

Thanks!
Ken

Hi there,

Our annual conference in Burnaby/Vancouver, BC, is being held on Saturday May 5 and is now open for registration. Our guest speakers include:

Brian Deines, illustrator
Kallie George, editor
Shelley Hrdlitschka, author
Lois Peterson, author
Tiffany Stone, author

For details and registration information, go to www.scbwicanada.org/west and go to the Events page.

Or click on the links below.

Best,
Ken
[Conference Information.pdf]
[Registration Form.pdf]

[Bios of Guest Speakers 2012.pdf]       [Lunch Menu.pdf]                             
[Shape of Day.pdf]

Hi there,

If you are an SCBWI member and an illustrator, we're holding a small contest to create an illustration for the programme cover for our upcoming conference in Calgary.

The theme around the conference and the contest is around "Collaboration" and the deadline for entering is August  25 2011.

Please see the attachment below for more details.

Best,
Ken


[Cover contest for Illustrators.docx]

Hi there,

Our second annual conference in Calgary is now open for registration!!

Our guest speakers include Lincoln Agnew, illustrator; Georgia Graham, author and illustrator; Hazel Hutchins, author; and Pat Kozak, freelance editor.

The focus of the conference is on Collaboration, between author and illustrator, between author and editor.

For more information or to register, go to our website, www.scbwicanada.org/west or click on the attachment.

Thanks! And hope to see you there!

Best,

Ken

[Calgary Conference Info & Registration Form.pdf]

Hi there,

If you live in or are visiting the Vancouver area at the end of July, then please come meet with us at our third annual Crit-Nic in the Park.

A Crit-Nic is part picnic, part critique meeting, so it's an opportunity to meet/network with fellow children's writers and illustrators in a fun location, eat together, and to share whatever you're working on with others.

We'll be meeting at the Fountain Plaza at Queen Elizabeth Park in Vancouver. QE Park is located at the top of Little Mountain, which is in between 33rd Avenue and Main Street on the eastern side and 33rd Avenue and Cambie Street on the western side.

The Fountain Plaza is in between the upper parking lot (sorry, it's Pay Parking) and the wonderful Bloedel Conservatory.

We'll be meeting there at Noon and staying until maybe 4:00 pm.

Everyone is welcome, both members and non-members, both writers and illustrators. Bring whatever picture book manuscript or chapter from a novel that you're working on. Or bring your portfolio to share with others.

This event is of course weather dependent, but the outlook seems great right now!

Looking forward to meeting new people and catching up with familiar ones.

Come and enjoy the day with us!

Best,
Ken

Hi there,

We are happy to announce our first Illustrators Meeting, which will take place on Sunday January 30 at 1:00 pm.

The location for this month will be at the Grind & Gallery Coffee Bar at 4124 Main Street in Vancouver.

The format is open to suggestions at this point. Please bring some of your pieces to share or discuss or have critiqued; or just come to chat and see what others are working on.

The location of future meetings may vary. Future meetings will typically happen on the last Sunday of the month.

New people are welcome.

Please also check our our Illustrators Blog, which is called Go Bananas. Go to http://gobananasillustration.blogspot.com . Both SCBWI members and non-members are welcome to participate in the blog. Go to the website and then contact Shantala, our Illustrator Coordinator, for more information.

Thank you!
Ken Kilback
RA

Hi there,

Our next critique meeting in the Vancouver area is on Saturday, January 8th from 1:30 to 4:00 pm. We meet at my place which is very close to Metropolis at Metrotown in Burnaby.

New people are always welcome to attend.

For more details, contact me at rawest@scbwicanada.org .

Future meeting dates:

February 5

March 5

April 9

May 7

June 25

Cheers,
Ken