Only 3 days left to take advantage of the November 3 "Early Bird" registration deadline!
Illustrators will have a separate one-hour session with Deborah Kaplan, Puffin/Penguin Art Director. Some registrants have offered to provide home hospitality to out-of-town registrants. Please share this announcement with anyone you think might be interested in the fifth annual Jewish Children's Book Writers' Conference on November 23. Shabbat shalom, Anna Olswanger, Conference Coordinator -- www.olswanger.com "Promoting Books of Jewish Interest" Fifth Annual Jewish Children's Book Writers' Conference Sunday, November 23, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY $75 before November 3, $90 after November 3 Kosher breakfast and lunch The 92nd Street Y Buttenwieser Library and the Jewish Book Council are cosponsoring the Fifth Annual Jewish Children's Book Writers' Conference at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan on Sunday, November 23, 2003, from 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m. Featured faculty are editor Scott Blumenthal of Behrman House Publishers, vice president and publisher Beverly Horowitz of Bantam Delacorte Dell Young Readers Group, independent press founder Sallie Lowenstein, executive editor Helen Perelman of Hyperion Books, literary agent and executive editor Ann Tobias of Handprint Books, and art director Deborah Kaplan of Puffin Books/Penguin Group USA. Author Barbara Diamond Goldin, winner of the Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award, will give opening remarks, and the day will include First Pages with the editors, a talk by the coordinator of the Association of Jewish Libraries' Sydney Taylor Manuscript Competition, and door prizes. Call 212-415-5544 or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a registration form and additional information. If you write or illustrate children's books for the Jewish market, this conference is for you. ========================================================================== HaSafran - The Electronic Forum of the Association of Jewish Libraries Submissions for HaSafran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org/
