Children’s writers events

Family, friends and fans joined authors Ann Ingalls and Maryann Macdonald to celebrate the release of Little Piano Girl. Reading Reptile played host to the event on February 13. Congratulations!

Date: February 10, 2010
Author: Laura Manivong

Tags: Ann Ingalls, Little Piano Girl, reading reptile

Little Piano Girl Launch Party

Celebrating the life of jazz legend Mary Lou Williams, with authors Ann Ingalls and Maryann Macdonald, and live music from Mark Lowrey

2010 is the Centennial of Mary Lou Williams’ birth, and Reading Reptile will host an evening with Ann Ingalls and Maryann Macdonald, co-authors of THE LITTLE PIANO GIRL, the newly released and beautifully illustrated picture book biography commemorating the life of Mary Lou Williams.

-Saturday, February 13th, from 6 – 8 pm

-Reservations requested: 816.7530441

-Copies available for purchase at the event (No books purchased outside the Reading Reptile will be admitted to the event.)

Date: January 24, 2010
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook

Tags: Ann Ingalls, book release

Ann Ingalls to speak at Plaza Library

Join us January 29 at the Plaza Library to hear Heartlander Anne Ingalls talk about Little Piano Girl. Ann and her sister, Maryann McDonald, wrote the biography of jazz legend Mary Lou Williams, who had her first public performance at the age of six and went on to write and arrange music for Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, and Dizzy Gillespie. The talk starts at 7 pm.

Date: January 12, 2010
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook

Tags: marketing, networking, SCBWI, workshops

Catching Fire with Kansas SCBWI: Brand Yourself!

Join SCBWIer and Heartlander Jenn Bailey, our very own social media whiz, for a hands-on workshop on Branding Yourself! In the morning we’ll discuss how social media can help you research the publishing world, network, and market yourself. In the afternoon learn how to build a functional Website that integrates social media tools and lets editors and agents get a look at who you are. Bring your laptops if you can and get ready to get busy!

Get details and register here!

Pay at the Door:  $20.00 SCBWI members  $25.00 nonmembers

www.kansas-scbwi.org

Date: November 2, 2009
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook

Tags: Ann Ingalls, biography, Little Piano Girl, Mary Lou Williams, nonfiction, picture books

Ann Ingalls’ The Little Piano Girl

The Kennedy Center and the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, DC, have invited Ann Ingalls and Maryann Macdonald to sign books at a celebration for the centennial of jazz great Mary Lou Williams’ birth.

The sisters’ labor of love, The Little Piano Girl, is illustrated by Giselle Potter and will be published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children in January 2010. Future signing include The Lincoln Center in New York City and the American Jazz Museum and the Plaza Library in Kansas City. The Reading Reptile will host a celebration in February.

Date: July 23, 2009
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook

Tags: SCBWI, writers conference

KSCBWI Conference Sept 11-12

Kansas SCBWI has planned a rip-roarin’ conference for children’s writers and illustrators. Yes, we got authors! Bruce Coville, Cheryl Harness, Jennifer Brown, Dian Curtis Regan, LD Harkrader. We got illustrator Tom Nelson, agent Ted Malawar of Firebrand Literary, editor Eve Adler of Henry Holt and Company. We got manuscript critques and portfolio reivews and sessions on characters, voice, humor, structure and more!

Get the lowdown here. Hope to see you there!

Date: July 1, 2009
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook

Kansas SCBWI Writers at Work 2009 Event

WHAT? I’M AN EDITOR?

Saturday, July 25th

9:30 to 3:30

Mardel, Overland Park, KS

Speaker: Lorri Cardwell-Casey

Check it out at http://kansasscbwi.shuttlepod.org on the events page.

Date: April 6, 2009
Author: Laura Manivong

KS SCBWI Workshop 5-2-09

Writers at Work—2009 KS SCBWI Event: Strong Words
Saturday, May 2nd, 9:30 to 3:30
Mardel Meeting Room, 119th & Blue Valley Parkway, Overland Park

Impressed by the word choice of other authors? Want your prose to stand out? We’ll work on how to make our words strong, plus you’ll have the opportunity for a short critique of your work. Here’s the lineup: (Read more…)

Date: March 15, 2009
Author: Colleen Ryckert Cook

Tags: A Curse Dark As Gold, Arthur A. Levine Books, awards, Elizabeth C. Bunce, honors, young adult

Celebrate Elizabeth C. Bunce’s ALA debut author award

The Johnson County Library will host a reception for Elizabeth C. Bunce on Sunday, March 22 from 2 pm to 4 pm at the Lackman Neighborhood Library. She’ll be honored for receiving the first ever American Library Association’s William C. Morris Award for her debut young adult novel, Curse Dark as Gold (Arthur A. Levine Books, March 208). Come listen to Elizabeth talk about Curse, enjoy refreshments and buy a copy of her amazing book. (Read more…)