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 Welcome Book Week 2017
We here at Speakers Ink are looking forward to all the excitement of Book Week - our busiest week of the year.
If there is anything at all that we can do to help connect your School with fantastic speakers then please let us know.
Explore our full list of Speakers on our website - Speakers Ink. Want to make a booking? Complete the online booking form today.
Here's to National Book Week - Enjoy!
What's On
Kathryn Apel has had a last minute opportunity to visit Brisbane for one day only - Friday, 4th August. There are no travel costs with this booking as Kathryn will be in Brisbane - be quick! As always, details for bookings are on our website
Darren Groth will be visiting from Canada and out and about as follows:
Thursday, 17th August - 6.30pm - TL Book Club at Riverbend Books
Saturday, 19th August - 4.00pm - Launch Event at Where The Wild Things Are
Anzac Heroes Brisbane Libraries are hosting the Anzac Stories: Behind the Pages Exhibition from April 2017 to November 2018. The exhibition will be at Holland Park Library from August until September and Wynnum Library from October to November, 2017. The 2018 venues are still being finalised. There are many wonderful authors and illustrators of Anzac stories available for visits, as listed in the table below. If you would like to book any of these speakers, please contact Speakers Ink.
| Book Title |
Author/Illustrator |
Availability in Queensland |
Meet The Anzacs
Meet Weary Dunlop |
Claire Saxby, Max Berry,
Jeremy Lord |
March or April of 2017, 2018 |
| The Horses didn’t come home |
Pamela Rushby |
2017, not available 8-10 September
or around 25 November, 2017 |
Anzac Biscuits
Ride! Riccardo, Ride! |
Phil Cummings
Owen Swann, Shane Devries |
2018 |
My Australia Story: My Father’s War
Australia’s Great War: 1914 |
Sophie Masson |
Late August, early September or October 2017 |
| Jimmy’s War, 1915: Do you Dare? |
Sherryl Clark |
Available any time |
Light Horse Boy
Lighthouse Girl |
Dianne Wolfer
Brian Simmonds |
Early-mid August, 2017 |
| Ships in the field |
Susanne Gervay, Anna Pignataro |
October 2017 |
| A Winter’s Day in 1939 |
Melinda Szymanik |
Up to October 2017, 2018 |
| Anzac Heroes |
Maria Gill, Marco Ivanci |
Up to October 2017, 2018 |
The Red Poppy
Torty & the Soldier |
David Hill, Fi Colston
Jennifer Beck, Fi Colston |
Fi - up to October 2017, 2018
Jennifer - anytime |
| Frieda |
Marianne Musgrove |
Anytime |
| A day to remember |
Jackie French, Mark Wilson |
Possibly mid-2018 |
A soldier, a dog and a boy
Eventual Poppy Day |
Libby Hathorn, Phil Lesnie
Libby Hathorn |
Term 3, 2017 |
Do Not Forget Australia
Australia's Great War: 1915 |
Sally Murphy |
2nd Week of September, 2017 |
| In Flander's Field |
Norman Jorgensen,
Brian Harrison-Lever |
Anytime |
| Teresa: My Australian Story |
Deborah Abela |
Limited Dates in August, 2017 |
| Midnight, Simpson's Donkey |
Mark Greenwood, Frane Lessac |
Early March, 2018 |
Voices on the Move
This Speakers Inker will be on the move during August. For more details about where Krista 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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To book Krista or any of our wonderful speakers for your school or library, please visit our website: Speakers Ink.
The Spotlight is on Michael Salmon
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Michael Salmon has been involved in graphics, Children's literature, TV and Theatre since 1967. His work has been solely for young people both here in Australia and overseas. His many credits include his Alexander Bunyip show (ABC TV 1978-88), pantomimes, fabric and varied merchandise designs, toy and board game invention and the writing and illustrating of 176 books for young readers.
Michael has extensively toured Australian Schools over the past 40 years. His sessions are lots of fun, with lightning fast cartoons, caricatures, silly prizes and general encouragement for students to develop their own creativity.
"I would like to thank you on behalf of the whole school for the entertaining and inspiring workshop last Wednesday. In an age where it is hard to inspire children with anything outside of technology you certainly did a terrific job. The children were captivated the whole hour which was a big call considering it was the last lesson of the day!
I love how you encouraged the children, particularly those artistically inclined, to follow their dreams and you made it seem like a tonnes of fun to do so!
A million thank yous for taking time out to visit our school and I look forward to meeting again in the future (outside of book fair time!)"
St. Therese's Catholic School, Moonah, Tasmania - May, 2017
Congratulations to...
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Mark Carthew, whose two most recent picture books - Marvin and Marigold: The Big Sneeze ill. by Simon Prescott (UK) and The Great Zoo Hullabaloo! ill. by Anil Tortop have been shortlisted for the Speech Pathology awards, in the 3-5 and 5-8 age group categories respectively. Good luck Mark!
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Anita Heiss, who has kicked some goals by running a full marathon at the Outback Marathon event on 29 July in support of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.
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Brisbane Writers Festival - Volunteer
Anyone out there with time on their hands, or just love being involved in all things literary? Up Lit is the organisation behind the Brisbane Writers Festival, held in September each year. Volunteers are invited to submit an application for a range of roles at the Festival. Why not put your hand up? The opportunity is there to experience a literary feast, hear authors, meet like-minded people and generally enjoy the Brisbane literary scene.
Dates for the Diary
"It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like, so long as somebody loves you." - Roald Dahl, The Witches
Yours in promoting literacy from all at the Speakers Ink team,
Sandie, Helen, Margie, Anna, Jan, Rob and James
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