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Upcoming Events:
Special dates to mark in your diary for 2024 are:
- 22 – 25 April – StoryArts Exhibition at Richard Randall Art Studio
- 24 April – Up Late at the StoryArts Exhibition
- Saturday 4 May – Write Links Meeting
- 18 – 19 May – Illustrators Retreat – Woodlands of Marburg
- Wednesday 22 May – The Narelle Oliver Lecture with Katrina Nannestad @St Aidan’s Anglican Girls School, Corinda
- Friday 7 June – Romancing the Stars – The Lighthouse Toowoomba
- Saturday 8 June – Workshop with Suzanne Leal – Writing Historical Fiction, Brisbane Square Library 2.00 – 3.30pm.
Meetings:
Book Links meetings are held online via ZOOM, generally the Monday evening before the monthly Write Links meetings.
Email the secretary@booklinks.org.au for dates if you are interested in getting involved.
Write Links meetings are generally held on the first Saturday of the month at the State Library of Qld and online. Venues can vary.
The general structure is generally:
● 1:00 pm – Networking
● 2:00 pm – Focus topic or writing activation
● 3.00-5.00 – Critique groups
Workshop meetings are also scattered throughout the year and on those days sessions can begin earlier.
Sometime there is a fee to attend to cover presenter fees.
The next Book Links meeting will be via ZOOM on Monday 29 April from 6pm. If you wish to join in please email info@booklinks.org.au for a link.
The next Write Links meeting will be Saturday 4 May from 1:00 pm at State Library of Qld.
The April Write Links meeting will be held at State Library of Qld in Meeting Room 1B on Saturday 4 May2024. This will be a hybrid meeting so at the point of booking select ‘in person meeting’ or ‘zoom session’. If you book for in person then find you can’t come, you can still join via ZOOM with the link sent in the confirmation email.
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Write Links meeting will be held at State Library of Qld, Meeting Room 1B on Saturday 6 April. This will be a hybrid meeting
● 1:00 pm Write Links networking
● 2:00 pm Topic: Yvonne Mes will lead a session on Creative activation and Collective wisdom.
● 3.00-5.00 Critiquing
2024 Book Links Exhibition: StoryArt
Date: Monday 22 – Thursday 25 April, 2024
Venue: Richard Randall Art Studio, Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, Brisbane
Time: Open Daily from 10:00am – 4:00pm, Wednesday night Up-Late from 5pm.
Join us for the Up Late event at the Book Links Story Art Exhibition This annual event showcases local artist-illustrators whose work includes creating beautiful books for children. The participants will have illustrations, models and other art on display. Books will be available for purchase.
Free admission but please let us know you are coming on Wednesday 24 April, from 5:00pm @Richard Randall Art Studio, Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens.
This year’s artists are:
Deb Taylor-Worley Charlie’s War (written by Vicki Bennett)
Ingrid Bartkowiak Naturopolis (written by Deborah Frenkel)
Sona Babajanyan Goodnight Possum (written by Coral Vass)
Sue Wright will have polymer clay sculptures of mythical and fictional creatures
There will also be a display honouring ANZAC family stories (Jacqui Halpin, Australia Remembers).
Woodlands Retreat – Illustration
Saturday: 18 May 2024
Follow the ‘Bookings link’ to book your spot and for instructions on how to book on site accommodation and meals if required. Dinner in the mansion Saturday night. BOOKINGS
with Katrina Nannestad
What makes a powerful story?
Every reader is unique. What they bring to a story influences how they interpret and respond to it. So how do we begin to determine what makes a story powerful? Drawing from her experience as a disinterested young reader, a primary teacher, a parent and a successful children’s author, Katrina Nannestad will look at the things we might consider when telling, reading and writing stories for children.
Katrina Nannestad is a multi award-winning children’s author. She grew up in country New South Wales in a neighbourhood stuffed full of happy children. Her adult years have been spent teaching, raising boys, perfecting her recipe for chocolate-chip bickies and pursuing her love of stories.
Katrina celebrates family, friendship and belonging in her writing and loves to create stories that bring hope and joy to others. Katrina’s books include Silver Linings, Waiting for the Storks, Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief, We Are Wolves, The Girl Who Brought Mischief and Bungaloo Creek. Her series include The Travelling Bookshop, The Girl, the Dog and the Writer, Lottie Perkins, Olive of Groves, and Red Dirt Diaries.
Katrina now lives on a hillside in central Victoria (in a house, not just in the grass!) with a very silly whippet called Olive and a sensible husband called Bloss.
Members of Book Links $28, non-members $35 Food and drink provided. Wednesday 22 May, 2024, St Aidan’s Anglican Girls’ School, Corinda, 6:00pm for refreshments, 7:00 lecture starts. This lecture is aimed at teachers, teacher-librarians, librarians, parents and any adults with an interest in Children’s Literature.
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