Skip to main content

More Pictures from Day 1 of the Asian Festival of Children's Content

How is everyone? :o)

I should have my roundup of day 2 of the AFCC tomorrow. Right now I'd like to share a few more pictures from day 1. On day 1, I had dinner with some children's book writers and fellow children's book enthusiasts, including Kathleen Ahrens (former regional advisor of SCBWI Taiwan and present international regional advisor of SCBWI), Linda Tan Lingard (regional advisor of SCBWI Malaysia), Kenneth Quek (regional advisor of SCBWI Singapore), Irene Ying-Yu Chen (assistant regional advisor of SCBWI Taiwan), Holly Thompson (regional advisor of SCBWI Japan), and Chris Cheng (co-regional advisor of SCBWI Australia & New Zealand).







We ate at an Indian restaurant. The conversation was great and you'll see from the last picture in this post that I thought the food was delicious.








See you all tomorrow!
Labels:

Comments

  1. C.Y.May 8, 2010 at 3:36 AM

    I am so happy that you got to go! Tell me all your stories soon about the wonderful food and the amazing people you got to meet. :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousMay 8, 2010 at 4:13 AM

    so jealous! keep posting!

    ReplyDelete
  3. yuanMay 8, 2010 at 9:54 AM

    You know, I feel like I should be able to say something intelligent in your posts on the con but all I can think when I stare at these pictures towards the second half of the post is GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD and am incapable of doing anything more than making grabby hand motions at the screen like a zombie.

    (Okay no, wait! I wanted to say that it's TOTALLY awesome that you got to see Rukhsana Khan!!! *jealous* And you seem like you're having so much fun~ *jealous jealous jealous*)

    ReplyDelete
  4. Tarie SabidoMay 8, 2010 at 8:17 PM

    CY: I love the food here in Singapore. This is heaven for foodies. And people in the children's and YA book industry are some of the most incredible people I have ever met. =D

    Candy: Don't worry, I will!!

    Ah Yuan: Rukhsana Khan is funny and beautiful and amaaaaaaazing.

    ReplyDelete
  5. SangeethaMay 9, 2010 at 9:13 PM

    This is an amazing and inspiring blog, Tarie. So glad we got to meet in the last few minutes of the festival - but it was like that wasn't it, surprises and great people at every corner. I agree with what you said about being a better person by participating. That last panel discussion got me excited about blogging again, and I've restarted my blog to focus on Singapore books as well as children's theater which was its earlier focus. http://mamasez.squarespace.com

    ReplyDelete
  6. Tarie SabidoMay 10, 2010 at 12:48 PM

    Thank you, Sangeetha! It was really nice meeting you too! And I am glad I was introduced to your children's book. :o) Yes, please do blog about children's books and children's theater in Singapore! I don't know where else to get information like that - and the whole WORLD (not just me) needs to know precious information like that!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Martinez Bags 2019 PBBY Wordless Book Prize

The Philippine Board on Books for Young People (PBBY) declared Nina Patricia C. Martinez as the 2019 PBBY Wordless Book Prize winner. Martinez, a freelance graphic artist and illustrator, bagged the grand prize with her entry Ang Mga Sikreto ng Langit at Dagat. Martinez has a degree in Visual Communication from the University of the Philippines Diliman. She has illustrated and designed for NGOs and businesses, as well as for magazines and books. Martinez shall receive a medal and a cash prize worth twenty thousand pesos at the National Children’s Book Day ceremonies at the Cultural Center of the Philippines on July 16. For inquiries about the contest, contact the PBBY Secretariat at telephone number 352-6765 loc. 203 or e-mail secretariat@pbby.org.ph.
Post a Comment
Read more

Why I Started This Blog: The Danger of A Single Story

Shweta Ganesh Kumar shared with me this TED Talk from novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie about how "a single story" about another person or country can cause critical misunderstanding, and I felt that the talk really reflected why I started this blog. Please watch it below, if you haven't already: I sometimes teach creative writing to children and teens and have been very shocked to see that the first impulse of my students - all Filipinos or Chinese Filipinos ages 11-15 - is to write stories featuring characters with blond hair and blue eyes. It seems that, like the seven-year-old Adichie, my students have "a single story" about what literature is and do not think that people like them can exist in literature. (Needless to say, I am now trying to expose my students to more Filipino literature and literature from other Asian countries.) I blog because our students, nieces and nephews, children, grandchildren, and godchildren NEED AND DESERVE more than "a ...
7 comments
Read more

Author Interview: Mae Respicio

Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! How are you all celebrating? As part of my celebration, I'm sharing my chat with author Mae Respicio . Her middle grade novel The House That Lou Built (Wendy Lamb Books, 2018) is about Lou Bulosan-Nelson and her dream to build a tiny house (only 100 square feet!) all on her own and on land that she inherited from her father. This Filipino American coming-of-age story is the recipient of the Asian Pacific American Library Association (APALA) 2019 Honor Award in Children’s Literature . Keep reading to discover more about Mae and the book! Congratulations, Mae! What inspired you to write The House That Lou Built ? There were many things that inspired this book such as my love of building, my desire to write a strong girl at the center of a coming-of-age adventure, and wanting to write a book set in the Bay Area! Although above any of these things what kept me inspired throughout the (sometimes grueling!) writin...
4 comments
Read more