10 a.m. 

Morning Workshop with Agent Kaitlyn Katsoupis 

Crafting Content for Children’s Spaces

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This session will discuss what it means to write for a target audience of MG and YA readers. Kaitlyn Katsoupis will address elements of voice, marketability, and more, while giving guidance on what it means to find a balance between writer and content. If time allows, a Q&A will take place at the end of the talk. 

 

11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Lunch

Included (please provide dietary restrictions when registering) 

 

1 to 2:15 p.m. 

Afternoon Panel of Local Published Authors and Illustrators 

The Paths to Publication

 

This session will feature local published authors and illustrators, who will discuss their various paths to becoming published book creators. With a variety of genres and age levels represented in the panel’s published books, audience members will gain a better understanding of the various ways to get their work into the hands of readers.  

 

Panel guests:  

• Heather C. Morris

• Irene Latham

• Sarah Frances Hardy

• Virginia McGee Butler

 

2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Optional Tour of the de Grummond Tour Collection: Late Afternoon 

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Questions? Contact Karlie Herndon, Curator, de Grummond Children's Literature Collection