Today is a day I want to kick myself for not bringing my camera. So I have to borrow this photo. Famous New Zealand Children writer and illustrator Gavin Bishop came to my school. I had the privilege of having afternoon tea and a chat with him.
I asked him about how to get a publisher for my book. He gave me some tips and he asked about my book. I told him the synopsis of my book, http://annkschin.blogspot.com/2008/11/mail-order-bride-synopsis.html. He said it has a good storyline.
Now, I am dreaming about being a published writer. LOL
Children’s book author and illustrator Gavin Bishop has won numerous national and international awards for his distinctive ink and watercolour illustrations and his original text. Bishop's illustrations have been exhibited at international shows from Japan to Czechoslovakia, and he has appeared as a teacher and guest speaker at many international forums. He has been commissioned to write and design several successful ballets for the Royal NZ Ballet Company and was awarded the prestigious Margaret Mahy Award in 2008. Piano Rock, published in 2008, serves as Bishop's early autobiography, full of tales and illustrations of his childhood years in the railway town of Kingston. The Storylines Gavin Bishop Award was established in 2009 in recognition of his contribution to children's literature.
