{"id":38188,"date":"2020-07-09T06:30:45","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T18:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=38188"},"modified":"2020-06-29T19:25:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T07:25:56","slug":"this-saturday-childrens-literature-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2020\/07\/09\/this-saturday-childrens-literature-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"This Saturday: Children’s Literature Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"
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‘Talking to’ the writing life in times past.<\/p><\/div>\n

This weekend, I’ll be talking to the (Christchurch) Children’s Literature Hub, a subgroup of the NZ Society of Authors and a support network for those who want to create, edit and market books for children through to YA readers.<\/p>\n

I’ll be talking to the Hub from “inside the writing life”, chiefly about my journey as a writer and adding in any tips and wisdom I may’ve managed to glean along the way. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

I have chosen not to take on speaking engagements, workshops et al over these past few years, chiefly because although the contact time may be low, the amount of time required for preparation is usually really high and eats up significant chunks of actual writing time.<\/p>\n

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I suspect Saturday will be a little smaller… \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n

But every now and then it feels important to support fellow writers and the community by fronting up, and even more so (I’m currently feeling) when we’ve been through an experience like the Covid-19 lockdown and are all looking to reconnect.<\/p>\n

It’ll be fun to meet up with fellow writers again. And also to revisit those heady days when Thornspell<\/em> and The Heir of Night<\/em> were both making their bow to the world—before the Canterbury earthquakes rolled their juggernaut over Christchurch and the decade of “aftermath.”<\/p>\n

Only to be succeeded by Covid-19, which is cutting a far wider swathe…<\/p>\n

All good reasons (she types, shaking off introspection) to seize the day and talk the good talk of writing and books — entirely in keeping with the banner message below. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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A little but wonderful every day, indeed!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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