Some of you may be interested in the ninth annual Jewish Children's Book Writers' Conference on November 18 at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan. Conference organizers include AJL members Steve Siegel and Anna Olswanger. The conference will include presentations by Kathe Pinchuck, AJL's Sidney Taylor Book Award Committee Member, and Aileen Grossberg, Chair, AJL's Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Committee. We invite everyone to attend. Please share the announcement below to others you think might be interested.
Sincerely, Anna Olswanger, Conference Coordinator -- Anna Olswanger, Literary Agent Liza Dawson Associates 350 Seventh Avenue, Ste. 2003 New York, NY 10001 Direct tel.: +1-201-791-4699 www.olswanger.com Ninth Annual Jewish Children's Book Writers' Conference Sunday, November 18, 2007, 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 Ninth Annual Jewish Children's Book Writers' Conference at the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan on Sunday, November 18, 2007, from 9:00 am to 5:00 p.m. Featured speakers are senior editor Reka Simonsen of Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, editor Jennifer Wingertzahn of Clarion Books, senior editor Lindsey Silken of JVibe/JFL Media, sales manager Sarah Aronson of Jewish Lights Publishing, literary agent Kirsten Wolf of Jill Grinberg Literary Management, and associate art director Einav Aviram of Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Author and illustrator Neil Waldman, winner of the National Jewish Book Award, will give opening remarks, and the day will include sessions on publishing and writing in Israel, the Sydney Taylor Book Award and Manuscript Competition, and new this year: a panel on "How I Got My First Book Published." The registration form is available for download at <http://www.92y.org/content/pdf/jewishchildrensbookwriters.pdf>www.92y.org/content/pdf/jewishchildrensbookwriters.pdf. Call 212-415 5544 or e-mail <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] for additional information or to request the form by mail. The final registration deadline is November 12. 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
