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News & CalendarMarch 2010 Article "O-Bento Life" in ANA's inflight magazine Wingspan Presentation: Writers’Day with Holly Thompson, March 6, SCBWI Hong Kong Session 1 Novel Revision: Techniques and Tips Session 2 Plotting Across Cultures: A Workshop on Writing Intercultural Fiction School visits: Japanese International School, Hong Kong Yokohama International School, Yokohama, Japan Conference: Writing Across Cultures Symposium, Asia-Pacific Writing Partnership, Hong Kong, March 9-10 December 2009 Article "Pounding in the New Year" in ANA's inflight magazine Wingspan School visit: Nishimachi International School November 2009 Sold! Holly Thompson's verse novel Orchards sold by agent Jamie Weiss Chilton of Andrea Brown Literary Agency to editor Francoise Bui of Delacorte in a 2-book deal. Presentation, November 22 at JALT 2009 Story Circles, Story Starts: L2 Fiction Writing October 2009 Featured, October 17, in the Japan Times article Artist of the Cross-Cultural Landscape by Kris Kosaka Presentations on October 17 and 18 at the Japan Writers Conference in Kyoto Writing for Children: The Picture Book Tackling Novel Revision: Techniques and Tips Conference: Nevada SCBWI Mentor Program Retreat August 2009 Conference: SCBWI Summer Conference in Los Angeles, August 7-10 May 2009 Reading and Panel, May 16: Writing Multicultural Families: A Reading and Panel Discussion of Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering with Suzanne Kamata, editor, and contributors Holly Thompson, Leza Lowitz and Angela Turzynski-Azimi at the Foreign Correspondents Club Japan, Tokyo, presented by the Society of Editors, Writers and Translators. Essay: "Two Versions of Immersion" published in the anthology Call Me Okaasan: Adventures in Multicultural Mothering edited by Suzanne Kamata (Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing) April 2009 Reading, April 25: Fourth Ward School Reading, Virginia City, Nevada--Jane Yolen, Yuyi Morales, musician Susan Botich with Holly Thompson, Jude Mandell, Abe Berstein, and Andie Mock School Visit: Yokota West Elementary School, Tokyo Conference: Nevada SCBWI Spring Conference March 2009 School Visits: Yokohama International School, Yokohama American School in Japan, Tokyo St. Maur International School, Yokohama February 2009 School Visits: Canadian Academy, Kobe Marist Brothers International School, Kobe Nishimachi International School, Tokyo January 2009 Award: The Wakame Gatherers is named a "Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2009" by the National Council for the Social Studies in cooperation with the Children's Book Council Mentor Program: Accepted into the Nevada SCBWI Mentor Program for work on a verse novel October 2008 Reading, October 24: Fiction Reading of short story "Playing Cicada" at Temple University Japan, Tokyo Writing Workshop, October 18: Writing Workshop with Authors Holly Thompson and Suzanne Kamata: Character, Setting and Problem at the SCBWI Tokyo Writers' Day 2008 August 2008 Interview: Interview with Holly Thompson by Annie Donwerth Chikamatsu on the blog Here and There Japan Article: "Noma Concours Awards; Gateway to Success for Asian Picture Book Artists" in the SCBWI Bulletin July 2008 Teaching East Asia Study Tour Presentation: Kamakura through the Eyes of an Author in Koshigoe, Kamakura, the setting for The Wakame Gatherers; see the Society of Writers, Editors and Translators SWET Weblog for a post about this event May 2008 School Visit: Saint Mary's International School Guest Blogger: Society of Writers, Editors and Translators Guest Blogger on SWET Weblog through November 2008 April 2008 Interview: Interview of Holly Thompson by Avery Udagawa, "On Wakame and Bicultural Fiction for Children" in the Society of Writers, Editors and Translators Newsletter, Number 119 and on the SWET website March 2008 School Visit: Yokohama International School February 2008 Readings: Hamilton-Wenham Library, Hamilton, MA Feb. 6 Forbes Library, Northampton, MA Feb. 11 School Visits: N. Andover, Andover, Northampton, MA Conferences: SCBWI New York Associated Writers Programs New York January 2008 Interview: Interview with Holly Thompson by Suzanne Kamata in the online children's literature monthly The Edge of the Forest Presentation: Co-presentation on the creation of The Wakame Gatherers, Shen’s Books, with illustrator Kazumi Wilds at SCBWI Tokyo Author and Illustrator Showcase December 2007 Presentation: "Picture Books--From Idea to Publication" for SCBWI Taiwan, Taipei November 2007 Panel Presentation for the Bilingualism Special Interest Group at JALT 2007 October 2007 Publication: Picture book The Wakame Gatherers, Shen’s Books Presentations: “Poetry Circles” and “Writing for Children and Breaking into the Children’s Book Market” at the First Annual Japan Writers Conference, Tokyo. September 2007 Moderator: “Writers’ Café: Dianne Highbridge on Writing and Publishing Fiction,” Society of Writers, Editors and Translators, Tokyo. August 2007 Residency: Tasmanian Writers’ Centre Writing Residency courtesy of the Hobart City Council: a one-month writing residency in the TWC’s Hobart Writer’s Cottage. Workshop presentations in Hobart and Launceston, Tasmania: “Writing Intercultural Fiction.” July 2007 Article: “Gateway for the Imagination: The Noma Concours for Picture Book Illustrations,” in Kyoto Journal #67. Article: “Featured Author: Interview with Matthew Gollub,” in Carp Tales SCBWI Tokyo Newsletter. June 2007 Presentation: SCBWI Mongolia Workshops: “Writing and Illustrating for Children,” Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. See the June 2007 entry of illustrator John Shelley's blog Shelley Scraps Featured: “Women Writers in Japan,” by Suzanne Kamata in Being Abroad Magazine May 2007 Presentation: “On Teaching Writing in Japan,” Seinan Jo Gakuin Junior and Senior High School teacher workshops, Kitakyushu, Japan. Award: Finalist, 2006 Dana Award in the Portfolio for two short stories and a novel excerpt. March 2007 Reading: Four Stories in Osaka, Japan. February 2007 Presentation: “What SCBWI Can Do for Writers and Illustrators in Asia” at the Taiwan International Book Exhibit, Taipei, Taiwan. Conference: SCBWI New York January 2007 Presentation: “Creative Writing, Creative Thinking,” Yokohama International School Chowa Presentation, Yokohama, Japan. August 2006 Award: Honorable Mention for the picture book manuscript The Three Sunlights, Smart Writers W.I.N. (Write It Now) writing contest. June 2006 Review: Allen Say’s Kamishibai Man in Kyoto Journal #63. November 2005 Article: “Cultivating Fiction in Rural Japan” in the SCBWI Bulletin. March 2005 Award: Novel-in-progress awarded Honors, George Bennett Fellowship Writer-in-Residence competition. |
