BOOKS
My copies of The Bundu Bunch get to Right Two Wrongs arrived a few weeks ago! These are Book 2 in The Bundu Bunch series. If anyone in South Africa is looking to get a copy, give me a shout. (I also have 3 copies of Book 1 left.)
They are R150 each, excluding postage. You can also contact the author, Allan Low for books from the SA print runs. Otherwise they are available on Amazon (US and UK) for international orders.
NEWS
SCBWI SA Illustrator Coordinator
I’m pleased to announce that in July, I was appointed as the new Illustrator Coordinator (IC) for The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) South Africa region. Emily House, our previous IC, has moved into the role of Regional Advisor (RA) and left me some big shoes to fill. Emily has been such an inspiration and driving force for our local illustration community and I look forward to working with her and Yvette De Beer (our ARA) to keep our SCBWI chapter fun, useful and engaging.
SCBWI is an amazing resource for children’s writers and illustrators all over the world, and is a warm and welcoming community to be a part of. Take a look if you want to join or find out more: https://www.scbwi.org/
Interview on Kidlit411
I have also been featured in this month’s Illustrator Spotlight on the Kidlit411 blog. This was my prize for being chosen as a one of the banner competition winners, with my anteater banner.
Read my full interview here: https://www.kidlit411.com/2024/08/illustrator-spotlight-elizabeth-sparg.html
And last but not least, I now have an agent representing me in the USA!
Kyle Williams of Wendy Lynn & Co is now repping my work to publishers in the USA!! This is kind of a big deal for me and very exciting. Kyle is helping me develop and prepare some stories of my own to pitch to publishers, as well as showing my work for illustration projects. He has been a fantastic sounding board already and I look forward to our journey together ahead.
SKETCHES
Some sketches from this past weekend at Umdloti beach. I started off trying to draw kids that were there, but they were moving wayyy too fast. The grown ups were a lot less active!
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Thanks for reading!
Liz
