This children's book writers special interest group formed under the auspices of SRL in the fall of 2001 by SIG founder leader Suzy Schmidt Robertson. Suzy has since gone back to the US but the group continues to grow.

SIG members come from all walks of life; some are published, most are not. All want to spend serious energy on writing. The only criteria for membership in this SIG are that participants have to be a member of SRL and they want to write for children and to support others doing so. SIG group meetings, usually attended by 15-20 members, are now facilitated by YIng Miller. Our meetings include writing workshops, speakers and manuscript critiques. We also celebrate members' publishing successes. Small groups meet separately to foster consistent, on-going manuscript feedback. Interested members plan and participate in the Asian Children's Writers & Illustrators Conference scheduled as part of the Asian Children's Festival in November. Currently this group is working on a writing project with a view to get published. The brainchild of the current president, Ms Serene Wee, the group hopes to publish a collection of children's stories for Singapore children and the world, using place, person, thing, situation or something distinctively Singaporean to give it some Singapore flavour. The purpose of this project is two fold, namely to give our writers (most of whom are waiting to be published) a platform to showcase their work and to build a community of writers for children to come together to share ideas, support and help one another to develop and hone their skills. Interested parties can contact our Secretariat and indicate their interest and they may attend the first session as observers before joining our society as a member and be a part of this writing group. So contact our Secretariat at secretariat@srl.org.sg now for more information.