Network News: Wales SCBWI Birthday Celebrations
Wales - famous for cake?
If Wales is not
famous for its cake, then it should be.
Dragons, rugby and cake - although rugby was overtaken by football on
the day we met in Carmarthen.
Text and pictures by Claire Fayers and Zoë Thomas.
Calon Cafe
Calon Café does the best tea and cake in Carmarthen and though only four of us
could make it to the party, that just meant there was more of it to go
round! We had a great time chatting
about everything from the trials of writing picture books (how do you tell a story in under 500
words?) to the darker, more literary end of YA.
More than one party
Not content with
one birthday celebration, we got together again a few weeks later for the
launch of Claire Fayer’s book The Accidental Pirates. This book would never have happened without
SCBWI, as it was an Undiscovered Voices winner in 2014. After her book signing - in which the shop
sold out of books and we had to go and get more! - the cake and bunting came
out in force, in the friendly
Juno Lounge next door. Claire’s editor, Rachel Kellehar from Macmillan also attended and the SCBWIers had a great time chatting to her about her role as a
editor and what kind of books she’s looking for.
Network coordinator
And an extra
reason to celebrate… Zoë and Claire have been unofficially volunteering as co-ordinators in Wales
this year, but Zoë has now been officially appointed as our Network
Co-ordinator.
Her efforts are already
paying off, with a growing membership in Wales and plans for lots more events
so watch this space!
A warm and supportive place
As
we all know, SCBWI BI is warm and supportive place to spend your time, meet like-minded
enthusiasts and learn from some of the best authors and illustrators in the
business so a big Happy Birthday from all of us in Wales, and here’s
to another
20 years ad infinitum!
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