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A brief history of the early years of
SCBWI France . . .

1996
SCBWI Literary Cocktail. An introduction to the SCBWI with readings and presentations by writers Alice McLerran, Marie-Hélène Delval, author/illustrator Jill Butler.
Introduction to the US Children’s Magazine Market with Pam Kuck.
Illustration Contest
December Illustrators’ Gallery

1997
Re-Member New Year’s Meeting with Catherine Lapautre, Literary Agent, France.
Short Story Contest.
Multimedia Forum with Ayshe Farman-Farmaiain, Roman Victor-Pujebet, Claude Delafosse.
SCBWI France Group Tour of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
Who Says English Can’t Be Fun?” Slide show presentation with American author and humorist Marvin Terban.
Workshop with author/illustrator Deborah D. Desaix.
Picture Book Story Contest Vote & Cocktail.
Visiting author/singer SCBWI member Mary LaFleur performs at the American Library.
Picture Book Gallery.
Reading by visiting author Bruce Balan at the American Library.
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1998
Meet the Editor: Isabel Finkenstaedt/Editions Kaleidoscope.
Illustrators’ Evening Series with visiting illustrator Lisa Cinelli.
Working Writers’ Day with visiting authors Ann Whitford Paul, Amy MacDonald, Kathleen Krull, literary agent Jacqueline Miller and journalist Florence Noiville (Le Monde des Livres).
Picture Book Gallery (Judges from Editions Abbeville and Grasset, France).
Using Foreign Articles to Break into the US Magazine Market” with writer Sandy Fox.
Meet the Illustrator: Daniel Maja.
The 2nd Annual SCBWI France Indonesian Holiday Weekend, Milly-la-Forêt.

1999
Crossing Creative Boundaries. Children’s Literature conference with publishers Stephen Roxburgh (Front Street Books), Arthur Levine (Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic), Thierry Magnier (Editions Thierry Magnier), Mila Boutan (Mila Editions); authors Susie Morgenstern, Lynne Reid Banks and Leigh Sauerwein; author/illustrator Elzbieta; art directors Ben Norland (Walker Books), and Raymond Stoffel (Gallimard); SCBWI Executive Director Lin Oliver; curator Dee Jones (of the de Grummond Collection); librarian Viviane Ezratty (L’Heure Joyeuse), and others. Workshops, presentations, Show-n-Tell, and much more.
Workshop: Author to Editor: Query Letter Secrets of the Pros with author Linda White.

2000
Keep the Pages Turning, a writers and illustrators conference with editor Caitlyn Dlouhy (Atheneum) and others.
Illustration Show.

2001
Book Cover and Story Contest.
Meet the Art Directors: Bob Kosturko (Houghton Mifflin) and Jemima Lumley (Orchard Books).
Spring Conference with editors Emma Matthewson (Bloomsbury UK), Simone Kaplan (HarperCollins, US), award-winning author Joan Bauer and others
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2002
Meet the Author/Illustrator: Doug Cushman.
Annual Famous Author Dinner.
Writers’ Day with editor Rebecca McNally (Macmillan UK), award-winning authors Franny Billingsley, Esther Hershenhorn, Janet MacDonald and David Clement-Davies.
Poetry Workshop with visiting poet Bobbi Katz.
The Artist and His Publisher: Designer author Paul Cox talks with Jacques Binsztok (Seuil Jeunesse).

2003
Writers’ Day with Newbery-award-winning author Richard Peck.
Editors’ Day with editors Emma Dryden (McElderry/S&S), Victoria Wells Arms (Bloomsbury US), Venetia Gosling (Simon & Schuster UK), Suzanne Carnell (Macmillan UK), Sarah Hughes (Penguin UK).
Dinner with Cricket Books editor Carol Saller.
Dinner with award winning author/illustrator Barbara McClintock.
The Artist and His Publisher: Author-illustrator David McKee talks with Klaus Flugge (Andersen), Anne de Bouchony (Gallimard).

2004
Two-Workshops-in-One. A day with award-winning author Jack Gantos.
SCBWI-BolognaFiere The Day Before Conference, Creating Good Books in Today’s World organized by Erzsi Deak, with the SCBWI France team.
The Computer in Book Design with Bridget Strevens-Marzo
Bobbi Katz, “Hearing the Beat – Make Your Words Sing!” A two-part writing and poetry workshop with visiting poet/writer Bobbi Katz
   
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