Conference

Jay Heale Editor: www.bookchat.co.za / Email: jayheale@afrihost.co.za PO Box 53047, Kenilworth 7745 15 March 2013 SYMPOSIUM on Wednesday 15 May Hosted by the Children’s Book Network Dear …. Children’s Book Network IBBY SA Biblionef SA PRAESA; Nal’ibali Fundza SCBWI Franschhoek Schools Outreach BookMark You are invited to an unofficial meeting representative of some (not all) […]

SYMPOSIUM Wednesday 15 May 2013 at the Green Room, La Fontagne, 19 Dirkie Uys Street, Franschhoek 1 pm to 4.15 pm AGENDA 1 pm Finger lunch provided by the Franschhoek Literary Festival. 2 pm Symposium starts. Guests welcomed by Chairman, Jay Heale, independent children’s book enthusiast, editor of Bookchat. 2.05 Presentation by Lesley Beake concerning

2013 Symposium Participating organisations with contact addresses Bookchat Jay Heale : jayheale@afrihost.co.za Children’s Book Network (CBN) Lesley Beake : Lesley@lesleybeake.co.za & Sindiwe Magona: smagona@mweb.co.za IBBY SA Nonique Mashologu : nonique@mweb.co.za Centre for the Book Phakama Matoti : phakama.matoti@nlsa.ac.za Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) Marjorie van Heerden : Marjorie@grafikon.co.za BookMark Kathy Madlener :

This is the full text of the presentation prepared by Niki Daly for the 15 May 2013 Symposium. Because of time constraints, he omitted the first 5 paragraphs, marked here in square brackets. [Most of you will know that I have been writing and illustrating books for many years – my first picture book, The

OCL GROUP of Organisations connected to Children’s Literature Minutes of Symposium taken by Jay Heale held at La Fontaine, Franschhoek on 15 May 2013 at the invitation of the Children’s Book Network Those present: Jay Heale (Chair), Lesley Beake (Convenor), Sindiwe Magona, Nonique Mashologu, Jean Williams, Carole Bloch, Mignon Hardie, Marjorie van Heerden, Margie Cunnama,

The Centre for the Book in Cape Town will host the second symposium of W Cape organizations working in reading.