We have a Facebook Group!

Once you have registered, you are eligible to join our Facebook group at Europolitan Conference 2013. It's the place to find a travel partner, a hotel roommate, someone to join you for a croissant et café. You will also find useful documents, like "Conference Etiquette," or "Critique Groups," both of which provide information to help you navigate the conference. Soon, we'll post maps, suggestions for sightseeing, and the conference schedule. 

It's a great place to "meet" other attendees before the conference begins. You can post questions to the organizers. If you're familiar with Paris, suggest things to do. Planning to reconnect with old friends from previous conferences? Set up meeting times and places here. 

Visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/119194734919132/ and click "Join Group." If you have any questions, contact Jennifer Whistler here.

A Little Info About One of Our Faculty

Have you checked out the faculty page yet? I know it's a little "thin" in the information department, but rest assured, we will have tons more to share about our whole line up in mere days!

In the meantime, here's a link to another blog that has a great article on Lenore Appelhans, one of our speakers.

Forever Young Adult

While in Paris, why not visit a bookstore?

Well. Apparently, in the shadow of Notre Dam, you can find one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world. The Paris bookstore is featured (along with some other pretty amazing places) in this article from Flavorwire: The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World.

It's called Shakespeare & Company. 
And I haven't been yet, but it looks amaaaazing in the photo. So I'm adding it to my 'must visit while in Paris' list. How can you not go visit a place that uses the word 'intelligentsia'...oui?

Here's a little history:

Shakespeare and Company was opened by George Whitman in August 1951. George found himself in Paris after the Second World War, not wanting to return to America straight away. He enrolled at the Sorbonne to improve his French and found a small hotel room on Boulevard St Michel. During his studies he amassed a large collection of English books and used his room as a library and bookstore. It was only after a conversation with his friend Lawrence Ferlinghetti that George took seriously the notion of opening a bookstore in Paris. So, in 1951 he managed to acquire a small apartment opposite Notre-Dame de Paris, which was then converted into the front of Shakespeare and Company.

Set in the heart of Paris on the Left Bank opposite Notre-Dame, Shakespeare and Company has grown from a bookstore into an institution. It is situated in the Latin quarter which for centuries has been the centre of Parisian creativity and intelligentsia. Since 1951 the bookstore has stubbornly kept its utopian ideals in a changing...[continue reading on Facebook]

Happy New Year!

The clock just struck noon here in Stuttgart and the website is live. I'm amazed at the great stuff we have coming together for our first ever SCBWI multi-regional conference! We are still finalizing details but will be making updates continuously, so please check back often.  

Myself and other conference organizers will share news and updates on the blog. We look forward to seeing you Easter Weekend in Paris. Long live creativity!

Happy 2013!