Children’s Book Council of Australia Bathurst Sub-branch

Calling all interested people – do you have a love of children's books? Do you care about what children are reading? Do you want to show children the beauty of books? Do you want to see more Australian literature taught in our schools? Do you want to help bring literary events and author visits to the local area for our children? Do you want to support Australian Children's Authors and illustrators and the Australian Publishing industry? We are seeking people who have an interest in children's books to help form a sub-branch of the Children's Book Council of Australia in Bathurst. Become involved, get to meet authors and illustrators, and help bring them to the region to meet our children. If you would like more information please contact Jeff Doherty on 0427 603 822 or send an email to jefferyedoherty@gmail.com.

Childrens Book Council NSW Frustrated Writers Mentoring Program Awards 2008

This is a mentoring opportunity for unpublished writers who are writing for children. Children's Book Council (NSW) Frustrated Writers Mentoring Program Awards for 2008 are now open for all unpublished writers living in NSW and writing for children. This highly successful mentoring program, funded by ArtsNSW, has nurtured emerging writers for nearly a decade. Entries close on Monday 30 May for three categories of writers: Junior (under 15 years), Young Adult (15 to 20) and Senior (over 20). All kinds of writing are acceptable as entries and appropriate mentors are carefully chosen to help award winners to improve their work. Go to the CBCA(NSW) website, scroll down the news page for the entry form, conditions of entry, award results and judges' comments: www.cbc.org.au/nsw. Give it a go.

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