Midwinter LICWI roundup

Brian Heinz will be on the faculty again this summer at the Hofstra Summer Writers Program, from July 5 - 15, teaching Children's Fiction Writing. Other courses offered (there are eleven in all) include Short Fiction Writing, Writing Varieties of Nonfiction, and Writing the Tween Novel. Full details are on the website. Brian will also be leading two teachers' workshops at the BOCES Literacy and Learning Institute on April 1 and 2. Clicking on the link will bring up a PDF flyer about the event.

And Brian's next picture book, A Coming of Winter in the Adirondacks (previewed earlier on this blog) will be out at the beginning of May. Yay!

Orel Protopescu's first book of adult poems, What Remains, will be issued by Finishing Line Press in fall 2011. Her poem by the same title recently won first honorable mention in Oberon's annual poetry contest several years ago. If you are interested in adding your name to the pre-publication list to be notified when the book is available, please email me at toby @ tobyspeed dot com.

Also, Orel's next picture book, Thelonious Mouse, will be published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in early June. You can read more about Orel here.


 LICWI member Cheryl Taborsky runs a Just for Kids Contest every month on her website. Kids can submit their artwork based on the monthly theme and see it displayed on the site. Cheryl is also part of the Hot Cocoa storytime series sponsored by the Ward Melville Heritage Organization. She will be reading stories (followed by hot cocoa) starting at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, February 23. Check the WMHO website for details.

Joi Nobisso's next book, Francesco Wakes Up Early, will be out from Gingerbread House Publishing, which she owns and operates, in fall 2011. A scene from an imagined moment in St. Francis of Assisi's childhood, the book is illustrated by Maureen Hyde. You can read more about it here, and read my recent interview with Joi here.

LICWI members, I know you have lots of news that's not reaching me. Please email, call, telegraph, send smoke signals, or otherwise let me know your news for the next roundup. Thank you!