Children's Book eNews August 2015

CBCA Awards, Children's Book Week, Melbourne Writers Festival, Behind-the-Scenes on TWO WOLVES, Room to Read, CBCA Big Book Day Out

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Hi
I hope this finds you well and happy.

I've been talking books and telling tall stories at Splendour in the Grass in Byron Bay, Whitsunday Voices, Melbourne Writers Festival and lots of schools. And I was lucky enough to attend the CBCA Book of the Year announcement in Melbourne to receive an Honour Book award for TWO WOLVES!

Enjoy this month's eNews. And remember, the MY LIFE writing competition for 8-13 year-olds closes tonight, 31 Aug at 11:59pm!

Tristan.

CBCA Book of the Year Awards
I was fortunate enough to attend this year's Children's Book Council of Australia Awards ceremony at Melbourne Town Hall and to pick up an Honour Book award for Two Wolves. It was a proud moment and a fantastic day to be part of. Click here to see all the pictures from the day, including Freya Blackwood's extraordinary three-award sweep!

Children's Book Week

Congratulations to the teachers, librarians, authors, illustrators, Melbourne Writers Festival staff and volunteers, parents, kids and teens who made this the best Book Week ever. Thanks for all the work you do to inspire young readers to pick up a book and tell their own stories.

Here is my Book Week 2015 in pictures and a few words.

Behind-the-Scenes: TWO WOLVES
I have been blogging about the writing process on my book TWO WOLVES including:
The Vision Board
The Book Soundtrack
Five Books That Influenced the Writing
Five Things I Learned While Writing TWO WOLVES

TWO WOLVES teaching resources can be downloaded here.

CBCA Big Book Day Out

If you're in Sydney on Sunday 13 September, join me, Jacqueline Harvey, Gus Gordon, Yvette Poshglian, R.A. Spratt, Sue Whiting and, of course, Grug, for the CBCA Big Book Day Out in Callan Park Rozelle. Lots of live talks, illustration, giveaways and creativity in a FREE family event.

Help Raise 40,000 Books for Kids in Nepal
The Room to Read World Change Challenge is going great-guns with schools all over Australia FUNdraising to help us raise $40,000 to buy 40,000 books for Nepalese kids affected by the earthquake. We still have a long way to go and the challenge is open till October so please get in touch if you'd like to join in!

This year I have the support of an incredible team of writer-ambassadors including Deborah Abela, Jacqueline Harvey, Melina Marchetta, Susanne Gervay and Gus Gordon. Here, you can read about why Oliver and Jacquie support Room to Read.

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