Breezers in Your Neighborhood: Labor Day Weekend at the DBF! (Part III)

We've got something for everyone at the AJC Decatur Book Festival, happening Labor Day weekend in Decatur, Georgia! You can find the detailed list of talks, panels, and live drawings, along with the times our members will be appearing here at the Southern Breeze website. But here's a sneak peek of book covers and the activities, authors and illustrators. Recognize one of your Breezer friends? Come out and bring your friends and say hello! (And if you don't know us yet, come out and make a new friend in the kidlit writing world!)

Look for these SCBWI books (and authors and illustrators!) at Booth #405 on Sunday, starting at noon:

We're starting with an illustrator Sketch-Up! Join Miles Davis and Tara Garrigan for drawing fun.

Judi Howe will give tips on teaching hard history.

Join Sheri Dillard for a fun storytime that preschoolers will love!

Author Monique Fields explains how real life can spark a book idea.

Need inspiration? Author Loie Chambers has it covered.

Illustrator Tatjana Mai-Wyss will show the step-by-step process of making words come to life, and you'll want to stick around for her Sketch-up!

Teri Polen will talk about making the leap from indie publishing to traditional publishing.

It's all about birds with author Heidi Stemple. Want to learn how to call owls? Be there!

We'll have an illustrators panel where you can ask questions of Miles Davis, Tara Garrigan, Art Roche, Laura Freeman, and Tatjana Mai-Wyss. What do you want to know about illustrating children's books?






Cool off at a storytime with Melinda Falgoust, author of Ten Little Crawfish.

Tara Garrigan will help you draw and create your own characters (no matter what your skill level may be).

The struggle is real, finding books for 13 and 14-year-old readers. Author Theresa Kiser can help.








Join Christyne Morrell for storytime with Bob the Bunny and a bit of magic.

Peggy Shaw will share a not-to-be-missed talk about the ten things that make a good book editor.

Author Susan Riley has a mystery for you to solve in this secret message hands-on activity.

Come celebrate the 50th anniversary of man walking on the moon with Heidi Stemple.






You can read all about Saturday here on the Southern Breeze blog, and remember, books will be available for purchase and authors and illustrators may appear in more than one time slot during the day. But if you want your purchase specially autographed, make sure to be there when the author or illustrator is signing. So check the schedule here and make your plans!

To find out more about the AJC Decatur Book Festival, including parking and where you can find our booth, check out the DBF website here. We can't wait to show you all that SCBWI and Southern Breeze has lined up for you, so come spend the day with us on Saturday, August 31st or Sunday, September 1st for Breezers in the Neighborhood at the DBF!