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Congratulations CBCA Book of the Year Award Winners!
A wonderful Book Award announcement was held on Friday at the State Library of Queensland, hosted by CBCA Qld Branch. Creators and publishers were very excited to hear the announcement of the winners and honour books. The CBCA then hosted a dinner at the Greek Club, which was also a lot of fun. Thanks CBCA!
Do you have your CBCA Book Week plans in place? Have you found a treasured author to come speak to your lovely readers? Now is the time to lock it in if your plans are not already in place.
Please have a look at the profiles of our wonderful speakers and book 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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Simon Higgins |
SE Queensland |
30 July-31 August (only 2 days still available) |
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Jenny Wang |
SE Queensland |
30 July-31 August |
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Gabrielle Wang |
Brisbane |
17 Sep - 21 Sep |
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Allison Marlow Paterson |
Mackay
Bowen/Airlie
Townsville/Charters Towers
Cairns/Cooktown
Mt. Isa |
8 Oct - 9 Oct
11 Oct - 12 Oct
16 Oct - 18 Oct
22 Oct - 25 Oct
29 Oct - 31 Oct |
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Congratulations ...
Liz Anelli whose new picture book will be released on 1 September. Maddie’s First Day has been written by Penny Matthews and published by Walker Books.
Liz is an author/illustrator. She has been extensively recognised for her illustrations with awards by CBCA, ASO, Illustrators Australia, Australian Society of Authors & May Gibbs Trust Fellowships. ‘Desert Lake‘ (Walker Books) shortlisted NSW Premiers Award 2017 and ‘One Photo’ Penguin Random House shortlisted CBCA Picture Book of The Year 2017.
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Kathryn Apel whose book Bully on the Bus has just been released in America with Kane Miller Books.
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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Somerset Storyfest (formerly the Somerset Celebration of Literature) is on 7 September, featuring the ever popular Magda Szubanski.
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Dimity Powell will launch her new picture book At the end of Holyrood Lane on 23 September at Brisbane Square Library at 10.30 am.
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures. - Lao Tzu
Yours in promoting literacy from all at the Speakers Ink team,
Sandie, Margie, Jan, Trina, Lia, Rob and James
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