Featured
Speakers:
LAVONNE
LEONG & JANE GILLESPIE
Topic:
“How to Make
a Children's Book in Ten Easy (And Not So Easy) Steps”
Author Lavonne Leong and Beach House Press publisher Jane Gillespie spoke about the story behind the making of the children's book UP IN THE
HAWAIIAN SKY, from concept and pitch through illustration, publication and
distribution at a time when the book publishing industry is constantly
changing.
LAVONNE LEONG
As
an award-winning writer and editor, Lavonne Leong has tracked down politicians,
hunted rare insects, haunted archives, undangled participles, and harvested
taro with her toes. She has been a contributing writer/editor for Honolulu and Hawai‘i
Business magazines, and is an Editor-at-Large for San Francisco-based Red
Bridge Press. Up in the Hawaiian Sky (Beach House Press 2013) is
Lavonne’s first book for children. She lives with her husband, two daughters,
and thousands of books in a little yellow house in Honolulu.
JANE
GILLESPIE:
Through
her award-winning regional press, Beach House Publishing, Jane Gillespie has
published dozens of children's books and apps, including the popular Gecko and
Hide & Seek in Hawaii series.
Welcome to new membesr Rosemary Mild (Letters)
And Marion Coste (Letters)
Victoria, Queen of Introductions
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