Writers Workshop
Latest Past Events
The Next Level Writers Workshop
Tabor Space 5441 SE Belmont, PortlandAnd I’m happy to be presenting the first of the writers workshops in the Oregon SCBWI professional series The Next Level. It’s called Low or No Cost Marketing and it’s all about collaborating with booksellers, teachers, librarians and your fellow writers and illustrators to help your books reach their readers. It’s a very hands on workshop from […]
Wordstock Writers Workshop
Oregon Convention Center 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, PortlandResearch and Empathy: Writing Across Cultures More than 90% of children’s book creators are white and more than 50% of young readers are not white. Children need to see their own lives on the page at least some of the time and the need for books with characters of all racial and ethnic backgrounds has […]
PNBA trade show
Portland Airport Holiday Inn 8439 NE Columbia Blvd., PortlandAt the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Fall Trade Show I'll be giving the workshop Multicultural Literature: writing and sharing books for all readers. More than half of young readers are not white. The writers and booksellers who connect with this diverse generation will thrive. Come learn how to find multicultural books to share and how […]