We'll be hosting a monthly Salon Series in which we meet in an open forum as creatives to talk shop, be inspired by each other and encourage one another in our projects. This will be held the second Friday of each month at the perfect venue for such an event – The English Bookshop in the Jordaan. Check our regional calendar for details.


THE SCBWI SALON SERIES

every second Friday of the month at...

The English Bookshop
Lauriergracht 71
1016 RH Amsterdam

Telephone: +31 (020) 626 42 30

A big and loud YAY! for very own Laura Watkinson, former RA and founder of the Netherlands' Chapter, for winning the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for an outstanding children's book translated from a foreign language and subsequently published in the United States:



“Soldier Bear” is the 2012 Batchelder Award winner. Originally published in Dutch in 2008 as “Soldaat Wojtek,” written by Bibi Dumon Tak, illustrated by Philip Hopman, translated by Laura Watkinson and published by Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.



Way to go, Laura!

Dear friends,

Hello one and all,

We have a few announcements and events to keep you entertained and inspired throughout the summer months.

In brief:

• 17 June, Friday, 6:30 pm: The launch of Bride Flight @ The ABC Tree Hut, The Hague
• 21 June, Tuesday ALL DAY: Summer Solstice Scrawl Crawl
• 11 July, Monday evening, Time & Venue TBA: Roxie Munro, Meet and Greet
• 16 July, 3:00 pm - ??: Zomerborrel, Summertime Social @ Café Dulac
• 5-6 November: The BIG November Conference

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SCBWI Newsletter March 2011

 

Hi there all SCBWI-ites and SCBWI-followers,

 

Here’s a news flash from Rachelle, Siobhan and Mina

 

Angela Cerrito – Surviving the Slushpile, Landing an Agent & Signing a First Book Contract

 

There are still a couple of seats available this Saturday when Angela Cerrito will visit us to share true stories from SCBWI International members around the world on how to survive slushpiles and landing agents. Of course we will also celebrate the birth of her debut YA novel: The End Of the Line.

There will be plenty opportunity for Q&A’s! You may mail us if you have any questions for Angela up front. Write us at nlscbwi@gmail.com and put “SCBWI NL ?” as your subject. Don’t forget to check out her website: www.angelacerrito.com.

 

March 12th, 2011

6:00 - 7:00

The English Bookshop, The Jordaan

http://shop.englishbookshop.nl/

 

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A SCBWI Conference in the Netherlands!

 

Pre-announcement! In November SCBWI-NL will be hosting a conference in Amsterdam. We have a pretty interesting line-up so far: Doug Cushman – world famous illustrator and writer; Ben Norland – Art Director at Walker Books NY; Martine Schaap – Publisher at Ploegsma Children’s Book Publishers; Gail Trouw – former editor at De Fontein Publishers and former acquiring editor at Mynx Publishers and jury member of the Jenny Smelik IBBY Prize. We’re also trying to get an agent over to tell us all about their important position in the Author-to-Reader-chain. Pencil it in in your datebooks!

 

November 5, 2011 (all-day, with a possible extension to Sunday morning November 6)

 

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Siobhan Wall – PRECIOUS

 

Our very own Illustrator Co-ordinator Siobhan Wall is the curator of PRECIOUS, an awareness and fundraising exhibition in aid of Womankind. Following in the tradition of 19^th Century anti-slavery campaigners, hand-made designer items, including textiles, limited edition prints and other artworks will be available at the opening to raise funds for Womankind Worldwide.

More details on the exhibition will follow in a following newsletter, but here are the dates:

 

June 5^th, Opening 3 pm to 5 pm

Open daily June 6^th to July 3^rd, 10 am to 6 pm 

 

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Donna Jo Napoli

 

Our esteemed colleague Donna Jo Napoli will be doing a writing work shop in Siena, Italy, the first week of May. It will be on the site of the Siena School for Liberal Arts (right in the old town), which is a non profit organization that does programs with foreign students and plows the money into outreach for the elderly, disabled, immigrants and (of special interest to Donna Jo) the deaf of Siena. They are having severe financial problems, so Donna Jo is doing this for free for them, to try to help fill their coffers.

If you’re interested in a workshop from a seasoned writer, visit these websites for more details: www.donnajonapoli.com or www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/dnapoli1/SienaWorkshop/pdf.

 

That’s it for now. We hope to see you all at the English Bookshop this Saturday!

 

Rachelle, Siobhan and Mina

Hello all,

Help us welcome fellow SCBWI-er Angela Cerrito to Amsterdam as she shares her own experiences:

Surviving the slushpile, landing an agent & signing a first book contract
True stories from SCBWI International Members around the world

This will be followed by a Q & A session.

March 12th, 2011
6:00 - 7:00
The English Bookshop, The Jordaan
http://shop.englishbookshop.nl/

Angela Cerrito has published fiction, nonfiction and poetry test passages for an educational publisher. She is a longtime volunteer for the International SCBWI Conference in Bologna Italy and has served as SCBWI's Assistant International Advisor since 2008. Her debut YA novel is published by Holiday House and will be available in English worldwide in March 2011. Angela's website is: http://www.angelacerrito.com

Do you have any questions for Angela? Write us here at nlscbwi@gmail.com and put "SCBWI NL ?" as your subject.

Please drop us a line to let us know if you will be attending as space is limited. A few of us will be treating Angela to dinner afterward, let us know if you would like to join us there as well.

It should be a fun event. Hope to see you there!

Hello there,

Happy New Year, everyone!

I'm very pleased to announce that the fabulous Mina Witteman is stepping into my shoes and taking on the role of regional advisor for our SCBWI chapter in the Netherlands, ably assisted by the fantastic Rachelle Meyer, who has been so instrumental in setting up our critique group. I've really enjoyed running the group since it started in 2008 and it's been great to meet so many interesting people. Thanks so much to everyone who's been in touch and come along to meetings and, in particular, thanks to Linda Lodding, our ARA, who is also stepping down (and has two books coming out this year! Hoorah! More news to follow...).

Linda and I will both be around at meetings and to help Mina and Rachelle with their plans to help our chapter grow and flourish. If you'd like to contact me personally, please use my address at gmail: laura.watkinson@gmail.com

Watch this space for more news from NLSCBWI! And don't forget to visit our page on the SCBWI website:
http://www.scbwi.org/Regional-Chapters.aspx?R=91

Hope to see you soon. Happy writing and illustrating!

Laura Watkinson
(former) Regional Advisor, The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Netherlands chapter

Hello everyone,

Hope the writing and illustration and children's publishing projects are going well. To brighten up these chilly winter days, our SCBWI chapter will be meeting up next week for a Kerstborrel/Christmas drinks.

When:
Wednesday, 8 December - 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Where:
Café de Nieuwe Lelie
Nieuwe Leliestraat 83
1015 SL Amsterdam

We'll probably be heading out afterwards for something to eat at De Vliegende Schotel, also on Nieuwe Leliestraat, and you're welcome to come along. It'll be a great opportunity to swap news from 2010 and plans for 2011. Here's to more members getting published!

The crit group's going great guns and we'll be meeting again on 8 January. We're approaching capacity with the current group, but we can always start some new ones! If you're at all interested in joining a crit group, drop us a line at nlscbwi@gmail.com and we'll put you on the crit group mailing list.

All the best for a happy, warm and creative holiday season!
Laura Watkinson
Regional Advisor, Netherlands, www.scbwi.org

Hello everyone,

Just a few opportunities I wanted to draw your attention to. Fancy a trip to Paris? Read on...

Winter market
Firstly, there's a winter market coming up at the British School in Amsterdam on Sunday 28 November. Rachelle, our illustrator coordinator, took a pile of her books to sell at last year's market and it went very well. Would you like to help Rachelle out on the stand this year and take along your own books, artwork and Christmas cards to sell to the families visiting the market and also help to promote our chapter of the SCBWI? If you can't attend in person, it may be possible to drop your materials off with us in Amsterdam. Rachelle's also hoping that we'll find a volunteer with a car who can help to transport the books. Please send a message to Rachelle at rachelle@rachellemeyer.com if you'd like to find out more.

Conferences
As I've mentioned, our SCBWI neighbours in France are holding an international conference for writers and illustrators in Paris on Saturday 4 December with workshops on the Friday evening. You can find the details on their event page: http://scbwifrance.com/events/index.htm and the flyer: http://scbwifrance.com/events/others2010/DEC_4_LO.pdf

If anyone's interested in travelling down to Paris together, drop me a line.

And don't forget about the SCBWI British Isles conference on 13/14 November too: http://www.britishscbwi.org/conference2010/

Exhibitions
SCBWI members Siobhan Wall and Tess Krüs and crit group member Cunera Joosten have an exhibition of their artwork and illustrations coming up at the American Book Center in The Hague, which they'll be hanging this weekend and will be on display until mid-November.

And SCBWI member Trish Flannery and her husband Chrit Jamin, who both exhibited in NLSCBWI's "Good Enough to Eat" exhibition, are showing their work at the Centre Ceramique in Maastricht for the month of October to celebrate this year's Kinderboekenweek.

Author visit
And finally, if you haven't heard, I just wanted to let you know that Julia Donaldson, the creator of the Gruffalo, is visiting the English Bookshop in Amsterdam. This is from the bookshop's website http://shop.englishbookshop.nl/ :

Author Julia Donaldson - Sunday 05 December, 2010 at 11:00
The bookshop is proud to announce that Julia Donaldson, author of The Gruffalo and various other children books, will be visiting the bookshop this December. Julia and her husband will be reading and singing selections of her work. They will read for 30 minutes after which Julia will sign any purchased books The shop will then be open to others who wish to meet the author and purchase a signed book. This will be a very popular event and space is limited so if you wish to guarantee your place please email the bookshop, information@englishbookshop.nl