Once a year, a conglomerate of children’s literacy-type people (librarians, teachers, museum workers, etc.) from the Pittsburgh area put together a lovely one-day conference featuring a bevy of children’s authors and illustrators. This year’s get-together featured Sharon Flake, Brian Pinkney, and Katherine Ayers. Not bad, eh? I took notes throughout the day’s [...]
Posts Tagged ‘fall festival’
Fall Festival Recap
Posted in contemporary fiction, fall festival, tagged brian pinkney, contemporary fiction, fall festival, katherine ayers, picture books, sharon flake on October 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Fall Festival: Still Comin’ Up
Posted in fall festival, tagged excuses excuses, fall festival on October 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Well, that was exhausting — a full day of lectures and writing workshops with some rather classy writers and an illustrator (an illustrator who, I found, does some mean kung fu). I’ll be writing up a full report of the event in a day or so, just as soon as I get some good [...]
Comin’ Up . . .
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged conference, fall festival, preview on October 19, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Ooooo, I feel so lucky! Once a year, a conglomerate of educators/librarians/museum folks/other kid-oriented peeps get a bunch of fabulous authors together for a one day conference entitled the Fall Festival of Children’s Literature. Because it’s usually on a Friday, sometimes I’m not able to go due to childcare/schedule conflicts. But this [...]
