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Welcome to the Western Canada Chapter of
the Society of Children's
Book Writers and Illustrators. Our group includes members in beautiful British
Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
Our Western Chapter is pleased to announce a
SPRING EVENT 2009
held in Burnaby, British Columbia on May 9th. This full day conference will
feature five editors; Alison Acheson, Kallie George, Jared Hunt, R. David
Stephens and Crystal Stranaghan. Mark this date on your calendar and register
before April 30, 2009 for an early bird fee. Please click on the above link for
more details.
Please click here for
Registration Form. For many more 2009 events in the coming months, please click on
the events page in the task bar above.
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Ken Kilback is our new Regional Advisor, as of September 2008.
Ken is a full-time Kindergarten teacher in Vancouver, BC. He started
writing while attending university many years ago, but eventually stopped
because he hadn’t surrounded himself with other writers. Shortly after he
started teaching kindergarten, he also started writing. He loves writing
for children, and he has been blessed by all the students he has come to
know over the years. In addition, he surrounded himself with other
writers, joining critique groups and organizations such as SCBWI and
CANSCAIP. Three of his picture book manuscripts have received Honorable
Mention awards in the Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition
(Children’s Category): Benita Mah and the Biggest, Baddest, Meanest
Teacher in the Whole World (2006), Pirates in the Classroom
(2007), and The Day My Grandpa Went Fishing (2007). In 2006, The
Piano Press published his poem There is Santa in the Sky as a song
in its piano-music compilation, My Christmas Fun Book: Level One.
Ken also writes reviews of children’s books for Resource Links and
Canadian Children’s Book News.
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| As of February 2009, Simon Rose is our
new Assistant Regional Advisor. Simon has many children's books published,
and his latest novel for kids, The Doomsday Mask, will be out soon.
He lives in Calgary, Alberta. You can read more about him at his
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Are you a children's writer or illustrator, longing for contact with other
writers in your genre? There is a critique group of SCBWI members and
non-members which meets once per month for two hours in the Vancouver BC area.
If interested, please contact Ken Kilback at
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Our online newsletter, the
Western Tale Spinner, is published twice per
year from 2006 to the present.
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