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Forum on Children's Literature: March 28 and 29, 2007

Conference Agenda

Wednesday, March 28, 2007
8:00 - 8:45 REGISTRATION & CHECK-IN
Gallery of Illustration
9:00 - 10:00 WELCOME & KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Welcome: Luella Jones, UVU Conferences & Workshops
Introduction:
Keynote Speaker: Chris Crutcher, Author
10:10 - 11:10 WORKSHOP SESSION A
  • When Real Life Fiction Meets the Censor - Chris Crutcher & Chris Crowe
  • How To Do a Picture Book While Dealing With the Various Publishing Houses - Guy Francis
  • Using Picture Books in Secondary Education - Sonia Osborne
  • Beehive Bash Award Winners - Janell P. Matthews
11:20 - 12:30 GENERAL SESSION
Introduction: Sydney Husseman, SCBWI Regional Advisor
Keynote Speaker: Joy Neaves, Editor for Front Street Books
12:30 - 1:30/2:00 TAKE A BREAK - LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
1:30 - 2:00 BOOK SIGNING
Keynotes and workshop authors/illustrators
2:10 - 3:10 WORKSHOP SESSION B
  • Joy Neaves, Editor for Front Street Books
  • Compositional Details in Illustration - Brett Helquist
  • Inspired by Children’s Books: Exciting Classroom Publishing Project - Nancy Peterson
  • Best Books 2006 - Pat Castelli & Anne Nabaum
3:20 CLOSING SESSION
Our Favorite Books - That We Didn’t Write or Publish
Moderator: Nancy Peterson, UVU School of Education
4:30 Closing & Door Prizes
Thursday, March 29, 2007
8:00 - 8:45 REGISTRATION & CHECK-IN
Gallery of Illustration
9:00 - 10:00 WELCOME& KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Welcome: Luella Jones, Conferences & Workshops
Introduction:
Speaker: Brett Helquist - Illustrator
10:20 - 11:20 WORKSHOP SESSION C
  • Can Bad Words Be Good? - Chris Crutcher
  • Peer Critiques - Sydney Hussemann
    **Please bring 5 copies of your first 500 words of picture book, novel, synopsis, or cover letter
  • The Magic of Pictures - Scott E. Franson
  • How to get Reluctant Readers to Read Using Best Books - Luann Staheli
11:30 - 12:30 WORKSHOP SESSION D
  • Writing Your Own Fairy Tales - Mette Harrison
  • Publishing With A Small House - Joy Neaves
  • Graphic Novels - Matthew Armstrong
  • Move Over Oprah: Book Clubs In and Out of the Classroom - Leslie Lord Robbins
12:30 - 1:30/2:00 PUBLICATION LUNCHEON
Books by our local authors and illustrators that have been published in the past year
Award Ceremony for Gallery of Illustration
1:30 - 2:00 BOOK SIGNING
Keynotes and workshop authors/illustrators
2:10 - 3:10 WORKSHOP SESSION E
  • Exercise Your Writing - Sarah Zarr
  • Submissions 101 - Sydney Hussemann
  • Combining Pictures and Words: Art in the Classroom - Sherry Meidell
3:20 - 4:20 WORKSHIOP SESSION F
  • First Pages - Cheri Earl maybe Carol
  • Character Design - Brett Helquist
  • A Way With Words: Inspiring Writers in the Classroom - Merlyn Schofield
  • Planning Successful School Visits and Author Fairs - Tommie Leydsman
4:30 Closing & Door Prizes

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