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Saturday, December 20, 2014
11am-1pm
at
Native Books in Ward Warehouse
1050 Ala Moana Boulevard
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Spinning a Tale as Old as Time: Writer’s Workshop with Tracy Barrett
Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/10/2015
9:00 am - 2:00 pm
Location
Aina Haina Public Library
5246 Kalanianaole Hwy - Honolulu, Hawaii 96821
Tuition
Non-Members $50; SCBWI Members $25
CONTACT hawaii@scbwi.org FOR INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
Advance registration required.
Limited Seating.
Interested in writing nonfiction or historical fiction for children and young adults? Tracy Barrett, an award-winning author of numerous books and magazine articles for young readers, will be holding a writer's workshop on January 10, 2015 at the Aina Haina Public Library. The workshop will be a combination of lecture/presentation and participant involvement.
Tracy holds a Bachelor's Degree with honors in Classics-Archaeology from Brown University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Medieval Italian Literature from the University of California, Berkeley. She taught at Vanderbilt University for twenty-eight years. Her scholarly interests in the ancient and medieval worlds overlap in her fiction and nonfiction works.
A grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to study medieval women writers led to the writing of her award-winning young-adult novel, Anna of Byzantium(Delacorte). Her most recent publications are Dark of the Moon (Harcourt) a YA retelling of the myth of the minotaur, King of Ithaka, a YA novel based on Homer's Odyssey; the popular middle-grade series The Sherlock Files (both Henry Holt) and The Stepsister’s Tale (Harlequin Teen, 2014) which received starred reviews from both Publisher’s Weekly and Kirkus and was a PW Book of the Week.
Read more about Tracy Barrett at her website: http://www.tracybarrett.com/bio.htm
Registration and information: hawaii@scbwi.org
Sunday, September 28, 2014
Aspiring Keiki Artists at Our Lady of Good Counsel
Mahalo to the keiki at Our Lady of Good Counsel in Pearl City! It was fun sharing my books and art with eager students. And special thanks to all the aspiring artists who drew pictures from my books!
Sunday, September 14, 2014
Lee & Low's New Voices Award Contest
Lee & Low's New Voices Award writing contest is now open for submissions! The deadline is September 30, 2014, so get those manuscripts in ASAP. The New Voices Award is one way to help new authors of color break into publishing.
https://www.leeandlow.com/writers-illustrators/new-voices-award
https://www.leeandlow.com/writers-illustrators/new-voices-award
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Family Book Night Interview
Interview on Family Book Night Blog:
An Interview with Tammy Yee
Tammy Yee is the author/illustrator of more than 24 children's books set in the Hawaiian Islands. I feel very fortunate to have had the opportunity to interview Tammy about her projects and what she enjoys most about being an author and illustrator. You can read more about Tammy and her many projects at tammyyee.com.
You've written and illustrated a number of books. Do you have a preference for either writing or illustrating?
I love both writing and illustrating. I tend to be very visual as I create--a book develops like a movie or a storyboard in my mind, with different parts of my brain toggling on and off. As a writer, I begin with a blank canvas that I must fill with interesting characters and a fresh, compelling story. As an illustrator, I'm given a story and I must create a visual world that doesn't merely interpret, but adds to that story. Because writing is more intellectually and creatively challenging, it can be tempestuous. Because illustrating (32 pages of art) is more physically challenging, it can be arduous. Both are just as gratifying.
Read more...
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Read To Me International’s The Write On! Writers’ Conference
Australia’s best-selling children’s book author and literacy advocate Mem Fox will open
Read To Me International’s The Write On! Writers’ Conference with an interactive
presentation covering today’s most interesting and important literacy and writing
topics. Her engaging half-day session will cover reading to children using the highest
standards, identifying what makes a good story for young children, how teachers can
inspire writing in children at any age, and tips on what not to do when teaching writing.
Renown Hawaii children’s book author and illustrator Tammy Yee is the featured conference luncheon speaker. Her more than 24 books, which reflects the beauty and aloha of Hawaii, include the Tsunami Quilt, A Is For Aloha, Lullaby Moon, and Baby Honu’s Incredible Journey.
Renown Hawaii children’s book author and illustrator Tammy Yee is the featured conference luncheon speaker. Her more than 24 books, which reflects the beauty and aloha of Hawaii, include the Tsunami Quilt, A Is For Aloha, Lullaby Moon, and Baby Honu’s Incredible Journey.
Thursday, June 5, 2014, at the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai‘i
Pre-registration is required to attend. Attendance is limited to 200 participants.
Download the registration form online: www.readtomeintl.org
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