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		<title>Say Yes! with Dan Yaccarino</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mackenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Melanie Hope Greenberg 
Artist, author, and TV animation creator and producer, Dan Yaccarino, spoke to a full house at April&#8217;s Professional Series. He cheerfully shared how continuously polishing his skills and keeping a sketch book combined with serendipity and a willingness to say “yes” to new challenges, provided stepping stones along his successful career path.
Yaccarino [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playing God: World-Building with Connie Hsu</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 17:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mackenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Emily Goodman 
Connie Hsu, assistant editor at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, discussed the perils and responsibilities of world-building at the March 16 professional lecture, entitled “How You Get to Play God and Learn to Use Your Powers Responsibly.”

The lecture was devised, Hsu said, because Little, Brown receives many fantasy manuscripts and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Children&#8217;s Literary Cafe &#8211; August Event</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 14:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mackenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Children’s Literary Cafe is pleased to announce the following event on Saturday, August 7th at 2:00 p.m.

Brave New World: Digital Books for Kids 

Join a distinguished panel of children's book publishers who are breaking new ground and finding ways to use eBook technology in a children's literary format.  The panel will include Stephen Roxburgh of namelos as well as other publishers working in the field.

Location: The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue and 42 Street, New York, NY, 10018
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		<title>Children&#8217;s Literary Cafe &#8211; July Event</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 14:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mackenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Children’s Literary Cafe is pleased to announce the following event on Saturday, July 10th at 2:00 p.m.

Everything you ever wanted to know about "The Little Prince": Remembering Saint-Exupery  

Incredulously, Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900-1944), French heroic, historic, classic literary figure, can be considered a New York author.  Howard Scherry, author of Antoine de Saint-Exupery and 'The Little Prince:' You Can Go Home Again - In Your Memory will guide the audience on a virtual walking tour of outstanding Manhattan addresses linked to the legendary author-aviator's wartime exile, 1941-1943.      

 Location: The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue and 42 Street, New York, NY, 10018
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		<title>Children&#8217;s Literary Cafe &#8211; June Event</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 14:27:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mackenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Children’s Literary Cafe is pleased to announce the following event on Saturday, June 5th at 2:00 p.m.

The Picture Book Made New: Margaret Wise Brown, Her Illustrators, and Her World.

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Goodnight Moon author Margaret Wise Brown (1910-1952), biographer Leonard Marcus offers a fascinating glimpse into the life and times of America's poet laureate of the nursery. Find out how Brown re-imagined the picture book in the spirit of modern progressive education and modern art and, in league with her great editor Ursula Nordstrom, created "good books for bad children" that have lasted for generations.

Location: The New York Public Library, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Fifth Avenue and 42 Street, New York, NY, 10018]]></description>
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		<title>Passwords to Plot: The Secret of Nancy Drew Mysteries</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>corina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Emily Goodman 
Author Chris Eboch discussed tools for fast-paced plotting in an information-packed talk called “What I Learned from Nancy Drew,” at the SCBWI-Metro New York Professional Series lecture on February 2, 2010.
Eboch, author of the Haunted series of middle grade ghost stories and other books, said the most important features of a plot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drawing In a Crowd: Reviewing Portfolios with Patrick Collins</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>corina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Newsletter Staff
On January 12, 2010, at the SCBWI Tuesday Professional Series, Patrick Collins, the Art Director of Henry Holt, put everyone at ease with his relaxed, comfortable approach to portfolio reviews.
Conducting the reviews as if they were meeting one-on-one in Collins&#8217; office instead of a crowded room, Collins started by getting to know each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Share Your Work With NYC  School Children</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nancy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authors Read Aloud, a program sponsored by Learning Leaders, needs professional children’s book authors and illustrators who will donate time to make four visits a year to public schools in the city’s most under-served neighborhoods. Transportation to and from the schools is provided. To learn more about the program or to volunteer, call Susan Mee, Program Specialist, at 212-213-3370, ext. 334.]]></description>
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		<title>Secrets of Voice and Plot: A Panel on YA Novels with Editors Krista Marino and Lexa Hillyer</title>
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		<comments>http://metro.nyscbwi.org/news/ya-novels/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Emily Goodman 
Krista Marino, Senior Editor at Knopf Doubleday Dell (Random House) and Lexa Hillyer, Editor at Razorbill (Penguin) divulged some secrets of YA novels at the December SCBWI Metro New York Tuesday Professionals Series. “A well-developed plot, believable characters and a strong voice: It’s surprisingly hard to find books that have all three,” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illustrators&#8217; Corner: A New Look at an Old Industry</title>
		<link>http://metro.nyscbwi.org/news/a-new-look-at-an-old-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://metro.nyscbwi.org/news/a-new-look-at-an-old-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Illustrators' Corner]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[by artist&#8217;s agent Christina A. Tugeau



My New Year’s wish is to write an honest yet ‘upbeat’ article for artists that will start 2010 off with a burst of optimism! I’m having trouble with that. The truth is that the last eighteen months have been some of the worst in recent memory for our industry… and [...]]]></description>
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