KICK IT UP A NOTCH >>
Austin SCBWI 2013
Regional Conference
February 8-10, 2013
Austin, TX, USA

TIME OUT FOR WRITERS >>
American Night Writers
21st Annual Conference
Mesa, Arizona, USA
February 21-23, 2013

30TH ANNUAL GOLDEN GATE
CONFERENCE >>
Asilomar, Pacific Grove, CA
March 1-3, 2013

Mary Dodson Wade's
NO YEAR OF THE CAT
reviewed in Kirkus Review.
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/mary-dodson-wade/no-year-cat/

JUST LIKE THEM on IBBY 2013 list 
IBBY (the International Board of Books for Young People). They've chosen the bilingual picture book IGUAL QUE ELLOS/JUST LIKE THEM (written by Lawrence Schimel and illustrated by Hen & ink “chick” Doug Cushman) for their 2013 Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities list! So far, the book has been published in thirteen languages: Spanish-English, Catalan-English, Basque-English, Galician-English, Slovenian-English, German-English, German-Spanish, German-French, German-Russian, German-Italian, German-Polish, German-Greek, and German-Turkish. The list and accompanying exhibition will officially be launched at the 2013 Bologna Book Fair.
http://www.ibby.org/

Ode to Gerald McDermott 
Doug Cushman writes about his time
with Gerald McDermott in Paris at
http://www.hbook.com/2013

Kid Detective Sherlock Sam and Robot Sidekick Watson Solve Mysteries Around Singapore Award-winning children’s book authors Adeline Foo of The Diary of Amos Lee and Emily Lim of Prince Bear and Pauper Bear are among the adults who have been won over by the first book of this new series, calling the boy-and-robot team “one of Singapore’s favourite detective duos”.
Written by husband-and-wife team A. J. Low, the idea was conceptualised by Epigram Books.

You'll be able to find a sample chapter on: http://www.epigrambooks.sg

Bo Bo and Cha Cha have come to the Mandai Zoo! Bo Bo is excited, but Cha Cha is not. Everything here seems too strange: the other animals, the heat, and the food! Cha Cha wants to leave—until a caring sloth shows her what being home really means.

A New Home for Bo Bo and Cha Cha:
http://www.epigrambooks.sg

No matter how hard Holly tries, she just can’t seem to sing—and her brothers and sisters make fun of her. So she runs away from her family. It is only when her mother finds her that Holly learns that there is something more important than being able to sing well.

The Nightingale Who Couldn't Sing:
http://www.epigrambooks.sg

Whoopie’s now 10. She’s smart and sassy—but hardly famous. So she’s decided to do something about it: she’ll join Singapore’s National Spell Off Championship! But wait, there’s a problem. Morticia, her best friend, wants to compete too. Now that really is a BIG complication! There can only be ONE Spelling Bee champ!
In their fight for fame, will the two girls have to sacrifice their friendship?

Whoopie Lee: The Big Spell Off
(Book 2):
http://www.epigrambooks.sg

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye is a biography showcasing the life and work of Chan Hock Chye, a pioneering but largely forgotten comic artist in Singapore. With a career spanning more than five decades, from pre-independence Singapore through its three Prime Ministers, Chan's work reflects the changing political and economic environment in Singapore. Containing Chan's original illustrations, paintings and sketches, this is a groundbreaking work by Sonny Liew, a labour of love aimed at recapturing the portrait of an artist, whose deep passion for comics and country ought to have a place in our history books. World rights available.
Contact link
PDF
http://comicsandcola.blogspot.fr