PEN New England's Children's Book Caucus
10th Annual Discovery Evening
Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 6:30 PM
The Amphitheater
University Hall, Lesley University
(1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA)
2008 Susan P. Bloom Award Winner
Jame Richards for her YA novel-in-verse, Three Rivers Rising
Honorable Mentions
Colleen Ellis for her picture book, The Alphabet: Looking Beyond the Letter
Tamara Ellis Smith for her middle grade novel, A Marble Looks Like Home
Tracy Miller Geary for her middle grade novel, The Summer of My Movie Star
Reception to follow… Please come and celebrate all four talented writers who will read from their promising works.
(Open to the Public. Parking is available behind the building.)
Children's Book Caucus Panel: "To Agent or Not to Agent: That is the Question!"
Sunday, November 4, 2007 at 6:30 p.m.
Lesley University
Marran Theater (Building #31)
A panel of agents and authors will discuss whether children's book writers need agents to sell manuscripts and negotiate contracts, what are the less tangible but equally important roles that agents play, and how the agentless author navigates the publishing process.
The panel will be moderated by Author/Illustrator Pat Lowery Collins, and panelists include Susan E. Goodman, author of The Truth about Poop, Skyscraper, and others; Ginger Knowlton, literary agent, Curtis Brown, Ltd.; Wendy Schmalz, literary agent, Wendy Schmalz Agency; and Ellen Wittlinger, YA author of Hard Love, Blind Faith, Sandpiper, and others.
For directions visit the Lesley University Web site.
Please Note: Do not bring manuscripts. This is an informational panel discussion only.
Children's Book Caucus Discovery Awards
9th Annual Susan P. Bloom Discovery Awards
Sunday, May 6, 2007 at 6:30 PM
Simmons College
Main College Building
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA
2007 Winners
- Ice Harvest, a Middle Grade novel by Jodi McCallum, South Burlington, VT
- Smart Girl, a Young Adult novel by Katie Bayerl, Jamaica Plain, MA
- The Mist, a Young Adult novel by Joe Anastasio, Brooklyn, CT
- Sheldon, a Middle Grade novel by Cindy Faughnan, Norwich, VT
All four talented writers will read from their promising works.
Please come and celebrate the winners! Reception to follow...
Free parking is available on site. For more information contact pen_ne@lesley.edu.
No, But I Saw the Movie: The Challenges of Adapting Children's Books to Film
Tuesday October 24, 2006 at 7:00 PM
Coolidge Corner Theatre
290 Harvard Street
Brookline, MA
617-734-2501
Book signing after the program:
Brookline Booksmith
279 Harvard Street
Brookline, MA
617-566-6660
Ever wonder what authors think about movies based on their books? Or, why moviemakers took your favorite novel and turned the girl into a boy, killed the dog, or added a love interest? Do authors get any say in the matter? Well, they're about to, albeit after the fact. And a moviemaker will tell us why changes are made when a story moves from one medium to another.
The Children's Caucus of PEN New England, in cooperation with Brookline Booksmith, is pleased to host the panel, No, but I Saw the Movie: The Challenges of Adapting Children's Books to Film, at 7 p.m. on October 24, 2006 at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, MA.
The panel will be moderated by Lois Lowry, author of The Giver, which is currently being adapted for film. The panel will include two other children's authors whose books have been portrayed on screen—Phyllis Naylor, Newbery Award winning author of Shiloh, and Newbery Honoree Natalie Babbitt, author of Tuck Everlasting—along with Randy Testa of Walden Media LLC, the company that has produced such adaptations as Because of Winn Dixie, Hoot, Holes, How to Eat Fried Worms, and The Chronicles of Narnia, among others.
Look at clips from the movies, listen to passages from the books, and then sit back for the debate and discussion that follow. After that, walk right across the street to Brookline Booksmith for a book signing with the authors.
Children's Book Caucus Discovery Evening
Sunday, April 30 at 6:30 PM
Simmons College
Boston, MA
Free parking is available on site. Please come and help celebrate the winners! For more information about the winners of this year's award, click here.
"So You Want to Write a Children's Picture Book?"
September 18, 2005
6:30 PM - FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Simmons College
Main Building
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA
(617) 521-2540
A panel discussion of the award winning picture book, The Lamp, the Ice, and the Boat Called Fish, with author Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrator Beth Krommes, editor Ann Rider, designer Bob Kosturko, and moderator Carol Otis Hurst.
7th Annual Children's Book Discovery Evening Winners
Children's Book Discovery Evening
Sunday April 3, 2005 at 6:30 pm
Simmons College
The Children's Book Discovery Evening recognizes new talent and give authors and illustrators of children's fiction and non-fiction the opportunity to share their work with the writing and publishing community.