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Fantastic Middle Grade Reads: Myths & Fables |
Date:
Saturday, 12 June 2021 |
Time:
6/12/21 3:00 pm |
Venue:
Books of Wonder on Crowdcast |
Books of Wonder is delighted to host the Great Middle Grade Reads: Myths & Fables panel, featuring authors, GAIL VILLANUEVA for Sugar and Spite, SHAKIRAH BOURNE for Josephine Against the Sea, SAM SUBITY for The Last Shadow Warrior and KELA RIVERA for Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls on Saturday, June 12th at 3pm EST via *CrowdCast!
More info here!
NOTE: Time/date is in Eastern Time
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“Kumain Ka Na Ba?” Filipino Food is Love, Family, and Home |
Date:
Friday, 14 May 2021 |
Time:
5/14/21 9:00 pm |
Venue:
Asian Author Alliance YouTube |
Asian Author Alliance 2021 AAPI Book Month
Event Link: YouTube Live
For a lot of Filipinos in diaspora and the motherland, food is love. Food is family, food is home. Join Filipino authors, Gail D. Villanueva (Sugar and Spite, My Fate According to the Butterfly), Roselle Lim (Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune, Vanessa Yu’s Magical Paris Teashop), Mia P. Manansala (Arsenic and Adobo), Marie Miranda Cruz (Everlasting Nora), Tiff Marcelo (In a Book Club Far Away, It Takes Heart), and K.S. Villoso (Chronicles of the Wolf Queen series) as they discuss food as a love language and a cultural identity in their stories.
NOTE: Time/date is in Eastern Time, but we encourage Philippine-based readers to join in. Time and date of the panel in PHILIPPINE TIME is Saturday, May 15th @ 9am.
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Stories From Beyond US borders: The Young Reader’s Window to the World |
Date:
Thursday, 25 June 2020 |
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Venue:
ALA Virtual 2020 website |
Time: 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM CT
Make your reading lists more inclusive with English-language children’s books with non-US settings and perspectives! Join Southeast Asian authors Hanna Alkaf (The Weight of Our Sky), Rin Chupeco (The Bone Witch), Remy Lai (Pie in the Sky), and Gail D. Villanueva (My Fate According to the Butterfly) as they share personal experiences of publishing in the US while writing from Asia and Australia. They’ll be talking about the misconceptions of viewing culture as a monolith, provide differing perspectives beyond American borders and insights on the relevance of marginalized voices to the universal human experience. Q&A to follow.
Click here for more information!
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Family Matters |
Date:
Thursday, 21 May 2020 |
Time:
5/21/20 7:00 pm - 5/21/20 8:00 pm |
Venue:
http://bit.ly/AAPIYoutube |
Join authors as they discuss Family relationships in their writing and stories! THURSDAY, MAY 21st at 7PM ET/4PM PT! It will be hosted live on Asian Author Alliance’s YouTube channel: bit.ly/AAPIYoutube
More info at bit.ly/AAPIBookMonth
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Children’s Literature Assembly (CLA) Masterclass at the 2019 NCTE Annual Convention |
Date:
Saturday, 23 November 2019 |
Time:
11/23/19 6:00 pm - 11/23/19 7:16 pm |
Venue:
Room 362, Baltimore Convention Center, 1 W. Pratt Street, Baltimore |
Personal Stories as Cultural Narrative in Children’s Literature
A Discussion about the value of teaching diverse children’s literature in university-level children’s literacy courses and how such texts can be a tool for inquiry intopersonal cultural narratives to better understand ourselves and the world we live in.
Presenters
Dr. Kathy Short, University of Arizona – scholar/moderator
Yuyi Morales, author/illustrator of award-winning titles such as Dreamers (2018) and Viva Frida (2014)
Tonya Bolden, author of titles such as Ebenezer Creek (2017), Maritcha (2005), and Inventing Victoria (2019)
Thannha Lai, author of titles such as Butterfly Yellow (September 3, 2019 release date), Listen, Slowly (2016), and Inside Out & Back Again (2013)
Gail D. Villanueva, debuting author of My Fate According to the Butterfly (2019)
Dr. Angie Zapata, University of Missouri – respondent
Dr. Thomas Crisp, Georgia State University – respondent
Click here for more information!
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Children’s Book Summit |
Date:
Wednesday, 17 July 2019 |
Time:
7/17/19 1:00 pm - 7/17/19 2:00 pm |
Venue:
Auditorium, Thames International Business School, 27 Calle Industria Street, Bagumbayan, Quezon City |
Breaking In Story: How One Can Get Published
Wanna know how I got published? Do check out my talk at the Children’s Book Summit where I discuss my road to publication. There will also be a question-and-answer portion 🙂
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Gunita: The 10th Philippine International Literary Festival |
Date:
Friday, 14 June 2019 |
Time:
6/14/19 1:00 pm - 6/14/19 2:30 pm |
Venue:
Penthouse Room, Great Eastern Hotel, Quezon City |
Session #3: Traditional Publishing in the US: A Guide to Seeking Agents and Book Deals
Speakers: Kara Bodegon, Stef Tran, Kate Evangelista, Gail D. Villanueva, Rin Chupeco
A brief guide to traditional publishing from querying your manuscript, participating in pitch contests to finding the right agent. Some highlights include how internet technologies can bridge the continental divide and how to empower Filipino authors to pursue their publishing dreams outside the Philippines.
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WriteOnCon 2019: Live Panel: The Agent-Author Relationship |
Date:
Saturday, 9 February 2019 |
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Venue:
WriteOnCon website |
WriteOnCon is a three-day online children’s book conference for writers and illustrators of picture books, middle grade, and young adult. It was founded in 2010 and is now run by a new team of writers who are eager to hearken back to the awesomeness that they remember so fondly from being attendees over the years, while also bringing exciting new elements to the mix.
Date & Time: February 2019 (more info soon!)
For info and updates, visit the WriteOnCon website.
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39th Manila International Book Fair |
Date:
Friday, 14 September 2018 |
Time:
9/14/18 1:00 pm - 9/14/18 4:00 pm |
Venue:
Meeting Room 8, SMX Convention Center, SM Mall of Asia |
From the Philippines to the World: Breaking Into International Publishing
Speakers: Gail Villanueva, Kate Evangelista, Dawn Lanuza, Francis Martelino, JM Cabral, and Tarie Sabido
Learn how Filipinos can break into the international publishing industry through these 6 panelists, who will share their own publishing and professional journeys.
Organized by the Overseas Publishers’ Representatives Association of the Philippines (OPRAP), in collaboration with the Book Development Association of the Philippines (BDAP), and held during the Manila International Book Fair (MIBF), this panel discussion aims to help Filipino writers and creators understand the paths and means towards international publication. The panel will give attendees first-hand information from Filipino authors/illustrators who have made it internationally, as well as allow them a chance to connect with individuals who have worked or currently work with foreign publishers.
For info and updates, visit the From the Philippines to the World: Breaking Into International Publishing event page on Facebook.
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