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Tag: Connie Regan Blake

22. Explore Audio Archive ~ Key West Literary Seminar: a writer’s treasure trove!

Published on December 19, 2017 | In Blog, How To Begin Writing For Children, Resources | 0 Comment

More than five hundred unique presentations by the world’s most influential writers are available in the KWLS audio vault, for use by educators, students, and readers worldwide. You can play many recordings immediately on our site, while others are available by request. Select a name from the index to begin, or browse our featured audio for highlighted selections with full liner notes.

This site also includes an online journal as well as information about the seminar, workshops, scholarships, and patrons circle.  Inimitable Judy Blume is a member of the Key West Literary Seminar Board of Directors.

Several selected recordings, such as the one below, include a brief introduction, with biographical information about the speakers and a summary of the material. We encourage educators worldwide to use these unique resources and share them with your community of readers.

David A. Kaufelt: “The Peter Pan Theory”

“I have a theory why we all live here—it’s called the Peter Pan theory. Freud said we’re at our most creative before we’re five years old. That’s where we are here. We wear shorts, we ride bicycles, we have the water, a great symbol of the unconscious, and we’re free to be children here and let our spirits go.”  ....

Below is a sampling of the treasures waiting to be discovered by aspiring children's writers.

Audio Archive for E.L. Konisburg

                                                                                Elaine Konigsburg was a supremely inspirational speaker.
Amid the Alien Corn
Lecture, 1998
E.L. Konisburg
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Audio Archive for Jane Yolen

                                   The generous lady Jane Yolen has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America.
                                                                                
Language in the 21st Century

Conversation, 1998
Jane Yolen, Joseph Bruchac, Judy Blume, Richard Jackson
Moderated by Richard Peck

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Wild Imaginings
Conversation, 1998
Bruce Coville, Jane Yolen, John Wells, Louis Kuznets, Nancy Willard, Richard Peck
Eden Lipson
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I occasionally come across my notes from a talk by Bruce Coville, and relish his words all over again.

Also, here you can find some masterful storytelling!

Audio Archive for Connie Regan Blake

 
In Performance

Reading, 2008
Connie Regan Blake

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Like Meat Loves Salt
Reading, 2011
Connie Regan Blake
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Beginning children's writers, you MUST listen to Entering the World of Children and Young Adults!  Simply click on the Request Audio File link to the right of the second listing below, enter your name and email address, and the audio file will appear in your inbox within a few days. 

You will be SO very glad you did!

Audio Archive for Arnold Adoff

 

Children's Literature as a Subversive Activity

Conversation, 1998
Arnold Adoff, John Wells, Nancy Willard, Paula Danziger, Perry Nodelman, Virginia Hamilton
Moderated by Elizabeth Keyser

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Entering the World of Children and Young Adults

Conversation, 1998
Arnold Adoff, Bruce Coville, Jerry Pinkney, Nancy Willard, Paula Danziger
Moderated by Elizabeth Keyser

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Values in Crisis
Conversation, 1998
Arnold Adoff, John Wells, Nancy Willard, Paula Danziger, Perry Nodelman, Virginia Hamilton
Eden Lipson

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