Pauline Mermet is editor at Bayard Editions Jeunesse. She has worked with many prestigious illustrators, including Marc Boutavant, Emmanuel Guibert, David De Thuin, Marion Montaigne, Muzo, Yvan Pommaux, and non-fiction authors: Nathalie Tordjman; Anne-Laure Fournier Le Ray; and Yvette Veyret. She was interviewed by Anita Loughrey in November 2007,
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Susanne Koppe is the founder of the Auserlesen-Ausgezeichnet literary agency in Hamburg, Germany. She represents both authors and illustrators, such as Katja Bandlow, Franziska Biermann and Antje Damm. Anita Loughrey interviewed her in January, as one of the speakers at the SCBWI Bologna Conference 2008 (scheduled for March 29 and March 30 in Bologna,
Emmanuel Guibert is a talented comic author whose works include The Professor’s Daughter, Sardine in Outer Space, La Guerre d’Alan and Brune. He lives in France with his family. Anita Loughrey interviewed him in November 2007, as one of the speakers at the SCBWI Bologna Conference 2008 (scheduled for March 29 and March 30 in Bologna,
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Fiammetta Giorgi is an editor at Mondadori Children’s Books in Italy. She was interviewed by Anita Loughrey in December 2007, as one of the speakers at the SCBWI Bologna Conference 2008 (scheduled for March 29 and March 30 in Bologna, Italy).
What made you decide to go into children’s book publishing?
Carmen Diana Dearden is editor and publisher of Ediciones Ekaré, a Venezuelan Publishing House founded in 1978, which pioneered children’s book publishing in Latin America. She is also President of the Banco del Libro, which won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in 2007 for their profound impact on children’s reading in Venezuela and other Latin American countries.
After more than fifteen years in book publishing, Steven Chudney founded The Chudney Agency, specializing in children’s books. He is based is New York. Anita Loughrey interviewed him November 2007, as one of the speakers at the SCBWI Bologna Conference 2008 (scheduled for March 29 and March 30 in Bologna,
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Tracey Adams is co-founder of Adams Literary, which exclusively represents children’s book authors and artists. She founded Adams Literary in the U.S. in 2004. The agency is affiliated to David Higham in the U.K.
Anita Loughrey interviewed her, as one of the speakers at the SCBWI Bologna Conference 2008 (scheduled for March 29 and March 30 in Bologna,
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Reminder: The SCBWI Bologna 2008 series debuts tomorrow at Cynsations! Check back for 32 insightful question-and-answer interview with agents, editors, authors, and illustrators about the U.S. and international youth publishing scene.
To register for the SCBWI Bologna Biennial Conference 2008, please visit http://scbwi.org/events.htm and click on SCBWI@Bologna. Queries? Bologna@SCBWI.org
Reminder
Enter to win an advance reader copy of Jump the Cracks by Stacy DeKeyser (Flux,
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Saturday and Sunday, March 29 and March 30, Bologna, Italy
Speakers include:
Tracey Adams, literary agent, US
Stephen Barbara, literary agent, US (scroll to read link)
Marc Boutavant, author-illustrator, France
Val Brathwaite, art director Bloomsbury, UK
Babette Cole, author-illustrator,
SCBWI Bologna Biennial Conference 2008
March 29 and March 30, 2008
Bologna, Italy
In cooperation with the Bologna Children’s Book Fair
The Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) is happy to announce that Emmanuel Guibert and Marc Boutavant, creators of the graphic novel/comic book ARIOL;
