Maretha at Fauna Park Tales

Rave Reviews Writers’ Conference and Book Expo – An Announcement

Dear Followers of Fauna Park Tales Blog

I would like to remind everyone that a wonderful event – Rave Reviews Book Club Writers’ Conference and Book Expo is upon us – scheduled for  1-3 December, 2016. RRBC President and Founder, Nonnie Jules and her team of dedicated members have been working hard to organise this amazing event. For more information, please click on the link highlighted in light-blue for more information.

The Rave Reviews Writers’ Conference and Book Expo

Our Rave Reviews Book Club motto will ring ever true at this event!

We Gather, We Enjoy, We Learn!

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  • The RRBC Writer’s Conference and Book Expo IS OPEN TO EVERYONE!  So even if you’re not a member yet, take courage, because RRBC is hosting a virtual conference. So there’s no need to worry about expensive plane tickets, putting miles on your car, or unpleasant hotel rooms.What can you expect at such an awesome event?  Here follows a list of our wonderful items:
  • Visit author booths
  • Attend conference sessions and workshops
  • Browse books for sale
  • Mingle and network with other writers and readers
  • Visit vendor booths

This will be a time to have fun and learn something at the same time, because some of the sessions offered include:

  • Blogging for Success
  • Building your Author Platform
  • Formatting Made Easy
  • Book Blurbs Do’s and Don’ts
  • Marketing 101

 I encourage you do so every day, click on the light-blue items for pricing and register for the event and the official Rave Reviews Book Club Writers’ Conference and Book Expo website through the links above.

IMPORTANT DETAILS

This event is being held in an off-site virtual location, meaning it will not take place on the RRBC Site;

This event is open to members of RRBC as well as non-members, although some features of this event are only available to members.

Should you decide to join our supportive group of authors  and become a fully-fledged member – I’m sure you will  want to – don’t forget to mention that Maretha Botha sent you.

You can find the membership link here where our motto is to

PROFILE, PROMOTE & PROPEL 

fellow authors and their awesome work!

Thanks so much for popping in!

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Maretha is a South African Italian, born in a small town called Montagu. She grew up in nearby Worcester in the Western Cape – a town reminiscent of living in Switzerland among the snow-capped mountains. Worcester had a small library. Young Maretha’s visits were limited to three times a week, because the librarian told her, “You spend too much time with your nose in a book and neglect your school work.” Nothing much has changed, because she's still a confirmed bookworm who constantly strives to raise more bookworms who enjoy reading, not just as a pleasant past-time, but as an excellent tool to be used when grown-up. Before immigrating to the UK to settle in Lancashire, Maretha worked as a librarian in a private school in Botswana, where one of her tasks was to encourage children to enjoy reading. That was a labour of love for this bookworm, providing valuable help in carving her own career as a children's author/illustrator. It brought her face to face with the literary industry’s toughest critics – children and preteens. She saw that many students also enjoyed reading about birds and animals, their care, habitats and general well-being, especially when a few added catchy rhymes here and there made reading sessions interesting and alive. In 2012 her job was localised and as things often happen, this unforeseen occurrence led to a new chapter in her life. To remain motivated, she wrote down everything she could remember about her family's pets – their little habits and characteristics. For example, the character of the working-dog hero in Fauna Park Tales is based on the different traits of every single dog her family ever owned. Researching habits, habitats and interesting titbits about martial eagles and eagle owls, as well as many smaller birds such as crimson-breasted shrikes and hoopoes,made it easier to illustrate them and tell a believable story. Her illustrations appear throughout Fauna Park Tales. Maretha Botha admits to being a chocoholic and unreformed coffee addict, a keen gardener and bird watcher, who likes to walk on the moors where the stiff breeze coming in from the sea, quickly clears her head, making way for more inspiration.

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