Event

Words Take Wing: Adapting Old Tales for New Audiences

Saturday, April 12th, 2008, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Speaker: Mitch Weiss and Martha Hamilton

Mitch Weiss and Martha Hamilton will tell a few stories and explain how they take a folktale and bring it to life for today's audiences. They will demonstrate the process they use to help tellers and writers find their own voices by having participants do an exercise called 'Playing With the Story.' In addition, they will show the brief DVD that accompanies their book Children Tell Stories: Teaching and Using Storytelling in the Classroom. This event will be in English.

Organization: The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Japan (SCBWI)

Cost: SCBWI Members: 1,000 yen
Non-members: 1,500 yen

Venue: Tokyo Women's Plaza, Conference Room 2, 5-53-67 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo (see www.scbwi.jp/map.htm)

Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan

Contact SCBWI

Holly Thompson, SCBWI Tokyo Co-Regional Advisor

Work phone: 0467-31-6908