What we are doing

Sarah and Julia are both out and about a lot, speaking at writers’ events and conferences around the USA and UK.  Here’s where you can find us:

Sarah will be speaking at:

SCBWI Montana, Regional Conference:  September 25-26, 2010

SCBWI Mid-Atlantic Fall Conference: October 23, 2010

SCBWI Florida, Regional Conference, January 14-16, 2011

SCBWI Southern Breeze Spring Mingle, Atlanta, February 25-27, 2011 (including an author/agent presentation with author Lindsey Leavitt, PRINCESS FOR HIRE)

Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Bologna, Italy: March 28-31, 2011

SCBWI West WA, 20th Annual Writing & Illustrating for Children Conference: April 16-17, 2011

Julia will be speaking at:

Society of Authors, Rowfant House, ‘Writing for Children’: August 18, 2010

Children’s Books Ireland, Dublin, ‘Between the Lines’: September 11, 2010

Henley Literary Festival, Henley: October 2, 2010

Children’s Book Circle, London, ‘Meet and Critique’: October 14, 2010

West Sussex Writers: March 10, 2011

Wigan Words: April 2011, date TBC

Ted Hughes Arvon Centre: August 10, 2011

BOOKCAMP: Boot camp for writers!

Julia Churchill and Leah Thaxton (Publisher of Egmont UK) take to the road to teach children’s writing in a series of half-day and day-long workouts, covering craft, voice, character, the industry and lots more. Get ready to deploy at these venues:

BOOKCAMP Shetland Wordplay, Shetland Islands: September 4-5, 2010

BOOKCAMP Guildford Literary Festival: October 22, 2010

BOOKCAMP Cambridge Literary Festival: April 2011, date TBC