Beattie's Book Blog - unofficial homepage of the New Zealand book community

Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.

Saturday, November 02, 2013

Picture Books interactive workshop


Posted by Beattie's Book Blog at 8:20 am
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest

No comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
View mobile version
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)
Powered By Blogger

About Me

Beattie's Book Blog
View my complete profile

Bookman Beattie

Bookman Beattie
Portrait by Marti Friedlander - November 2013

Followers

Search This Blog

The New Yorker

Loading...

Popular Posts

  • R.I.P. Margaret Mahy 21 March 1936 - 23 July 2012
    Margaret Mahy, one of New Zealand's greatest-ever writers,(I put her up there with Katherine Mansfield), died in Christchurch this af...
  • Young Adult author gains 2014 Menton Fellowship
    Acclaimed young adult fiction writer Mandy Hager has been awarded the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship for 2014. The Fellowship is ...
  • Where’s Wally? It's his 25th birthday tomorrow.
    He’s still getting lost after 25 years! Tomorrow, Friday 21 st September, Wally celebrates a very special birthday. It will mar...
  • Think Between The Lines
    Auckland Writers & Readers Festival The authors are arriving! Jackie Kay and Carlos Ruiz Zafon are already in New Zealand a...
  • (no title)
    BE THE FIRST IN NZ TO SEE THIS TIE-IN COVER The first title in the hugely successful Millennium Trilogy is now a major motion picture starr...
  • Annabel Langbein - Simple Pleasures
    I love everything about this new book from Annabel Langbein, NZ's biggest selling cookery writer by a country mile, ( Annabel Langbein...
  • The Roundup with PW
    NYT Amazon Exposé Draws Gov't Attention This weekend's damning 'New York Times' article painting Amazon as a "bruisin...
  • (no title)
    ENID BLYTON The BB C banned Enid Blyton for nearly 30 years because the corporation considered her work to be ‘second-rate’. Some archived d...
  • (no title)
    PETER JACKSON & THE LOVELY BONES This story tonight from NewstalkZB & TV One News....... Pic shows NZ actors Carolyn Dando, left, ...
  • Jonathan Franzen's female 'problem'
    BY Alexander Nazaryan - New York Daily News It started, as it is so often does, with Edith Wharton. To be more precise, it started wit...

My Blog List

  • Crime Watch
    "More festive than mystery" - review of MURDER UNDER THE MISTLETOE
    1 week ago
  • Fifi Verses the World
    The End of my Love Affair with Facebook…
    5 years ago
  • Helen Lowe
    “One Day” — from the Ithaca Conversations Sequence
    6 days ago
  • HelenHeath.com
    Fairytales and fembots
    10 years ago
  • Mandythebookworm's Blog
    It’s been a while!
    12 years ago
  • O Audacious Book
    Tuesday Poem: Missing Hat
    11 years ago
  • Overkill
    7 years ago
  • This Fluid Thrill
    October-November Consumption Diary
    2 weeks ago
  • Trendy But Casual
    War & Peace: beginning
    8 years ago
  • World of the Written Word
    THE DEVIL AND THE DARK WATER
    1 week ago

These are some of my favourite blogs......

  • 4th Floor Literary Journal
  • Book Chase with Sam Houston
  • Books in the City
  • Bookslut
  • Chris Bourke
  • Christchurch City LIbraries
  • Compare Classic Literature
  • Fifi Versus the World
  • Harvey Benge
  • How Books Got Their Titles
  • Literary Minded
  • Neil Gaiman's Journal
  • O Audacious Book
  • Opposable thumb
  • Overkill - Vanda Symon
  • Paper Cuts
  • Picador
  • Sound of Butterflies
  • Straddling the World of Books - Joan Druett
  • The Elegant Variation
  • The Page
  • Trendy but Casual

Some of my favourite websites

  • Jamie Oliver
  • Janet Frame Estate Home Page
  • Material Witness
  • New Zealand Books Quarterly
  • Poetry Foundation
  • SCOOP Review of Books
  • World Wide Words
  • Writing Undercover on the Web

Blog Archive

  • ►  2019 (105)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  April (7)
    • ►  March (20)
    • ►  February (29)
    • ►  January (48)
  • ►  2018 (573)
    • ►  December (39)
    • ►  November (8)
    • ►  October (10)
    • ►  September (55)
    • ►  August (3)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  June (15)
    • ►  May (81)
    • ►  April (70)
    • ►  March (85)
    • ►  February (105)
    • ►  January (101)
  • ►  2017 (1993)
    • ►  December (134)
    • ►  November (162)
    • ►  October (81)
    • ►  September (117)
    • ►  August (147)
    • ►  July (152)
    • ►  June (201)
    • ►  May (196)
    • ►  April (181)
    • ►  March (262)
    • ►  February (194)
    • ►  January (166)
  • ►  2016 (3375)
    • ►  December (182)
    • ►  November (203)
    • ►  October (316)
    • ►  September (309)
    • ►  August (268)
    • ►  July (302)
    • ►  June (305)
    • ►  May (298)
    • ►  April (340)
    • ►  March (357)
    • ►  February (281)
    • ►  January (214)
  • ►  2015 (4412)
    • ►  December (269)
    • ►  November (375)
    • ►  October (469)
    • ►  September (369)
    • ►  August (419)
    • ►  July (379)
    • ►  June (405)
    • ►  May (362)
    • ►  April (379)
    • ►  March (406)
    • ►  February (321)
    • ►  January (259)
  • ►  2014 (5261)
    • ►  December (323)
    • ►  November (462)
    • ►  October (531)
    • ►  September (511)
    • ►  August (498)
    • ►  July (338)
    • ►  June (415)
    • ►  May (520)
    • ►  April (416)
    • ►  March (473)
    • ►  February (396)
    • ►  January (378)
  • ▼  2013 (5161)
    • ►  December (341)
    • ▼  November (482)
      • Guardian first book award 2013 goes to Donal Ryan
      • Sarah Hall wins the BBC National Short Story Award
      • Frankfurt Book Fair opens amid debate over Apple, ...
      • UK book trade news
      • Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh named 'Scotland's fa...
      • There's more to life than books...............
      • Reminder - Storylines Notable Book Awards 2014
      • 2013′s Best Books to Give as Gifts
      • 'Illegal downloads are acceptable', say half of EU
      • A Short History of Self-Help, The World's Bestsell...
      • NEW ZEALAND’S BUSINESS ELITE TURN OUT IN FORCE FOR...
      • Penguin NZ Independent Bookseller of the Year awar...
      • Saturday Morning with Kim Hill on Radio New Zealan...
      • The search for 2013's top celebrity memoir
      • G’day! New Aussie/Kiwi Literary Festival Sets Sail...
      • Crime fiction roundup – reviews
      • A Brief Whine About E-Books, Digital Publishing, a...
      • 'Doped' wins the William Hill Sports Book of the Y...
      • It Still Isn't Easy, But Independent Bookstores Ar...
      • The world's 10 most expensive books
      • Distinguished Hocken item inscripted on UNESCO NZ ...
      • Landscape Paintings of New Zealand named in the Ti...
      • 2013 Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poem...
      • A VOLCANIC GUIDE TO TONGARIRO NATIONAL PARK
      • Tom Wolfe's papers 'go home' to New York Public Li...
      • Alex Ferguson returns to top spot & other UK book ...
      • Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize shortlist dominated...
      • HarperCollins to Fly American Airlines
      • THE ROUNDUP from PW Daily
      • 'Take a Moment to Replenish with the Written Word'
      • 10 Perfect Books to Cozy Up to As You Cook, Eat, a...
      • Oldest U.S. Book Sells for $14.1M
      • Costa Shortlists, and More
      • How a Trio of Startups is Tackling Book Discovery ...
      • HARPERCOLLINS CONGRATULATES NEW AUSTRALIAN CHILDRE...
      • WAIHEKE POETRY FESTIVAL this coming Sunday
      • Among Secret Beauties - A memoir of mountaineering...
      • New award for emerging film writers
      • Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little ...
      • PW Children's Bookshelf - in the media
      • New things from Sarah Maxey, Graphic Artist
      • Premiering titles on the Arts Channel for January ...
      • Gecko Press titlte receives starred review in Kirk...
      • Felicity Price and her Dear Book Lover blog
      • PANZA News - Issue 16 of Poetry Notes available now
      • Time Out Best of 2013
      • Costa Book Awards 2013: shortlists just announced ...
      • Christmas 2013: best fiction books of the year
      • UK book trade news from The Bookseller
      • William Hill Sports Book of the Year: 25 years of ...
      • Young adult readers 'prefer printed to ebooks'
      • Judith Kerr and the story behind The Tiger Who Cam...
      • US book trade news from PW
      • How to Get Exiled From 18th-Century English High S...
      • Publish Faster, Publish Less: Futurebook's "Big Id...
      • The Particle at the End of the Universe wins 2013 ...
      • Tuesday Poem: Afastina by Grace Teuila Evelyn Taylor
      • 100 best books to read before you're 14
      • How to choose the hundred best novels
      • Cape wins UK auction for City on Fire the debut n...
      • No, Mike Shatzkin did NOT say that publishing is s...
      • Amazon workers face 'increased risk of mental illn...
      • Are Book Machines the Right Fit for Indies?
      • Do Book Awards Matter?
      • Is Government the Only Force Able to End Amazon Do...
      • Washington Post Picks 2013 Favorites
      • The Slightly Mysterious Little Drummer Boy Who Bec...
      • Landfall 226 - wonderful issue - brilliant cover
      • Eleanor Catton picks MORTAL FIRE as one of her bes...
      • Book review: Return of the epic - Amy Tan's latest...
      • The Observer's books of the year
      • The chilling true story of Ariel Castro and the th...
      • Two new NZ fiction titles reviewed by Mandy Hager
      • Beijing Publishing Group 2013 New Zealand Book & C...
      • CS Lewis joins Poets' Corner
      • Bookshop
      • Writers and critics on the best books of 2013
      • Novel ambition - Markus Zusak on life filled with...
      • Win a personally signed copy of the 2013 Ngaio Mar...
      • "Evolution Day" celebrates Charles Darwin's The Or...
      • Patricia Cornwell: By the Book
      • Jules Older explains why it’s so annoying to live ...
      • My hero: Doris Lessing by Margaret Drabble
      • Three Weeks Before Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita, Ther...
      • The Greatest Monsters in Children’s Literature
      • 7 stories to read this weekend
      • Eleanor Catton - Lexus NZ Woman of the Year
      • Book Industry debates its 'Big Ideas'
      • My hero: CS Lewis by Laura Miller and Aldous Huxle...
      • The Odd Habits and Curious Customs of Famous Writers
      • It's time for a Good sex award
      • The Best Thing You’ll Read About JFK
      • DSC Prize for South Asian Literature shortlist
      • Kraków: City of Literature 'Where People Queue for...
      • The Rolling Stones were essentially broke:
      • Toronto Launching New Book Fair
      • Top authors at London road show linking libraries ...
      • Amazon and the "Absence of Serendipity'
      • 25 Great Works of Erotic Literature to Keep You Wa...
      • PW - book tips
    • ►  October (471)
    • ►  September (508)
    • ►  August (474)
    • ►  July (441)
    • ►  June (386)
    • ►  May (328)
    • ►  April (429)
    • ►  March (456)
    • ►  February (421)
    • ►  January (424)
  • ►  2012 (6848)
    • ►  December (478)
    • ►  November (624)
    • ►  October (685)
    • ►  September (549)
    • ►  August (604)
    • ►  July (683)
    • ►  June (612)
    • ►  May (610)
    • ►  April (514)
    • ►  March (558)
    • ►  February (540)
    • ►  January (391)
  • ►  2011 (4504)
    • ►  December (414)
    • ►  November (473)
    • ►  October (418)
    • ►  September (396)
    • ►  August (352)
    • ►  July (358)
    • ►  June (403)
    • ►  May (376)
    • ►  April (321)
    • ►  March (399)
    • ►  February (319)
    • ►  January (275)
  • ►  2010 (3757)
    • ►  December (289)
    • ►  November (406)
    • ►  October (384)
    • ►  September (339)
    • ►  August (363)
    • ►  July (303)
    • ►  June (295)
    • ►  May (272)
    • ►  April (283)
    • ►  March (319)
    • ►  February (270)
    • ►  January (234)
  • ►  2009 (3250)
    • ►  December (231)
    • ►  November (298)
    • ►  October (335)
    • ►  September (341)
    • ►  August (328)
    • ►  July (208)
    • ►  June (317)
    • ►  May (324)
    • ►  April (252)
    • ►  March (275)
    • ►  February (209)
    • ►  January (132)
  • ►  2008 (2335)
    • ►  December (181)
    • ►  November (203)
    • ►  October (220)
    • ►  September (239)
    • ►  August (192)
    • ►  July (198)
    • ►  June (202)
    • ►  May (209)
    • ►  April (209)
    • ►  March (175)
    • ►  February (158)
    • ►  January (149)
  • ►  2007 (1763)
    • ►  December (128)
    • ►  November (158)
    • ►  October (168)
    • ►  September (188)
    • ►  August (224)
    • ►  July (207)
    • ►  June (204)
    • ►  May (161)
    • ►  April (108)
    • ►  March (148)
    • ►  February (53)
    • ►  January (16)
  • ►  2006 (103)
    • ►  December (42)
    • ►  November (54)
    • ►  October (7)

Popular Posts

  • R.I.P. Margaret Mahy 21 March 1936 - 23 July 2012
    Margaret Mahy, one of New Zealand's greatest-ever writers,(I put her up there with Katherine Mansfield), died in Christchurch this af...
  • Young Adult author gains 2014 Menton Fellowship
    Acclaimed young adult fiction writer Mandy Hager has been awarded the Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship for 2014. The Fellowship is ...
  • Where’s Wally? It's his 25th birthday tomorrow.
    He’s still getting lost after 25 years! Tomorrow, Friday 21 st September, Wally celebrates a very special birthday. It will mar...
  • Think Between The Lines
    Auckland Writers & Readers Festival The authors are arriving! Jackie Kay and Carlos Ruiz Zafon are already in New Zealand a...
  • (no title)
    BE THE FIRST IN NZ TO SEE THIS TIE-IN COVER The first title in the hugely successful Millennium Trilogy is now a major motion picture starr...
  • Annabel Langbein - Simple Pleasures
    I love everything about this new book from Annabel Langbein, NZ's biggest selling cookery writer by a country mile, ( Annabel Langbein...
  • The Roundup with PW
    NYT Amazon Exposé Draws Gov't Attention This weekend's damning 'New York Times' article painting Amazon as a "bruisin...
  • (no title)
    ENID BLYTON The BB C banned Enid Blyton for nearly 30 years because the corporation considered her work to be ‘second-rate’. Some archived d...
  • (no title)
    PETER JACKSON & THE LOVELY BONES This story tonight from NewstalkZB & TV One News....... Pic shows NZ actors Carolyn Dando, left, ...
  • Jonathan Franzen's female 'problem'
    BY Alexander Nazaryan - New York Daily News It started, as it is so often does, with Edith Wharton. To be more precise, it started wit...
Powered By Blogger
Awesome Inc. theme. Powered by Blogger.