Presentation:
Hayley Chewins
Venue: Johannesburg (address will be
sent to respondents)
Date: Tuesday
4 June 2019Time: 10:30
Cost: R100 (SCBWI members) R200 (non-members)
RSVP: To Jenny at SCBWI.SA.Gauteng@mweb.co.za
About the event:
Hayley Chewins will talk about the process of publishing her debut middle grade novel, The Turnaway Girls, which was selected as one of the Best Middle Grade Books of 2018 by Kirkus Reviews and deemed one of the best feminist books for young readers by the American Library Association. The Turnaway Girls is also an Exclusive Books Recommended Read for April and received a starred review from both Kirkus and Publishers Weekly. It has been published across the English-speaking world with Candlewick Press and Walker Books, and translation rights have sold in three territories. There will be plenty of time for questions and comments.
About the facilitator:
Hayley
grew up in Cape Town, South Africa, in a house so full of books that she learnt
to read by accident. She studied classical voice for a year before switching to
a degree in English Literature and Italian, and realised she wanted to be a
novelist while completing her postgraduate degree in law. Hayley holds an
Honours degree in English Literature and a Master’s degree in Writing for Young
People from Bath Spa University. She lives in Johannesburg, South Africa, with
her husband and a toy poodle named Darfer. She loves secondhand bookshops,
Audrey Hepburn movies, dark fairy tales, and long conversations over coffee.
This event is for illustrators and
writers.
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