Born out of our Picture Book Collaborations event, Erica Wagner and Craig Smith are offering a combined mentorship opportunity for writers and/or illustrators of picture books.
Receiving input from both the writing and illustrating perspectives, a dual mentorship allows writers, illustrators or a writer/illustrator team to bring their work into its most publishable form and more confidently present their work to publishers.
The combined mentorship can be accessed by both individual creators as well as a writer and illustrator teams. You can access the service if you are one of the below:
The aim of this mentorship is to assist the mentee(s) to have a project ready for submission to publishers.
The mentorship is for five hours, including reading time. The five hours of mentoring will be split between the two mentors, Erica and Craig, with up to two-hours of joint mentorship with the two mentors at once.
The mentorship time can be divided depending on who the mentee needs mentoring with most, i.e. Craig as the illustrator or Erica as the author or both Craig and Erica together to assist with the workings of an author illustrator collaboration.
Members: $825 inc GST
Non-Members: $1225 inc GST
This is a fixed price for the dual membership. Author and illustrator teams can book in at the price of one for feedback from the dual mentors.
Craig Smith is one of Australia's most prolific children's book illustrators, with over 400 books published. He has collaborated with many of Australia's most experienced writers and editors, including Doug MacLeod, Paul Jennings, Libby Gleeson, Duncan Ball, Emily Rodda, Gary Crew, Sally Morgan and Gillian Rubinstein. Craig's work over the last forty-two years has been acknowledged in the CBCA Book of the Year awards, as well as in children's choice awards around Australia. In 2011, Craig was awarded the biennial Euphemia Tanner Award, which recognised his distinguished services to children's literature and his encouragement of the joy of reading in children.
www.craigsmithillustration.com
Erica Wagner has worked as an editor and publisher of books for children and young adults since 1988, including 10 years with Penguin Australia, one year starting a children’s list for Duffy & Snellgrove and 20 years with Allen & Unwin, working with many of Australia’s finest authors and illustrators. She is also a co-director of Twelve Panels Press. In 1999 she spent time in the USA on the Beatrice Davis Editorial Fellowship. In 2017 she was awarded the Dromkeen Medal and in 2020 the ABIA’s Pixie O’Harris Award for her outstanding contribution to Australian children's literature. In 2019 Erica co-facilitated, with Johanna Bell, the successful Octopus Story Camp for Top End artists and writers. Erica is now a freelance publishing consultant with a focus on collaborative book development projects.
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