Scream for Stacey!

Please join Stacey Campbell, the prolific author of the Lakeview Novels, for the launch of the next installment, SCREAM!

WHEN/WHERE: Next Tuesday, August 11 at the University Book Store, Bellevue, at 6pm!

Besides the three previous Lakeview Novels (HUSH, WHISPER, SILENCE) Stacey is also the author of ARRGH!, a highly praised middle-grade pirate novel, as well as an upcoming picture book, SOCK MONSTER, which she wrote and which was illustrated with fellow SCBWI-WWA member Elizabeth Thieme.

Come one and all--enjoy treats and libations, and give a shout-out to Stacey's latest work!

Thumbs-up for Movie Night!

Our February meeting is going to be a little bit different. Which, in this case, is a very cool thing.

Please join us on Thursday, February 19, from 7–9pm at Seattle Pacific University's Demaray Hall, Room 150, as we watch the riveting and gutsy film, At-Risk Summer, a documentary giving voice to at-risk youth.

Inspired by a small-town Texas teen without access to creative mentors, young adult author e.E. Charlton-Trujillo traveled across America to workshop with at-risk youth at no cost to their programs. At-Risk Summer is a film about empowering the outsiders, being heard and never being counted out. The film provides an opportunity to redefine "at-risk" and witness, first-hand, the courage and hope of librarians, educators, program directors and youth on the fringe. When the filmmaker was often unable to afford a professional film crew, the kids became camera operators and sound recordists, all in an effort to capture how just showing up has currency.

From the road to the workshops to meeting acclaimed writers for young people, At-Risk Summer allows young people to be seen, heard and never be counted out! It also features the following award-winning authors: A.S. King, Meg Medina, Kathy Erskine, Ellen Hopkins, Matt de la Peña, Laurie Halse Anderson, Pat Zieltow Miller and Michelle Embree.

e.E. Charlton-Trujillo is the author of the hard-hitting YA novel, Fat Angie, winner of a 2014 Stonewall Book Award.

To watch the film's trailer, please click here! See you February 19!

YA/MG authors with spring releases

Are there any other authors with MG/YA spring releases who would be interested in doing some joint signings/events in April? Please email Maureen McQuerry (Beyond the Door, Abrams/Amulet, March 2014) and you might be able to work something out. 

(And don't forget to send notice of your local appearances to the Chinook! We want to know!)

December events

 YEAR-END EVENTS

 
<sup>12/1
Garfield's Books, Tacoma, 1-4pm
Jingle Book Bash
Appearances by Northwest YA authors, including Helen Landalf, Megan Bostic, Jennifer Shaw Wolfe, and others. Panel, signings, games, treats, and prizes! 

12/1
Rob Schouten Gallery, Greenbank, Whidbey Island, 1-4pm
Anne Belov's book launch party
The painter-turned-cartoonist/blogger ("The Panda Chronicles") celebrates the release of her new book of cartoons, The Panda Chronicles, Book One: Your Brain on Pandas. In attendance will be her characters, Bob T. Panda and Babette de Panda. Also, original cartoons will be on display.</sup>


12/5
Barnes & Noble, Bellingham (4099 Meridian St), 7pm
Northern Network Meeting

The Great Critique is coming to Seattle on January 7! To prepare for it, we are going to do an informal “Mini Critique” session. To participate, please bring 5 copies of the first chapter of a story, a picture book manuscript, poem, nonfiction piece, or other writing. Illustrators, please bring 1-2 samples of your artwork. Don’t worry if you’re not able to be at the Seattle meeting. You’re very welcome to join in the fun in Bellingham! Here are the particulars:

Questions? Call Rebecca Van Slyke at (360) 354-5797, or email her.

  

^12/6

^{East West Bookshop, 7-8:30pm} 

^{Authors' Roundtable} 

Beginning Thursday December 6, from 7-8:30pm, Bill Kenower will lead a monthly roundtable at East West Bookshop in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood. Here is your chance to talk about success, failure, acceptance, rejection, writer's block, writer's envy, and a writer's joy. Everything will be on the table, and everyone will is welcome. Sign up now.  Space is still available.

12/8
^{Finally Found Books, Black Diamond, 11am-2pm}
Young Adult Author Day
Come meet Northwest YA authors, including Helen Landalf, Joni Sensel, Kendare Blake...and special guest Peg Kehret!

12/13
SCBWI-WA Professional Series December Meeting, 7-9pm
Stay tuned for exciting (and delicious!) details! Save the date!

12/17
Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, 7pm
Lish McBride, Necromancing the Stone (second in the YA Necromancer series, following Hold Me Closer, Necromancer)

New YA Website

Thanks to fellow SCBWI member Maureen McQuerry for sending this information!

I want to let Chinook readers know about Young Adult Washington, a new website for writers, readers, librarians and anyone who loves YA fiction. We have an interactive map listing YA authors in WA state as well as YA books with WA state locals.

This month's featured author is Patrick Carman with an interview about his new interactive book DARK EDEN. Featured bookstore is Queen Anne Books. Explore and see what's happening in YA Washington.

Make sure you check out the Author Directory page while you're on the website!!

For more information on Maureen, and her work, visit her website.

Today's YA Scene

Not sure how we missed this, but some time ago Publisher's Weekly (PW) had a great roundup of some new and interesting YA publishers and imprints:

"Looking beyond the houses responsible for many of the bold-faced headliners at the top of bestseller lists, one finds an enthusiastic group of publishers, some newcomers to YA. . . . Here's a look at some of these publishers' offerings and observations."

If you write for young adults, you'll want to read the full article, Today's YA Scene: New Players, Innovative Directions, Fresh Voices, and perhaps even add a few of them to your next submission list!