New Consultant Added to 13th Annual Jewish Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conference

New Consultant Added! Margery Cuyler, Publisher at Marshall Cavendish/Shofar Books

Registration is now open for the 13th Annual Jewish Children’s Writers & Illustrators Conference

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Thirteenth Annual Jewish Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Conference

Sponsored by the Jewish Book Council

November 20, 2011

Temple Emanu-El, 1 E. 65^th Street, New York, New York

9:00-9:15 – Barbara Krasner – Welcome and Introduction
9:15-9:35 – Leslie Kimmelman – Author Keynote
9:35-10:15 – Ann Behar, Agent, Scovil Galen Ghosh Literary Agency
10:15-10:55 – Grace Maccarone, Holiday House
10:55-11:10 – Break
11:10-11:30 – Barbara Krasner, Sydney Taylor Book Award and Aileen Grossberg, Chair, Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award
11:30-12:10 – Joni Sussman, Kar-Ben
12:10-1:15 – Lunch/Networking
1:15-2:30 – Denise Cronin, Vice President, Art Director, Viking Children’s Books
2:00-4:00 – Individual consultations by appointment (Leila Sales, Assistant Editor, Viking Children’s Books; Dena Neusner, Senior Editor, Behrman House; Anna Olswanger, Agent, Liza Dawson Associates; Joni Sussman, Publisher, Kar-Ben; Margery Cuyler, Publisher, Marshall Cavendish/Shofar Books
1:15-1:30 – Jewish Book Council – Author’s Network
1:30-2:10 – Chris Barash, The PJ Library
2:10-2:40 – Author Panel
2:40-2:50 – Break
2:50-3:30 – Rebecca Short, Associate Editor, Random House
3:30-4:10 – Penny Sansevieri, Author Marketing Experts, Inc.
4:10-4:30 – Barbara Krasner – Q&A and Wrap-up

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