by admin | Nov 2010 | Uncategorized
Yesterday was a bumper SCBWI meeting attended by almost 50 members and non-members. We meet four times a year at La Notte Restaurant in Lygon St Carlton in inner Melbourne. Speakers included Wendy Orr who talked about the process from book to film for her story,...
by admin | Nov 2010 | Uncategorized
Thursday night Pigeons Project held a fundraiser at Trades Hall. The Pigeons Project is aimed at improving literacy and brings together authors and young writers in a collaborative story-writing project over 6 months. This year is the second year and we’re...
by admin | Nov 2010 | Uncategorized
The annual YABBA ceremony was held in Williamstown this year (a lot closer for me than last year’s Frankston). YABBA is 25 this year, a great achievement for these children’s choice book awards. It’s lovely to be part of them, seeing the children and...
by admin | Nov 2010 | Uncategorized
Even the reflections are brightly coloured…and the bird, the accidentally caught bird…
by admin | Nov 2010 | Uncategorized
The First Tuesday Children’s Book Group held its final meeting today for this, its first, year. Over the year we’ve looked at a wide variety of books: current and classic; commercial and literary, popular and obscure.Without fail, the books have generated...