Professional Series:
Evening with an Editor
Date and Time:
6 July 2006, 7-9pm
Description:
Mara Bergman , senior commissioning editor at Walker Books, will provide insight and discuss her experience in children's book publishing. She currently edits teenage/YA fiction and woks with many authors here, in the US and Australia, including Ann Turnbull (
No Shame, No Fear , shortlisted for the 2004 Whitbread Children's Book Award), Veronica Bennett (
Angel monster , 2005, based on the life of Mary Shelley), Sonya Harnett (
Thursday's Child , winner of the 2002 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize) and Carolyn Mackler (
The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things , a Printz Honor Book in the US). Mara is also the author of several picture books and fiction titles for young readers.
Contact:
Limited places available! Please RSVP to
Sara Grant at murray_in_
london@hotmail.com or
ProfSeries@britishscbwi.org
Venue:
7 Medland House; Branch Road; London E14 7JT
Cost: Individual sessions
£8 SCBWI members,
£10 non-members. Or book to attend the whole series.
Download the booking form here.
http://britishscbwi.org