Many of you may be interested in attending the Eighth Annual Jewish Children's Book Writers' Conference on November 19 at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan. Conference organizers include AJL members Steve Siegel and Anna Olswanger. The conference always includes information on the Sydney Taylor Manuscript Competition, and we invite everyone to attend. Please pass on the announcement below to your patrons and to others you think might be interested.
Thank you. Sincerely, Anna Olswanger, Conference Coordinator -- Anna Olswanger, Literary Agent Liza Dawson Associates 240 W. 35th Street, Ste. 500 New York, NY 10001 201-791-4699 www.olswanger.com/agency.shtml Eighth Annual Jewish Children's Book Writers' Conference Sunday, November 19, 2006, 9 AM to 5 PM 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY $85 before November 1, $100 after November 1 Fee includes kosher breakfast and lunch The 92nd Street Y Buttenwieser Library and the Jewish Book Council are cosponsoring the Eighth Annual Jewish Children's Book Writers' Conference at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan on Sunday, November 19, 2006, from 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m. Featured speakers are executive editor Deborah Brodie of Roaring Brook Press/Holtzbrinck Publishing, executive editor Jill Davis of Bloomsbury Children's Books, publisher Joni Sussman of Kar-Ben Publishing, marketing vice president Theresa M. Borzumato-Greenberg of Holiday House, literary agent Michele Beno of Curtis Brown Ltd., and artist and author representative Ronnie Ann Herman of the Herman Agency. Author Norman H. Finkelstein, winner of two National Jewish Book Awards, will give opening remarks, and the day will include the popular "Query Letter Clinic and First Pages" with the editors, sessions on the Grinspoon Foundation's P.J. (Pajama) Library, "Drawing Inspiration from Israel's Multicultural Mix" with Israeli author Anna Levine," the Association of Jewish Libraries' Sydney Taylor Manuscript Competition, and door prizes. The registration form is available for download at www.92y.org/content/pdf/jewishchildrensbookwriters.pdf. Call 212-415 5544 or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for additional information or to request the form by mail. The final registration deadline is November 11. The conference sold out last year, so register early. If you write or illustrate children's books for the Jewish market, this conference is for you! Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
