What you will find in this week’s issue (362) of PASS IT ON

Serena Geddes

 

In this week’s issue of PIO you will find an illustrator profile from Serena Geddes.

Opportunities for picture book writers and short story writers.

Information about upcoming events relevant to the children’s book writing and illustrating industry including an evening of enchantment with Isobelle Carmody and Nan McNab and a book launch with Hazel Edwards.

You’ll find useful books, websites and blogs and book reviews from Deb Abela.

If you don’t yet subscribe to PASS IT ON and you’d like to take a look at a recent issue please do get in touch.

Happy Days…see you next week.

Jackie

 

What will you find in this week’s PASS IT ON?

A wonderful illustration by Kimberly Moon as well as profile where she shares her illustrating secrets.

Many new special events including book launches, writing festivals, author and illustrator talks.

Seven new opportunities for children’s writers and illustrators.

A spooky writing competition is also listed as well as few tips from the Book Trailers session held by Tristan Bancks who appeared at the recent CYA conference in Brisbane.

There are book reviews, useful blogs and websites and also the link to an interview with me at the Kids Book Review site. Here’s the link if you’d like to read it…

http://www.kids-bookreview.com/2011/09/interview-passing-it-on-with-jackie.html

Once again I’d like to thank everyone who contributed this week and I’d also like to post that I am on the hunt for children’s book illustrators to profile. If you’re looking for exposure PIO is the place to hang out. Many Australian children’s book publishers subscribe to PIO and your illustration is the first thing they see on a Monday morning. Please do get in touch or pass on this call to any illustrators that you know.

And if you don’t yet subscribe to PIO, at $38/per year (80 cents/week) – it’s got to be the best valued newsletter around.

What are you waiting for?

 

Inside this week’s issue of PASS IT ON

Christina Bollenbach

In this week’s PIO we profile illustrator Christina Bollenbach as she showcases an illustration from her picture book A Monster for Lukas.

We highlight the 2012 National Year of Reading ‘soft launch’ at Bialik College, in Melbourne with patron William McInnes,  Reading Ambassadors Alison Lester and Hazel Edwards.

We list 14 special events of interest to children’s writers and illustrators including festivals, books launches, blog tours and talks.

We include a writing opportunity for educational authors, two competitions and a number of workshops.

Dee White writes on whether or not to go to conferences and author Tania McCartney is profiled.

We include 5 new book reviews and list some very useful blogs and websites.

Tomorrow Tania McCartney will be visiting this blog as part of her Riley and the Grumpy Wombat Blog Tour where she will be discussing her self publishing journey.

I will also include a review of her book along with a chance for you to receive a free copy of Riley and the Grumpy Wombat: A journey around Melbourne.

Once again I’d like to thank everyone who contributed industry news to this week’s PIO and if you are not yet a subscriber and would like to see a copy of this week’s issue please do get in touch. At 75cents/week you can’t afford to be without it.

See you tomorrow

In this week’s issue

Henry Smith

So here I am finally able to sit at my computer after hurting my back. Still feeling very sore and tender but able at least to function. Writers and Illustrators all – look after your backs. Here’s a great website if you are suffering from back pain.

Now back (pardon the pun) to this week’s issue (351).

Henry Smith is our profiled illustrator.

We list three new writing opportunities and two new competitions.

Dee White talks about why is pays to go to conferences and we learn a little bit more about Text Publishing’s Editor, Alison Arnold who will be appearing at this year’s Ballarat Writers’ Festival.

Gabrielle Wang’s guest this week on How Writers Work is picture book author and illustrator NARELLE OLIVER

To view her post go to  http://www.gabriellewang.com/.

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Email me jackiehosking @ bigpond . com (no spaces) to get the latest issue.

See you all next week.

Jackie
 

In this week’s PASS IT ON – issue 350

Patrick Hawkins

 

In this week’s PIO we profile illustrator Patrick Hawkins.

We discover what another Australian publisher of Children’s books does and does not expect from unsolicited ms submissions.

We profile author Aleesah Darlison.

We list upcoming events, book launches, competitions and much, much more.

Not yet a subscriber?

Email me jackiehosking [@] bigpond [dot]. com and I’ll send you copy of a recent issue.

In this week’s PASS IT ON – issue 349…

Fiona Sinclair

 

 

…we thank Fiona Sinclair for sharing her methods with us.

We find out the Pet Peeves of three more Publishers of Australian Children’s Books.

We read book reviews by Deb Abela and me, Jackie Hosking.

We find out about a publisher who is accepting unsolicited mss.

And we find out a little more about Catherine McCredie, a senior editor in the Books for Children and Young Adults department at Penguin Books.

Once again PIO is jammed packed full of useful and interesting information – all related to the children’s book industry.

If you do not yet subscribe and you are curious to see what it’s all about, drop me a line and I’ll send you out a complimentary issue.

Thanks to everyone who contributed this week and I’ll see you all next Monday

 

 

PASS IT ON – issue 348

Adele K Thomas

 

In this week’s PIO we find out about cartoonist and illustrator Adele Thomas. Thank you Adele.

We discover the Pet Peeves of three Australian publishers of children’s books.

We learn about Jackie French’s new book Nanberry, published by HarperCollins.

And Felicity Pulman shares some more of her writing tips as well as an article ‘A Walking Meditation’.

We learn when and where to find workshops just for children’s writers and subscribers share their good news.

Thank you once again to everyone who has contributed something this week. I hope you’ve found this issue enjoyable and helpful.

If you do not yet subscribe to PASS IT ON – just drop me a line and I’ll send you out a recent, complimentary copy.

See you next Monday

 

In this week’s PASS IT ON

Jennifer Bowman

 

We discover the illustration style of Jennifer Bowman and find out what NOT to send to Hardie Grant Egmont.

Authors Felicity Pulman and Dee White share some of their writing tips and Deb Abela reviews three new children’s books.

We list new competitions for aspiring children’s writers and profile Author Christopher Milne, one of the authors appearing on a panel chaired by yours truly,  at this year’s Ballarat Writers Festival.

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Contact me jackiehosking @ bipond .  com for your complimentary copy of this week’s issue.

In this week’s PASS IT ON

Illustration by Karen Erasmus

 

 

Subscribers will notice that I’ve revamped the e-zine giving it a crisper, cleaner feel.

This week’s ‘Illustrator of the Week’ is Karen Erasmus, thank you Karen.

A new segment, ‘Publishers’ Pet Peeves‘ gives some insight into what NOT to do when submitting your manuscript.

Thank you to everyone who contributed industry news this week. PIO was chock-a-bloc full of writing and illustrating opportunities, competitions, workshops, useful books, blogs, websites and much more.

If you would like to see a copy of this week’s e-zine just drop me a line and I’ll get one right to you.

PASS IT ON is the most up to date children’s writing/illustrating industry newsletter – at 70 cents/week it’s an absolute bargain.

Children’s Book Illustrators

Since March 2008 PASS IT ON has profiled over 150 illustrators. I have listed them below in alphabetical order. Many of these illustrators I sourced through The Style File and Illustrators Australia I am extremely grateful to the time and effort that they have all gone to in order to share their illustrations with PIO subscribers.

Gillian Warden

Abbott, Kelly | Acton, Matthew | Agostino, Vincent | Ainslie, Tamsin | Alexander, Amy | Allert, Peter | Anderson, Heather | Antonie, Joy | Apfelbaum, Alexis | Armstrong, Gary | Atherton, Jason | Atkinson, Daniel | Austen, Brad | Axelsen, Stephen | Baldwin, Gregory | Barralet, Ian | Battersby, Katherine | Berkovic, Dori | Bissett, Zela | Bocquee, Christian | Booth, Christina | Botte, Elizabeth | Boyer, Susy | Breese, G C | Brockett, Natalie | Buchan, Letitia | Buchanan, Nigel | Burgemeestre, Kevin | Campbell, Peter | Candiloro, Frank |

Liz Wilks

Carnavas, Peter | Carruthers, Adam | Catchlove, Linda | Chadwick, Katherine | Chambers, Malcolm | Charlton, Dave | Ciaffaglione, Sebastian | Coutts, Lisa | Creagh, Lachlan | Crossett, Warren | Culkin-Lawrence, Teresa | Dale, Rae | Dannatt, Maggie | Davis, Sarah | Dawson, Janine | Degennaro, Sue | Diggory, Nick | Dodd, Michele | Dybing, Michelle | Emdin, Anton | Evans, Helen | Evans, Rowena | Everton, Samantha |

Owan Swan

Flaherty, Liz | Fleming, Kim | Fraser, Megan | Geddes, Serena | Gilmartin, Deb | Golding, Michael | Gorissen, Dean | Grantford, Jacqui | Gray, Virginia | Green, David | Greenaway, Sharon | Guthridge, Bettina | Gwyther, Sheryl | Hanrahan, Janette | Hardy, Sarah | Hatcher, Don | Hedstrom, Leigh | Heinrich, Sally |

Aaron Pocock

Hobbs, Leigh | Hopwood, Joy | Hull, Karen | Hurst, Elise | Hutchings, Ben | Ide, Timothy | Innocent, Andrea | James, Shana | Kennedy, Frank | Lance, Charlotte | Langton, Allison | Lee, Fiona | Legge, David | Lessac, Frane | Lin, Hung | Lynch, Marc | MacInnes, Cat | Magerl, Caroline | Mairou, Naomi | Matthews, Tina | Mayes, Kate | McBride, Marc | McDonald, Danielle | McFadden, Clare | McGowan, Shane |

Dale Newman

McGuire, Barbara | McKenzie, Heath | McKimmie, Chris | McMurtrie, Carolyn | Melnik, Jennifer | Melville, Shannon | Miller, David | Molinaro, Deanna |Mourtzios, Debbie | Muir, Lynne | Nagle, Shane | Newman, Dale | Nickel, Adam | Nielsen, Christopher | Niland, Deborah | O’Leary, Sinead | Oliver, Narelle | Olivero, Pablo | Panton, Kathy | Perkins, Gwyn | Petropoulos, John | Pfanner, Louise | Pignataro, Anna | Pocock, Aaron | Power, Margaret | Reed, Kirsten | Reynolds, Pat | Richards, Claire | Riddle, Tohby | Rippin, Sally | Ross, Helen |

Sally Rippin

Rycroft, Nina | Savcigil, Basak | Sheehan, Peter | Shenfield, Ann | Shires, Matthew | Sinclair, Fiona | Smith, Clara | Spudvilas, Anne | Stewart, Kate | Street, Rosalie | Strevens, Bridget | Stuart, Emma | Stubbs, Jenny | Swan, Owen | Tan, Shaun | Toffolo, Julie | Tribout, Rachel | Tweedie, Margie | Unger, Doris | Veeken, John | Walker, Anna | Warden, Gillian | Watson, Judy | Whatley, Bruce | Wheeler, Rebecca | White, Annie | Wilks, Lizbeth | Wilson, Mark |Zouwer, Naomi |

If you are interested in reading any the above illustrators’ profiles as they appeared in the PASS IT ON e-zine you can do so by going here So far I have uploaded 68.