Crystal Chan Author Talk December 10, 6 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Rogers Park Library 6907 N. Clark Street Event Description (from Crystal) Got kids? Are you a kid at heart? This December 10, I’ll be at the Rogers Park branch of the Chicago Public Library doing some cool interactives around my children’s novel, Bird. We’ll talk a…Continue reading Kid-Friendly Author Talk with Crystal Chan on December 10
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The Children’s Book Academy’s Upcoming Webinar and Chapter Book Alchemist Scholarships
The Children’s Book Academy is offering a free novel-writing webinar on January 2 at 5:30 p.m. PST. The Academy is also accepting scholarship applications for The Chapter Book Alchemist, a five-week e-course on writing chapter books. Aspiring authors of children’s literature may submit their applications through December 10, 2014. To quote the Children’s Book Academy website: “Our scholarships are…Continue reading The Children’s Book Academy’s Upcoming Webinar and Chapter Book Alchemist Scholarships
Writing What You Don’t Know: Reading and Discussion Tuesday, November 11
Write what you know, the old adage goes. But what about writing what you don’t know? How can writers expand their knowledge? The basics Who: Ami Polonsky and Crystal Chan What: Writing the “Tween-age Other” When: Tuesday, November 11, 6 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Where: Bookends & Beginnings, 1712 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, 60201 RSVP: Email Crystal (chancm16@gmail.com). Event details Grayson Sender, the protagonist…Continue reading Writing What You Don’t Know: Reading and Discussion Tuesday, November 11