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Back in Brisbane
News | Posted by Carole on Tuesday 29 January 2008
I spent the long weekend in Brisbane. Dragon Moon didn’t win the Aurealis Award, but I had a good time catching up with fellow authors, and meeting some that I hadn’t met before, as well as the people who did such a terrific job of organising the awards and the presentation ceremony.
Here I am with some of the chaps—Jack Heath, Michael Pryor and Marc McBride—at the Aurealis Awards Ceremony last Saturday.
Marc’s World of Monsters was joint winner with Briony Stewart’s Kumiko and the Dragon in the short fiction category. Kate Forsyth’s Chain of Charms series won the long fiction category. Congratulations to Kate, Marc and Briony.
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Spanish Dragon Moon and Greek Dragonkeeper covers
Website | Posted by Webmaster on Tuesday 15 January 2008
Covers for the Spanish edition of Dragon Moon and the Greek edition of Dragonkeeper have just been added.
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Inside a Dog
News | Posted by Carole on Tuesday 8 January 2008
A while back I did a post about books that people who have enjoyed Dragonkeeper might like to read. As I mentioned at the time, I haven’t read all of them, so I can’t give an opinion about which is the best or anything like that. Recently Maddison asked me which ones weren’t scary, as she doesn’t like scary books. I couldn’t answer that either. What I suggested is that she find a website that is about books for kids.
I know of one, because this particular website is managed by my daughter Lili at the Centre for Youth Literature here in Melbourne. The site is called Inside a Dog. There you will find lists of books, reviews by young people, first chapters to try out. There is also a different writer in residence every month who posts regularly on a blog. The current writer in residence is Michael Pryor, who writes great fantasy books and is one of the creators of the Quentaris series. There is also a forum called Your Say. That is where you could make contact with other young readers who might be able to answer particular questions. Have a browse around it. I found a great list called Life After Harry which lists 100 books that Harry Potter readers might like.
Every year Inside a Dog runs teenage choice awards (the only one in Australia for teens) called the Inkys. Here are this year’s winners.
Inside a Dog is a website for teenagers, and not all books will be suitable for younger readers. In the After Harry list, titles with a Y next to them are suitable for younger readers.
Happy reading!
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Lazy
Uncategorized | Posted by Carole on Friday 4 January 2008
I have been very lazy and haven’t blogged for ages. I meant to do a Christmas blog, but I ate too much. Then I meant to do a holiday blog, but I just sat in a chair and read. Now it’s too hot.
Fortunately my daughter Lili did a blog about our Christmas Day, and one about our holiday break in the country, so if you really want to know, you can read her blog.
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Art from Molesworth Primary School
Website | Posted by Webmaster on Wednesday 2 January 2008
Nine pieces of art from children at Molesworth Primary School in Tasmania are now up on the readers’ art page.