The Make Your Own Story Book competition for 2011 is well underway. Students in years 1-8 at school and those who are home schooled are invited to submit an entry. The competition closes Friday 3rd June. The MYOSB competition is held annually and attracts entries from young people across the state. There are categories for [...]
Continue Reading Add comment 2 May 2011
The Make Your Own Story Book Competition is held annually and attracts entries from young people across the state. There are categories for picture books, story books and short novels. Winners are honoured at an event in August during Children’s Book Week. 2010 Entry Form Hints for Teacher Librarians How to make a book NOTE: [...]
Continue Reading Add comment 29 April 2010
Hopefully you’ve already made your submission to the Inquiry into school libraries and teacher librarians in Australian schools. If you haven’t, there’s still time! There are instructions on how to prepare your submission. There is no prescribed form for a submission to a parliamentary committee. Submissions may be in the form of a letter, a [...]
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Attention Teachers and Teacher Librarians Schools that are institutional members of the CBCA (WA Branch) are invited to participate in The Readers’ Cup, a quiz based on three categories of the CBCA Book of the Year Awards Short List. The 6th annual Readers’ Cup quiz will be held during Children’s Book Week at Christ Church [...]
Continue Reading Add comment 22 March 2010
This long weekend the Perth Writers’ Festival is happening as part of the Perth International Arts Festival. Writers and illustrators from around Australia and the world, including our own local talent, are converging on UWA. Due to summer’s return on the eve of autumn, festival goers will have to bring their sunscreen and a hat. [...]
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