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PRACTICUM FOCUS
This practicum examines technical, craft-related issues in the participants’ work in the light of classic children’s books. Instructor Stephen Roxburgh will provide concrete models for improving each participant’s writing, thereby contributing to a deeper understanding of genre and craft. Stephen will review and select writers whose work provides an opportunity to illuminate issues of writing common to the genre. Group discussions will focus on general aspects of writing. One-on one meetings will focus on each participant’s work. Throughout, the emphasis will be on the craft of writing. Each participant will be given a customized reading list for further study.
Students will submit complete drafts of their work along with a summary statement of the specific issues with which they are grappling in the submitted material.
Workshop Fee of $1,195 includes cozy, individual cabins; all meals (provided by a top-notch chef); airport pickup service, if needed; and an intimate teaching setting in the living room of the Founders of Highlights for Children!
Individuals with a serious interest in writing for children who have an established financial need are invited to apply for a Highlights Foundation grant. For more information, email contact@highlightsfoundation.org.
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Stephen Roxburgh
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Stephen Roxburgh
Stephen has been involved with children’s books and publishing for more than thirty-five years, first as an academic, then as senior vice president and publisher, Books for Young Readers, at Farrar, Straus and Giroux; and as the president and publisher of Front Street Books, a small, independent press he founded on April 1, 1994. In 2004 Front Street was acquired by Boyds Mills Press, where Stephen was publisher until September 2008.
Stephen has worked with such authors and artists as Felicia Bond, Nancy Eckholm Burkert, Brock Cole, Carolyn Coman, Roald Dahl, Donna Diamond, Madeleine L’Engle, Martine Leavitt, Patricia McCormick, An Na, Marilyn Nelson, Adam Rapp, Alvin Schwartz, George Selden, Uri Shulevitz, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Garth Williams, and Margot Zemach.
Stephen lectures and publishes widely on children's literature and children's publishing. He is on the faculty of the Highlights Foundation. For many years he was on the faculty of the Radcliffe Publishing Program, the Stanford Publishing Program, and the Columbia Publishing Program. |
