SCBWI Taiwan

Irene Ying-Yu Chen’s new blog "iRead Taiwan and Beyond"

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

Interested in what is happening in Taiwan with respect to children’s and young adult literature? Check out Irene Ying-Yu Chen’s new blog iRead Taiwan and Beyond. Irene is a well respected children’s literature critic and was one of the featured speakers at the recent Asian Festival of Children’s Content. She is also Assistant Regional Advisor for SCBWI Taiwan and we were thrilled to meet her at the 2010 Bologna Children’s Book Fair! As for her new blog Irene says ” This is a blog about literary works for children and young adult in/from/for Taiwan. Cultural diversity, publishing industry, and children’s reading events are here for you.” Her latest post is a report on a recent reading and literacy forum she attended: New Perspectives on Global Education: Research Trends on Literacy in Children and Adults.

Posted by: Corinne | No Comments » | Tags: 2010 Bologna Children's Book Fair, AFCC, Asian Festival of Children's Content, children's literature conference, iRead Taiwan and Beyond, Irene Ying-Yu Chen, New Perspectives on Global Education: Research Trends on Literacy in Children and Adults, SCBWI Taiwan

Bologna Book Fair: What's in a name? – Surprises at the SCBWI Booth

Monday, May 24th, 2010

The last booth Aline, Marjorie and I visited at the 2010 Bologna Book Fair belonged to the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and what a way to end the fair! We had an absolute blast visiting with the SCBWI members, some of whom we had corresponded with via email before but had never met in person: and we were in for a couple of surprises too. SCBWI members not only share the same passion for children’s literature as we do at PaperTigers but in two cases share the same first name! Here’s a special shout out about several of the SCBWI members who made us feel so welcome and took the time to share their work with us.

PaperTigers’ Marjorie (in green) with Marjorie van Heerden, co-Regional Advisor SCBWI South Africa.

Marjorie van Heerden has written and/or illustrated more than 100 children’s books and has been published in 33 languages in Africa, Europe, Canada and the USA. In 2008 Marjorie won the M.E.R Award for best South African illustrated children’s book.

PaperTigers’ Corinne (in pink) with Corinne Fenton, Assistant Regional Adviser SCBWI Victoria, Australia.

Corinne Fenton’s classic award-winning picture book Queenie: One Elephant’s Story was followed in 2008 by The Dog on the Tuckerbox (shortlisted in the Younger Readers Category of the Australian Book Industry Awards and named a Notable Book in both the Picture Book and Eve Pownall Information Book categories of the Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards for 2009). Her latest book Flame Stands Waiting was released in March 2010.

Yoko Yoshizawa, Assistant Regional Advisor SCBWI Tokyo (more…)

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