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ShopTalk Around the Region

ShopTalk allows our members to meet other children's writers and illustrators in our vast SCBWI West/Central Upstate NY region.

ShopTalk Events

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Syracuse Area ShopTalk

Share your first page (novels, chapter books, and nonfiction, etc.), your picture book text, or a picture book dummy. Illustrators can share one image or two if they are in a sequence.

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An Evening with Brian Yanish

BUFFALO-SOUTHTOWNS ShopTalk had an exciting and informative Evening with author/illustrator BRIAN YANISH on Wednesday, June 14th. Brian is the author/illustrator of the popular SHARK AND BOT SERIES of Graphic Novels for Young Readers.

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Buffalo Central Library

Buffalo-Southtowns ShopTalkers visited rare books at the Buffalo Central Library.

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Alice Ever After Books

Buffalo-Southtowns ShopTalkers visited a children's book store in Buffalo.

Our meetings/events include informational discussions/presentations from craft to publishing, guest author/illustrator speakers, and social gatherings. Members and invited guests connect in-person locally and via ZOOM regionally. Contact your local ShopTalk facilitator for more information.

Ithaca

Ithaca Shop Talk is meeting in a new location, Barnes & Noble, Tops Plaza, 614 S Meadow St, Ithaca, NY 14850, on the 2nd to last Tuesday of the month, 7 - 8:30 pm. Contact Heidi for more information - inverseink [at] gmail [dot] com

Syracuse

Syracuse ShopTalk meets on the last Tuesday of the month from 6:30-8:00 PM with in-person and Zoom hybrid sessions at the DeWitt Library, 5110 Jamesville Rd. in Jamesville. Contact Kate - woodle1 [at] verizon [dot] net ; and David - daven71 [at] gmail [dot] com for more information. Join us!

Share your first page (novels, chapter books, and nonfiction, etc.), your picture book text, or a picture book dummy. Illustrators can share one image or two if they are in a sequence. If you are attending by Zoom you can use screen share to share your work. If you are attending in person, email your work to David Neuner so he can do a screen share. We'll see how many attend, and then divide the time up to try to accommodate everyone. If we don't get to everyone, we could have a second session next month. 

Some critique rules (which you probably already know, but bear repeating): • Be kind • Mention what you like first • Then what you think needs work or change • Finish with something positive 

Our Syracuse Facilitators

David Neuner
Author
Kate Woodle
Author, Illustrator