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SCBWI Hosts Events in Cape Town from August to December 2010

SCBWI South Africa hosts two events for Open Book Day and Critique sessions as well as a year end book party in December

August 2010 Cape Town

SCBWI (SA) Open Book Day & Critique session at Marjorie’s Home

Region: Cape Town, South Africa

Date: Saturday, 28 August 2010

Time: 11h00 – 17h00

Venue: 153 Beach Rd, Gordon’s Bay. e-mail for directions – scbwi.za@gmail.com
RSVP: Please e-mail scbwi.za@gmail.com before 23 August and put Book Day in subject line.

Cost: R50.00 per person (includes a snack lunch and coffee and tea)

Description: SCBWI SA will have a Get-together… Publishers, writers and illustrators are invited to spend a day with Marjorie at her home to talk, and talk, and talk about children’s books. Writers and illustrators will have a chance to show their illustrations or read an extract from their work in a critique session.

Marjorie van Heerden (Co-RA) will tell all about her trip to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2010

October 2010 Cape Town

SCBWI (SA) Open Book Day & Critique session at Marjorie’s Home October

Region: Cape Town, South Africa

Date: TBC – visit puku homepage for updates

Time: 11h00 – 16h00

Venue: Bellville Public Library, Bellville, Cape Town e-mail for directions – scbwi.za@gmail.com

Cost: SCBWI members R60 and non-SCBWI members R100 (this includes tea/coffee and lunch).

RSVP: e-mail to scbwi.za@gmail.com and (NB!) October Talk in your e-mail’s subject line. Deadline TBC

Description of Event
Author Chris van Wyk and illustrator Paddy Bouma, will talk about the creative process of writing and illustrating Long Walk to Freedom, the picture book version of Nelson Mandela’s autobiography. Paddy, international award-winning illustrator, will explain and show in some detail the process she followed to research and create her stunning authentic illustrations, explaining her methods and techniques and tell about the research.
Chris, winner of the 1979 Olive Schreiner Prize and the 1997 Sanlam Prize, will talk about memories and translating them into stories. About the process of adapting Mandela’s autobiography into a picture book.

Enquiries: By e-mail to scbwi.za@gmail.com and (NB!) please put Enquiries – October Talk in your e-mail’s subject line.

DECEMBER 2010 (Cape Town)

SCBWI (SA) End-of-Year Season’s Greetings Book Party

Region: Cape Town, South Africa

Date: TBC – visit puku homepage for updates

Time: 11h30 – 15h00

Venue: TBC – visit puku homepage for updates

Cost: Free & gratis (SCBWI will pay for the coffee and tea!) but bring a plate of goodies to share and eat )

Enquirers: Please e-mail scbwi.za@gmail.com and put SCBWI SA Party in subject line.

Description: Writers, illustrators, or anyone interested in children’s books are invited. Bring along a small inexpensive wrapped gift, AND a plate of decadent stuff to eat. We will exchange gifts, talk Children’s Books, eat, drink coffee and tea and be merry. A space will be available where you can display recently published books or work in progress. (Publishers are also welcome to come and show us their latest books!)

Elaine Ridge and Marjorie van Heerden

Co-Regional Advisors of the South Africa Branch of the SCBWI

153 Beach Road, Gordon’s Bay 7140, South Africa; Tel & Fax: 021 856 0432

e-mail: scbwi.za@gmail.com

Book details

• Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela, Chris van Wyk, illustrated by Paddy Bouma
  EAN: 9781405091886
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