David Seow's Blog, page 49

Dinner with Jacqueline Harvey and Lisa Yee

L to R: Sumi, Kenneth, Ian, Jacqueline, me, Lisa, Sarah (Peepy's in the middle of the table)Last week, the members of SCBWI Singapore had the pleasure of having dinner with best-selling authors Lisa Yee, her constant traveling companion Peppy, Jacqueline Harvey,  and Jacqueline's husband Ian at the Island Cafe at Tangs. One of the amazing things about being  members of SCBWI is that we get to meet visiting authors!! The children's book publishing industry in Singapore is still very much in its infancy so to be able to meet authors like Jacqueline and Lisa, and hear about their creative journeys is fantastic. Lisa once stayed in a haunted house (I wouldn't be able to write let alone create anything in a haunted house, well, except perhaps poop in my pants!) Jacqueline and Ian just finished a successful book tour of the UK. I can only dream that may happen for me one day. I can safely say the SCBWI members in attendance: Sumi Chandrasekharan, Sarah Mounsey, SCBWI RA Kenneth Quek, and I had a great time and a lot of fun! I can't speak for Lisa or Jacqueline since they had the misfortune of being stuck next to me for the night, but I had a blast!  Thank you for a wonderful evening. 

Click the links to visit  Lisa's Blog and Jacqueline's Blog
Lisa's Blog

Thank You, Overseas Family School Singapore

Two weeks ago, Artist/Author/Illustrator Susanna Goho-Quek and I were invited to conduct a series of mini creative writing and illustrating workshops at the Overseas Family School. I say mini- workshops because we only had about 50 minutes per class and ideally we would have loved to have spent more time with each class to further explore the students' ideas. However, having said that I am amazed at how many of them were able to come up with fantastic ideas for picture books in such a short time period. Fantastic!!





This was our third year visiting OFS and we had a brilliant time there. Thanks to the teachers and the students for making our visit such a memorable one.

Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival

Hi everyone, I'll be in Hong Kong from March 11-16th for the Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival, conducting picture book writing workshops. It's quite a thrill as renowned authors Andy Briggs, Ho Minfong, Jan Latta,  Dr Pam Macintyre,Sarah Webb,  Luka Lesson and Robert Newton will be featured speakers. So I hope to see some of you there. Please click on the link below for more information on the festival.


Hong Kong International Young Readers Festival 2013

Happy New Year!!

As the year comes to a close, I would like to thank my family and friends for seeing it through with me and more importantly putting up with me --You deserve an award.  

Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge!!

Congratulations to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, may she have a safe and healthy pregnancy! In September, Mum gave her a copy of my book Blow a Kiss and  it was mentioned in Hello Magazine.

Emma's Elephant on the way

Here are some illustrations from my new book Emma's Elephant which will be out in bookstores Jan 2013. 

Let's Read Together

I recently had the pleasure of participating in the Let's Read Together event organized by the National Book Development Council of Singapore, Asian Festival of Children's Content and sponsored by the Public Libraries and QBE and Pelikan. I think the kids had a great time, though some seem a wee bit too preoccupied by my lack of hair  "You're bald" a few kids pointed out.  I responded by saying that they would be too in the future:).Susanna Goho-Quek held two book making classes with the kids and after that they dramatized my book There's Soup on My Fly! By the end of the day I was exhausted but it was a day well spent.

If I Were a Blue Kangaroo Book Launch

Visit to the National Book Development Council of Singapore

Assistant Director of National Book Development Council of Singapore Kenneth Quek  and me.




I recently popped by the National Book Development Council of Singapore to drop off some copies of my new book 'If I Were a Blue Kangaroo.' The Book Council will be hosting my book launch on Dec 5, 2012 at the Arts House.

AFCC Book Club: Blue Kangaroo Launch