July - August 2002

This October, Vermont College’s MFAProgram in Writing For Children and Young Adults is sponsoring a weekend Fall Foliage Conference in YA, poetry and fiction with presentations and readings by faculty members, including Norma Fox Mazer and Carolyn Coman. For more information, visit the Vermont College Fall Foliage Conference website.

Magic Carpets: An International Perspective on Children’s Books, featuring talks by Philip Pullman, Tony Ross, Jane Yolen and others from around the world, will be held September 13-15 at Leeds University in England. For details, write Enid Stephenson, 9 Garden Terrace, Hebden Bridge HX7 8BL England…

Barbara Diamond Goldin is teaching a workshop in “Writing Jewish Children’s Books” at the Jewish Spiritual Retreat Center in Accord, New York from August 12-18. For more information, call 800-398-2630 or go visit their website Elat Chayyim…

Allen Say will be the featured speaker, November 7th, at the 17th Annual David McCord Children’s Literature Festival at Framingham State College in Framingham, MA. For information, contact Joan Claflin at 121 Mechanic St., Upton, MA 01568; (508) 529-3367… The Disability Studies Quarterly, published by The Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawaii, is seeking proposals for papers on the theme of Disability Culture in Children’s Literature. Proposals of 500 words should be submitted by the end of September. For more information, e-mail Ann Dowker at Oxford University… Bryna Fireside is working with a number of writer’s organizations in researching complaints to see if action needs to be taken against Press-Tige Publishing Company. If you have had dealings with Press-Tige, Kelly O’Donnell, O’Donnell Literary Services, Writers Information US Agency, New Millennium Publishing or Phoenix Publishing Company, please email Bryna… The 17th edition of the Christian Writers Market Guide, containing

information on more than 1100 markets is out from Shaw Books. Further information is available at stuartmarket.com...

A new website, www.schoolvisit.net, offers free listings to authors and illustrators who make school visits. Visit the site for more information…

The Service Learning Bookshelf, A Bibliography of Fiction and Non-Fiction to Inspire Student Learning and Action, is a listing of 171 titles for Grades K-12 that relate to specific themes such as AIDS, Homelessness, Literacy, the Elderly, Community Safety, and Tolerance, that encourages kids to participate in service activities. To find out if your books are listed or to submit your book, e-mail Editor Cathryn Berger Kate.