Coleen Salley · Bill Morris · Literacy Foundation

“To promote an appreciation and love of books and reading by providing the enriching experience of meeting and hearing authors and illustrators of children’s books.”

–Mission Statement of the Coleen Salley · Bill Morris · Literacy Foundation

Coleen Salley continues to spread the love of reading amongst school age children and support children’s books authors and illustrators in Louisiana and beyond with the launch of the Coleen Salley-Bill Morris Literacy Foundation.

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“Writing” At Home

For my sanity and productivity, I’ve set aside a few weeks each year when I won’t travel. These are not “open” weeks; they’re weeks spent in a deep communion with the keyboard. It’s my way of fighting for some balance.

This is not, however, to say that I can just curl up on the mythical bench alongside that mythical rain-streaked window and scribble genius thoughts.

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Profile on Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith

By Dianna Hutts Aston, originally published by SCRIBE the Writers’ League of Texas newsletter.

Once upon a time, in a land called Kansas, there lived a dreamer-girl, Cynthia Smith, who imagined herself as Batgirl a.k.a. librarian Barbara Gordon… a reader-girl who was mesmerized by The Witch of Blackbird Pond, and a curious-cat girl who wondered about the identity of the naked lady in the old painting in the basement.

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‘Til Death Do We Write & Publish — How It Went

What a wonderful time Greg and I had last night at the Westlake Barnes & Noble (home of CRM Jo Virgil, as always a gracious hostess) with three other married writer/illustrator couples at a panel, “‘Til Death Do We Write & Publish,” sponsored by the Writers’ League of Texas.

Janice and Tom Shefelman talked about their fifty year marriage (congratulations again!) and writing as an author-and-illustrator team.

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