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CBCA ACT Branch eNews:
2018 Issue 4, 21 July 2018
Welcome to issue 4 of the CBCA ACT Branch eNewsletter for 2018.
In this Issue
- Membership
- A word from our President
- Romancing the Stars
- May Gibbs - celebrating 100 years
- Spotlight partnership
- Lady Cutler Award
- CBCA NSW Branch Kids Book of the Year event
- CBCA eStore - Book Week Merchandise
CBCA ACT Branch
info@cbcaact.org.au
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MEMBERSHIP
You've subscribed but have you thought about becoming a member?
You can join the ACT Branch of the Children’s Book Council of Australia by clicking the link below.
Information on the benefits of joining is available at http://cbcaact.org.au/membership/ plus membership forms that you can print.
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JULIE LONG OAM - PRESIDENT OF THE CBCA ACT BRANCH
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Hello everyone,
June and July turned out to be busier than I expected! The Romancing the Stars night is coming up soon and it will be wonderful to hear what some of our local story creators are working on or have recently had published. They each have different ways of organising their lives to find extra time to create and it is exciting to hear what will be appearing soon. The Christmas Book Appeal will be launched at the beginning of August and if you wanted to bring a donation of a book/books to any of our events that would be fine. Then we will have the Awards Announcement at 11.30am in the Theatre at the National Library. There will be school children performing and so far seven local authors will be attending and doing book signings. Prior to the big announcement the Branch will present our own award to a student from ACU.
I hope to see you at these upcoming events.
Julie Long OAM
President
CBCA ACT Branch
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WEDNESDAY 25 JULY 2018
6PM - 9PM
Listen as a panel of Story Creators from Canberra share their insights into the creative processes behind their works - both already published and in the pipeline.
Creators & Speakers: Craig Cormick, Pauline Deeves, Jacqueline de Rose-Ahern, Jack Heath, Kerry Malone and Maura Pierlot
ALIA HOUSE 9/11 Napier Close, Deakin
COST: $15 members, $25 non-members (Light Supper included)
RSVP: Monday 23 July 2018 Event Code: CSCN18
A certificate of attendance will be available for teacher identified TQI purposes.
- https://www.trybooking.com/399300
http://cbcaact.org.au/event_calendar/romancing-the-stars-2018/final-romancing-the-stars-2018/
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Get ready for CBCA Book Week: 19-26 August 2018
CBCA announces Spotlight as exclusive costume partner to help bring CBCA Book Week to life!
The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced Australia’s craft and DIY superstore, Spotlight, as exclusive costume partner for CBCA Book Week (August 18-24, 2018). CBCA and Spotlight both embrace and promote creativity, and CBCA is excited to partner with Spotlight to assist us connect the community with literature for young Australians. As exclusive costume partner, Spotlight will help communities across Australia bring Australian children’s literature and CBCA Book Week to life in fun and exciting ways.
Nick Casey, Communications Manager, Spotlight, believes that creativity is vital to the development of young people. “CBCA Book Week has become an iconic part of Australian children’s calendar. We’re excited to be working with the CBCA to help bring our favorite stories and characters to life. We know that book parades and dressing up helps to foster a love of Australian literature, and as the exclusive costume partner, Spotlight is excited to be help bring the imagination of young people to life.”
CBCA National Chair, Professor Margot Hillel OAM, said the partnership with Spotlight will help CBCA continue to engage the community with literature for young people as the CBCA brings children and books together to celebrate CBCA Book Week. During this time, schools, libraries, booksellers, authors and children celebrate Australian children’s literature through Australian book character parades and amazing displays. “With this partnership, we are particularly pleased to be able to showcase the work of celebrated children’s author/illustrator Anna Walker. Anna’s interpretation of the Find Your Treasure theme was created with mixed media including gouache and collage and lends itself well to fun classroom projects such as diorama and poster making.”
To get inspired head to your nearest Spotlight store to see Anna Walker’s illustrations and pick up your DIY or ready-to-wear CBCA Book Week costumes.
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| Join us at our Lady Cutler Event to announce the recipient of the Lady Cutler Award. To be held from 6pm on Friday 14th September 2018 in the sumptuous surrounds of the Royal Automobile Club, Sydney.
BOOK NOW (NOTE: TRY BOOKING LINK)
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Order your 2018 Merchandise now!
Please support us and order through the CBCA NSW Branch office.
Order form here.
The 2018 Book Week merchandise signature and social media tile are also available as a free download from the CBCA website.
Some of our valued partners have developed handbooks to help teachers, teacher librarians and other educators bring CBCA Book Week 2018 to life.
These handbooks from The Book Curator, the Ipswich District Teacher Librarian Network (IDTLN) and Zart contain ideas and activities for celebrating CBCA Book Week and are available via the CBCA eStore under the category 'Handbooks for CBCA Book Week 2018'.
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