Join the internationally acclaimed South African Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)  for a workshop aimed at stimulating creativity and imagination for writers and illustrators.

This workshop will be divided into three parts:

1)     An illuminated letter
2)     Brainstorming
3)     A collage using imaginative forms and words.

Create A Picture With Words

Venue: Houghton

Date: 21 August 2018

Time: 10:30 – 15:00

Cost:  R300 non-members, R150 SCBWI members

RSVP: To Jenny at SCBWI.SA.Gauteng@mweb.co.za

About the facilitator:

• Joan Rankin has been creating art since childhood, but her first books were published in the eighties.One of South Africa’s foremost illustrators, her awards include:the HAUM Daan Retief Publishers Competition for Children’s Book Illustration in 1986,
  the Katrien Harries Award for Children’s Book Illustration in 1991 and 2009,
  the Oppenheimer Toy Portfolio Gold Award in 2003, as well as
  the MER Award in 2011 and
  the Tienie Holloway Gold Medal for Children’s Literature 2102.

This event is for illustrators and writers.

Children’s book related events/courses to be held in Gauteng

The Storyteller Pod:

 presents various script-writing courses.

For more information:

contact Natasje: natasje@thestorytellerpod.com

In conjunction with Open Workspaces, Hayley Chewins presents:

Finding Your Voice: A Writing Workshop.

Open Sandton, Johannesburg. 

Saturday, 18 August 2018. 10:00 – 12:00. R800 pp.

Contact Hayley: www.hayleychewins.com/contact

Children’s book related events

17-19 August 2018             Life Righting course with Dawn Garisch. Enquire admin@liferighting.com

30 Aug to 2 Sept 2018        Jozi Book Fair with the theme “Literature and Working People, See jozibookfair.org.za

3-9 September 2018          National Book Week

14-16 September 2018      Comic Con Africa Exhibition. See https://www.comicconafrica.co.za/en.html

5-7 Oct 2018                         LITASA Conference with the theme “Literacy and Justice” to be held in the Eastern Cape. See litasa.org.za

Reviews of children’s books

For reviews of children’s books, see www.puku.co.za

Also see www.thebooktree.co.za

Free books

To download free books, visit www.bookdash.org

Please visit www.SCBWIGauteng.blogspot.com for news, reports of events and links to other children’s book related sites.

Also see www.scbwi.za.org  for national news and  www.scbwi.org for international news, competitions and events around the world.