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Welcome
Visiting authors and illustrators bring much more than great stories and illustrations to your school or library. They bring a priceless connection between the creator and their readership that both inspires and nurtures childhood literacy and writing skills.
Don’t take our word for it … book a speaker today and see this yourself.
Explore our full list of Speakers on our website - Speakers Ink.
Want to make a booking? Complete the online booking form today.
CBCA 2017 Book Week
Started planning for Book Week? Already have everything sorted? If not, it's never too late to book fabulous engaging speakers to present to your students. Contact Speakers Ink today to enquire about the endless possibilities for your upcoming 2017 Book Week celebrations.
In addition, our very own Jan Latta has prepared a video which suits the theme 'Escape to Everywhere' perfectly. To create the video, Jan traveled to Africa for the big cats, elephants, giraffes and endangered rhinos, India for tigers, Sri Lanka for the elusive leopard, Borneo for orangutans and China for pandas. Interested in showing this video as part of your Book Week Celebrations? If so, Jan will be in Brisbane in June or available in and around Sydney for Book Week. Contact Speakers Ink today for more details.
Voices on the Move
These Speakers Inkers will be on the move during June and July. For more details about where they will be and how to book, visit us here.
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Krista Bell
Krista Bell is an award-winning Melbourne based author and an established ABC Radio children’s book reviewer. Krista's 27 popular titles for children include her picture book Peeking Ducks with illustrations by Sally Rippen.
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Darren Groth
The Grade 9 students greatly enjoyed Darren’s book talk; they were engaged and really enjoyed that he was funny. They were spellbound. Also, his leaving a lot of time for questions about writing and inspiration was excellent.
- Delta Secondary School
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To book these or any of our wonderful speakers for your school or library, please visit our website: Speakers Ink
The Spotlight is on
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Phillip Gwynne
An excellent day. Such a great experience for students to get writing, and to receive instant feedback on their work. Phillip’s insights and presentation were very helpful – it is so good for students to hear directly from a professional author! I also came away inspired to get writing!
South Coast Baptist - May, 2017
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Phillip has recently returned to Australia and now lives in Melbourne after many years spent in Indonesia. Phillip is best known for his 1998 debut novel, Deadly, Unna? a rights-of-passage story which uses Australian rules football as a backdrop to explore race relations in a small town in South Australia. The novel won several awards, selling over 200,000 copies, and was adapted into a 2002 film titled Australian Rules. Phillip has since written numerous other books, including children's and young adult books as well as screenplays for television and movies. Phillip has recently launched his new picture book, Brothers from a Different Mother.
The good news is that Phillip will be in BRISBANE for Book Week, and is available for booking NOW!!
Congratulations to...
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Cameron Stelzer on winning an International Book Award for Pie Rats - The Golden Anchor, Number 6 in the Pie Rats series.
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Nick Earls for his People's Choice Award at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards for his Wisdom Tree novellas. Hear Nick speaking on ABC radio about the future of storytelling.
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What's On
Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. —Kofi Annan
Yours in promoting literacy from all at the Speakers Ink team,
Sandie, Helen, Margie, Anna, Jan, Rob and James
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