Critique PAL-ooza
Apr 27, 2024
Lafayette Reservoir - Large Picnic Site
Join us in the park for a Critque-PAL-ooza! Recieve a critique from one of our award winning PAL members plus feedback from your group. Groups are intimate and space is limited so register early. PLEASE SEE IMPORTANT ACCESSIBILITY NOTES ON THE EVENT PAGE.
Event Info
Join us in the park for a Critque-PAL-ooza! Recieve a critique from one of our award winning PAL members plus feedback from your group. Groups are intimate and space is limited so register early. Open to all (members and non-members)!
When: Saturday, April 27, 11:00am - 1:30pm
Where: Lafayette Reservoir - Large Picnic Site (more location details will be provided to registrants prior to the event)
Price: $25 (non-refundable)
Registration information
- Registration closes April 25 at 6:00pm
- When registering, you must select a genre: Picture Book, Middle Grade, or Young Adult.
- If the PB genre sells out, you may email Nanette Heffernan to be put on the waitlist. A waitlist is only being offered for the PB genre at this time.
IMPORTANT ACCESSIBILITY NOTES: Before registering, please see these important notes about the event location:
- This event is outdoors.
- You will need to walk 1/4 mile on a paved trail to the picnic site, which involves one small hill.
- Bathrooms are pit-toilets.
- Parking is $7.
Questions? Contact Nanette Heffernan at nanetteheffernan@gmail.com.
Your Host: Nanette Heffernan
Nanette Heffernan
Nanette published her first PB with Charlesbridge Publishing in 2020--EARTH HOUR: A Lights-Out Event for Our Planet. She has volunteered as an SCBWI Critique Group Coordinator for many years and enjoys putting together events like Critique Speed Dating, PAL Critiquing, and Agent Critiquing.
PAL Critique Team
Serena Gingold-Allen
Serena Gingold Allen is the author of the novelty board books Moonlight Prance and Sunrise Dance. Growing up near Yosemite, Serena spent her childhood reading, writing, and observing the natural world. She still spends a lot of time outdoors hiking and rock climbing with her husband and their two children.
Tony Piedra
Tony Piedra is an author/illustrator of picture books. His debut book, The Greatest Adventure, was published by Scholastic in 2018. Tony is now working with his creative partner and wife, Mackenzie Joy, on a creative nonfiction picture books series with Candlewick Press that explores the natural world.
Teri Roche Drobnick
Teri’s debut picture book MOVING DAY will be published by Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House in 2025.She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker which influences many of her storylines such as LGBTQ, chronic illness, dementia and grieving. Teri lives in Petaluma with her husband and writing assistant, Hobie, the Goldendoodle.
Links to Books by the PAL Critique Team
Purchase Nanette's book Earth Hour: A Lights-Out Event for Our Planet
Purchase Tony's books: Pau: The Last Song of the Kaua'i 'o'o and One Tiny Treefrog (English, Spanish)
Look for Teri's debut Moving Day in 2025!
Purchase Nicole's books How We Say I Love You, It's Boba Time for Pearl Li!, and Lily Xiao Speaks Out
Purchase Michael's books The Civil War of Amos Abernathy, Matteo, and The Truth About Triangles
Purchase Keely's books Don't Let in the Cold, 10 Hours to Go, How Starling Got His Speckles, and Morning Sunshine!