I was excited to learn that I had been long listed for the 2019 Aspiring Writers Mentorship Program, with my picture book entry, ‘Lucy’s Menagerie’. On 28 November, along with other long listed writers, I attended the celebration and announcement of the winner of this wonderful mentoring program, which this year was supported by Scholastic Books.
It was a great opportunity to catch up with friends from the children’s book industry, meet new ones and to discover the winner. Lucky Trudi Sommers was presented with the 2019 Charlotte Waring Award and the Mentorship - congratulations to Trudi!
We also had the pleasure of listening to three speakers from the children’s book world, Rebecca McRitchie writer and Senior Editor of Scholastic, writer Yvette Poshoglian and writer/illustrator Aura Parker.
A great evening!
Here I am with the happy group of long listed writers, including the winner Trudi Sommers (seated front centre), with our CBCA certificates.