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Welcome to the New Year
Welcome back to 2022!!
As the pandemic moves into a new phase, and travel is once again a possibility, Speakers Ink is pleased to be able to offer a wider range of bookings for the New Year. Not only are our local speakers getting back into schools, we also have numerous speakers keen to tour to Qld during 2022. Details on our touring speakers can be found on our website. Highlights on a few speakers touring are listed below.
To make an enquiry, please contact our office.
Voices on Tour 2022
Please refer to our Touring Speakers Page on our website for up-to-date details for new dates for 2022.
If you are interested in making a booking, please contact our office for assistance.
New Books
Congratulations to our speakers bringing out new books soon:
Text: Dimity Powell Illus: Nick Johnstone
Dimity will be celebrating with Megan Daley
at a Book Launch at
Where the Wild Things Are, West End on
Saturday 9 April at 10am-11.30am
Text: Aleesah Darlison, Illus: Mel Matthews
Fly with Rusty the Gouldian finch as he searches for a
mate and saves his young family from fire.
The next book in the Endangered Animal Tales picture book series
Pamela Rushby's new middle grade book, Interned.
It’s 1914. The world is on the brink of war.
Gretta, daughter of a German businessman, lives a privileged life in Singapore.
Tilly, daughter of a German-born baker, lives a modest life in Brisbane.
But the girls will spend the next four years together, in Australia. In an internment camp. Jailed.
 Congratulations Gabrielle Wang
  
Gabrielle Wang has been named the Australian Children's Laureate for 2022-23. Laureates are chosen because they are making a significant contribution to the Australian children's literature canon. During her two year tenure, Gabrielle will be "promoting the transformational power of reading, creativity and story" in the lives of young people.
The Last Word
Interested in phonemic awareness? Judith Barker has written an article for Connections Magazine "How to support early literacy with phonemic awareness" and has created some teaching notes for her books. For details click here.
Dates for your Diary
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10 March, 6.30-7.45 pm (zoom) |
Romancing the Stars - Picture Books presented by Booklinks on ZOOM. Book here (free event)
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24 March 6.30-7.45 pm (zoom)
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Romancing the Stars - Novels presented by Booklinks on ZOOM. Book here (free event)
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12-19 March |
Somerset Storyfest |
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26 March |
Christopher Raja, writing workshop - "Writing Life Stories" in Tennant Creek
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29 March |
CBCA Book of the Year Shortlist announced at noon AEDT.
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9 April, 10am
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Book Launch - This is My Dad by Dimity Powell and Nick Johnstone, at Where the Wild Things Are, West End.
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Yours in promoting literacy from all at the Speakers Ink team,
Sandie, Margie, Jan, Lia, Rob, Matt and James
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New South WalesAuthor, Storyteller / Performer, Educational consultant, Motivational