Professional Series: “Evening with Editor from Puffin”
Theodore Bullfrog Pub, Charing Cross, London
Lindsay Heaven, Puffin Picture Editor, will offer her insights into children's book publishing. For details, please visit the website.

Monthly Meeting
Tracy Gee Community Center, Houston
School Presentations with Punch. Visit our website for further details.

Author and Illustrator Networking Night
Tokyo
Details TBA. For information, contact Holly Thompson or visit the website.

Summer Intensive Workshop
Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, CA, from 9:00am to 4:00pm
The workshop leader and topic will be listed under the conference/event link at www.scbwinorca.org as we schedule them.

Booktalk & Group Critiques
TBA in Makati , 6:00pm - 9:00pm
This event is open to members and non-members. Bring any children's or young adult book that you can share and discuss, or bring a work in progress - your manuscript or your portfolio for children and young adults. A round-table discussion follows. Attendance fee covers one drink: P100 for SCBWI members, P120 for non-members. Contact Beaulah Taguiwalo or Dominique Torres (Nikki), or visit the website for further details.

East Bay Meeting Series
River of Words - www.riverofwords.org
Check the website for more details.

New Beginnings
Green Pond, NJ
These sessions will be held in various locations during June, July and August. The number for each get-together will be limited, in most cases 10 people. The purpose is to network and create new stories. Visit website to see how these get togethers can jump start your next book. Visit the website for details.

Critiquenic
North Park/Pittsburgh
See website for details.

Summer Conference: “Ready, Set, Go Write!”
McDaniel College, Westminster, Maryland
Agents, editors, and writers galore! Guest agents are Michelle Andelman of Andrea Brown Agency, Stephen Barbara of Donald Maas Literary Agency, and Linda Pratt of Sheldon Fogelman Agency. Editors are Martha Mahalick of Greenwillow, Lynne Polvino of Clarion, and Aimee Friedman of Scholastic. Illustrator Jean Gralley and Newbery honor winner Cynthia Lord and a slew of regional writers and illustrators will also be speaking. Plan now to come to Maryland’s lovely McDaniel College and spend a weekend with the friendly members of the MD/DE/WV regional chapter! See website for further details.

Summer Schmooze
Universalist Church of Akron, 3300 Morewood Road, Fairlawn, Ohio 44333, 10:00am - 12:00pm
The first hour will be a discussion of a current writing topic moderated by one of our members. The last hour will be a discussion of general writing and/or illustrating topics, current projects and writing problems and concerns. Come mentor each other! Check website for details.

Speaker Meeting
Westlake Barnes and Noble, 11:00am
Tricia Hoover: “Create Your Own Future With Goals and Time Management”. Visit our website for further details.

Picture Book Workshop
Location TBA
Featuring Lisa Wheeler. For more information, please visit our website.

Quarterly Meeting
The Hughenden Boutique Hotel, Woollahra (Sydney), Meeting: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Optional Dinner begins at 7:00pm. See www.scbwiaustralia.org for details.

Critique
First United Methodist Church in Arlington, TX, from 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Writers and illustrators will meet in a small group setting to gather feedback and grow. FREE EVENT. For more information, contact Linda Powley, or check our website.

Conference
Location TBA
Nuts and Bolts of Writing for Children and Young Adults. For more information, please visit our website.