April 2024

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Authors and illustrators, share your good news!

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Writer's Spotlight!

Illustrator's Spotlight!

#DRAW

THIS!

Tonya at FBISD Bookapalooza

Join Tonya Duncan Ellis at this year's FBISD Bookapalooza!

Where:

Hosted at Dulles Middle School

When:

Saturday, April 13, 2024

9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

What:

Bookapalooza is a free event for all FBISD K-12 students.

Visit Bookapalooza for more info!

Lynne's on book tour!

When:

Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Where:

Blue Willow Bookshop, 14532 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77079

Visit Blue Willow Bookshop for more info!

Kristen Kiesling's launching her YA graphic novel THE HARROWING!

When?

SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2024 at 5:00 pm

Where?

BLUE WILLOW BOOKSHOP

14532 Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77079

And there's an afterparty! Follow us to FINN MACCOOL'S IRISH BAR
**FREE FOOD, DARTS, AND FUN!!!!

(under 18 welcome at Finn's until 9pm)

FINN MACCOOL'S IRISH BAR

1127 Eldridge Pkwy Suite 600, Houston, TX 77077

Have News? Share It With Us!

Submit author & illustrator news for the next newsletter by the 25th of each month via this form. Event submissions for member book launches and signings can be added to our regional calendar! Please be sure to include the date, time, and location.

Writer Spotlight

Are you a published author? Would you like to be featured in one of our monthly newsletters and website? Get your bio & cutest headshot ready and complete the short application. Application is open now! Got more questions? Email Kaye!

Local Author Spotlight: Lynne Kelly

Lynne Kelly’s career as a sign language interpreter has taken her everywhere from classrooms to hospitals to Alaskan cruises. Her 2019 novel Song For a Whale, about a deaf girl named Iris who forms an unlikely bond with the “loneliest whale in the world,” has been described as “finely crafted,” “important,” and “uplifting” by reviewers from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, and School Library Journal. Song For a Whale received the 2020 Schneider Family Book Award and was named one of the best books of the year by New York Public Library. Her newest book, The Secret Language of Birds, is now released. She lives near Houston, Texas. Find her online at lynnekellybooks.com and on Twitter @lynnekelly.

Illustrator Corner

Calling all illustrators! We want to feature you! Please submit your completed works to newsletter.scbwihou@gmail.com for a chance to be featured in an upcoming newsletter.

Local Illustrator Spotlight: Kris Duran

Kris Durán is an illustrator who grew up by the sea in Venezuela. For many years, Kris worked as an architect until one day she realized she was tired of drawing straight lines for a living. She received an MFA in Illustration at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, and has been telling stories with her art ever since. She and her husband live outside of Houston, Texas. Find her online at krisduran.com and on Instagram @kris_duran.

DrawThis Prompt!

The April prompt is: BARBERSHOP

Every month we develop a long list of potential #scbwiDrawThis prompts to choose one word or phrase that will challenge our illustrator members to dig deep and draw. Our goal is to find words rooted in a unique action, mood, point of view, or character theme. We also hope this practice will help you develop new art for your growing portfolios. Share your work with us! Share it often, online and in your member profile page on https://www.scbwi.org/galleries. We want to see what you create!

#scbwiDrawThis

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