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Welcome
If you are planning a special event for CBCA Book Week, or any other week of the year, please have a look at the profiles of our wonderful speakers to lock in a visitor and presentation.
Contact us at Speakers Ink or call on 07-3040-8465.
We are here to help you in any way possible. If you have any suggestions on ways for us to improve, we always welcome your comments - contact us at Speakers Ink.
Voices on the Move
We have many speakers travelling during 2018 - some speakers are coming to Brisbane while others are visiting regional cities: for a complete list check out all the up-to-date details on our Touring Speakers page. A snapshot of the coming months is included below:
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The Spotlight is on Gabrielle Wang
Gabrielle Wang is a children’s author and illustrator whose books are a blend of Chinese and Western culture with a touch of fantasy. She has twice won the Aurealis Award for Best Children’s Long Fiction and her novels have been named Notables in the Children’s Book Council of Australia Awards.
Two of her works were Highly Commended in the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and her first novel, The Garden of Empress Cassia was listed on the USBBY Outstanding International Books Honour List.
Gabrielle has published sixteen children’s novels with Penguin Books Australia and a picture book, The Race for the Chinese Zodiac with Walker Books. She has been published internationally in the US, UK, China, South America and Korea. Gabrielle is also author of two of the very popular Our Australian Girl series, Poppy and Pearlie. Her latest novel is The Beast of Hushing Wood.
"Gabrielle has visited our school for the past three years and run her Chinese watercolour painting session with our year 7s. This complements the text that they study at this year level, Chinese Cinderella. Gabrielle is a true professional with a wonderful instructional manner. She incorporates her Chinese heritage into the workshops beautifully and has the students spellbound. The lovely thing about her sessions is that being able to produce a credible Chinese watercolour at the end of the session is well within the grasp of every student." - Luther College - September, 2013
Gabrielle will visit Brisbane during the last week of Term 3 (17th - 21st September). Don't miss out: Book Here
Two Things...
Speakers Inker's authors Peter Carnavas, Dimity Powell, Simon Kindt and Candice Lemon-Scott will be encouraging young writers at the 40th Annual ALEA Meanjin Writers Camp on Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd July. School students from Years 5-10 are welcome to join in. Click on the link to complete the online registration.
We are proud here at Speakers Ink of the support given by many of our Speakers Inkers to initiatives which support literacy, in particular, The Room to Read. Deb Abela is among the many ambassadors for this worthwhile charity, which has launched its 50 schools for 50 girls campaign...asking schools to raise $365 to send a girl to school for a year. Click on the link below to find out how you can support this campaign:
What's Happening?
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Maria Gill will be touring Brisbane from 5 - 14 November 2018, to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day.
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Word Play, the Brisbane Writer's Festival Education program for young readers, storytellers and illustrators has launched its program for this year. The program will be held from 4-7 September at the State Library of Queensland and GOMA. Program and booking information can be found here.
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Dates for your Diary
Yours in promoting literacy from all at the Speakers Ink team,
Sandie, Margie, Jan, Trina, Lia, Rob and James
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