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Marjorie van Heerden writes and illustrates children's books.

Saturday, 13 October 2007

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Marjorie's Website and other blogs:

Website
Trade Books
Kathleen, Chu-Ren and Marjorie's Books
Educational Books
Literacy Series
Curriculum Vitae
Wikipedia
SCBWI Profile
Marjorie shares: Tutorials & so on...
Articles by Marjorie

Marjorie - age 2

Marjorie van Heerden, writer & illustrator of children's books, lives in Gordon's Bay, near Cape Town, South Africa. Since the publication of her first children’s picture book in 1983 Marjorie van Heerden has been published as illustrator or illustrator/author in 36 languages in Africa, England, Europe (Greece), the East (China, Korea & Malaysia) and the USA. Marjorie received the honour of RA Emerita from the SCBWI and was given a life-time SCBWI membership. To see her recent books, click on "Trade Books" in the links listed above.

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Links to SCBWI SA sites:

SCBWI - International Website
SCBWI South Africa - Website

My studio in the loft of our home

Links to some South African writers and illustrators:

Cora Coetzee - Illustrator
Damaria Senne- Writer
Di Hofmeyr - Writer
Di Stewart - Writer
Dorian Haarhoff - Writer
Fanie Viljoen - Writer
Fawa Conradie
Fiona Moodie - Illustrator
Gavin Thomson - Illustrator
Gcina Mhlope - Writer
Hannah Morris - Illustrator
Helen Brain - Writer
Joan Rankin - Writer & Illustrator
Jude Daly - Illustrator
Kalle Becker - Writer & Illustrator
Karen Ahlschlager - Illustrator
LeAnne Hardy - Writer
Leon de Villiers - Writer
Marguerite Poland - Writer
Marianna Brandt - Writer
Marita van Aswegen - Writer
Marjorie van Heerden -Writer & Illustrator
Marleen Visser - Illustrator
Meg Jordi - Illustrator
Niki Daly - Writer & Illustrator
Paddy Bouma - Writer and Illustrator
Patricia Schonstein -Writer
Philip de Vos - Writer
Piet Grobler - Writer & Illustrator
Reviva Schermbrucker - Writer & Illustrator
Robin Malan - Writer
Sally Maclarty - Illustrator
Samantha van Riet - Illustrator
Sandy Mitchell - Illustrator
Val Myburgh - Illustrator
Wendy Hartmann - Writer
Wynand Louw - Writer

The view out the window above my desk:

Links to some South African publishers with Children's Book departments:

Cambridge University Press
Heinemann Publishers
Human & Rousseau Publishers
Lapa Publishers
List of SA Publishers - PASA Members
Macmillan SA
Maskew Miller Longman
NB Publishers
New Africa Books
Oxford University Press
Pan Macmillan Publishers
Penguin Books
Protea Publishers
Shuter & Shooter Publishers
Struik Publishers
Tafelberg Publishers
Via Africa

Links to some of my favourite Blogs and Websites:

The Painters Keys
Animation Reference
Erzsi Deak - author, editor, literary agent...
Harold Underdown's Blog - Children's Book specialist
Harold Underdown's Website - The Purple Crayon
Illustrator - John Howe
Illustrator - Matt Phelan's Blog
Let's Talk Illustrators
Picture Book People
Seven Impossible Things - Many Links to writers and illustrators
STORYSTORM: Writing for Kids (While Raising Them)
Temple of the Seven Golden Camels
The Children's Literature Book Club
Visual Library
Writer - Mem Fox - Writing a Picture Book
Writer - Nnedi Okorafor-Mbachu
Writer - Roald Dahl
Writer - Ursula K Le Guin - Award-winning fantasy writer
Writer/illustrator - Peter Reynolds
Writer/illustrator - Quentin Blake's website

Links to some valuable Book-related Websites & Blogs:

(AOL) Information & Resources for illustrators
BookData - SA Book Search
Cape Town Book Fair's website
Children's specialist bookshops
Children’s Literature research (UNISA)
Department of Basic Education (SA)
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
IBBY South Africa
JacketFlap - The Children's Publishing Resource
National Library of South Africa (NLSA)
PASA - Publishers Association of South Africa
SCBWI - Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators
SPARX - The Illustrator's Portfolio - Online listing of SA illustrators
Storiewerf (Afrikaans)
TTLG - List of websites of (international) writers & illustrators
Writers' network blog

Burning the midnight oil!

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