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Deb Fitzpatrick

Locality: Fremantle, Western Australia

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25.01.2022 COVID-19 has resulted in kids missing out on things sport, music, awesome writing programs ... But The Literature Centre has held onto its vision and has stepped into the digital world to bring an end to at least one of those losses. And going online means that all sorts of students and schools who wouldnt ordinarily be able to be part of the program, due to geography, can now do so easily. With Meg McKinlay and Isobelle Carmody and moi delivering Term 2s material, what have you got to lose? See you online!

25.01.2022 The Tim Winton Award for Young Writers opens on Monday 20 July and closes Friday 14 August. With multiple categories for Western Australian students of all ages, its a wonderful way to begin taking your writing more seriously. https://www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/timwintonaward

25.01.2022 Dara McAnulty has won the 2020 Wainwright Prize, making him the youngest ever winner of a major literary prize. Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the then 15-year-olds intense connection to the natural world alongside his perspective as an autistic teenager juggling exams, friendships and a life of campaigning. I cant wait to read this!

24.01.2022 Super proud to see old school and uni friend Tony Hughes-daeth take up the position of Chair of Australian Literature at UWA! Literature brings out dimensions to life that are sometimes missed in the transactions of everyday discussions. But it also opens a door to our deepest beliefs, fears and hopes. It is really important in a country like Australia, with its complex colonial history, that literature exists as a space for thinking through who we are. Tony Hughes-daeth

24.01.2022 Some upcoming writing competitions for young Australian scribes, with thanks to Melinda Tognini's fabulous blog!

23.01.2022 So many events happening for writerly types kids and adults alike!

23.01.2022 Need a writer or illustrator?Check out Paper Bird Childrens Books and Arts new Speakers Agency!

23.01.2022 What an absolutely lovely way to start the new year! Can't wait to bring a new title in the Aussie STEM Stars series to readers, and very excited to work with Wild Dingo Press.

22.01.2022 Many people have said to me, What a pity you had such a big family to raise. Think of the novels and the short stories and the poems you never had time to write because of that. And I looked at my children and I said, These are my poems, these are my stories. OLGA MASTERS The Olga Masters Short Story Award seeks stories that explore Australian rural family life. What a lovely theme. Entries close Friday 10 July 2020.

22.01.2022 "As a First Nations writer and the child of refugees, I feel a strong compulsion to say to emerging writers: you matter. Your story matters. Im listening. Together we can make change happen." Melissa Lucashenko, author and co-judge of the SBS Emerging Writers Competition.

22.01.2022 Proud to have been able to make a donation from my royalties to this awesome organisation working so hard to help Australias rarest mammal. Huge thanks to readers, teachers and librarians who have bought copies of The Spectacular Spencer Gray and care so much about our fragile environment. Fremantle Press @GilbertsPotorooActionGroup https://www.potoroo.org

22.01.2022 If youre looking for something to entertain the kids with for an hour, check out @Cristy Byrne author and science writers talk that she did as part of LitFest2444. Cristys first Facebook Live talk is all about science and writing, and how the two can go hand in hand to create something spectacular its sure to be inspiring for kids who want to give creative writing a go! With thanks to Fremantle Press for their original post. Watch it here: https://buff.ly/3f4eWrG

22.01.2022 I had a lot of fun doing this and talked like a nutter for most of my session. Some wonderful WA writers and illustrators in this series. Thanks Paper Bird Childrens Books and Arts!

18.01.2022 A sniffily condescending readers report from Macmillan, her then publisher in London, prompted her to withdraw the book. Soon after, she pretty well gave up writing.

18.01.2022 Kids aged from 10 to 13 come and join me on Tuesday 14 July at 11am! But be quick bookings close at COB Friday 10 July. Shire of Mundaring The Literature Centre Fremantle Press

18.01.2022 This is the only kind of panic shopping we want to see in Australia from now on ... Books! Go crazy, everyone!

17.01.2022 I am not a literate person. I have never gone to any school, but I feel very proud that an illiterate person like me has become a source for education for children who want to learn. Murad, camel librarian.

15.01.2022 In these self-isolating times, there is literally nothing more comforting than a book. And bookshops are coming to the party, many of them delivering for free in an attempt to keep their businesses afloat and food on writers tables. So, for those in a position to do so, please support authors and illustrators as more and more of their events book launches, festivals and school visits get cancelled. https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au//australian-booksho/

15.01.2022 Many of Australias best known picture book authors and illustrators began right here, with the CBCA Make Your Own Story Book Competition. Here, Sean E. Avery offers interested participants a cool how-to video. Entries open until 24 July 2020!

13.01.2022 I know book clubs are still happening out there ... the excellent one Im part of has gone online for the corona-duration. How about getting a Freo Press writer or illustrator to join you all one evening over a glass of wine? Sound fun? Heres how you do it ... https://www.fremantlepress.com.au//10975-how-to-invite-a-f @FremantlePress #FremantlePress

13.01.2022 Thanks to the staff and students of Karratha Senior High School and the amazing bunch at The Literature Centre for arranging my visit to the Pilbara last week. What great kids, excellent teachers and stunning country. #gratitude #kidswriting #writingworkshops #cbcabookweek2020 #teachersmatter

12.01.2022 Love how these Australian authors say don't worry about the (crazy) 50,000 word target and set your own goal for NaNoWriMo. Might try it myself!

11.01.2022 This is just brilliant! Talk about seeing a classic in a whole new way!

11.01.2022 The cover got me.

11.01.2022 Poets young and old, this competition is for you! Prizes for primary and secondary students, and teachers! Submissions close 10 July. https://redroomcompany.org/projects/poetry-object/

11.01.2022 Hot tips for young writers! Thanks Fremantle Press xxx

10.01.2022 Frog and Toad, like their forebears in The Wind in the Willows, may bumble about the forest in tweed sports coats, but the accumulated weight of the tales is unexpectedly moving. Though each short story begins with the premise of an adventure, the plot twist is that, invariably, nothing really happens. Phillip Makiac

10.01.2022 This really is such an awesome festival, cough cough. There are events for kids of all ages mural painting, writing, theatre, a sensorium, circus ... Get into it!

10.01.2022 Winch is of Wiradjuri heritage and her book is based on real events and people. Sounds like an incredible read. https://www.smh.com.au//tara-june-winch-sweeps-nsw-premier

10.01.2022 In these uncertain times, I cant tell you how happy I am to hear that the CBCA has decided to postpone Childrens Book Week to Term 4. So librarians, teachers, parents and kids, take heart! The show will go on!

09.01.2022 Education Minister Dan Tehan has a Bachelor of Arts, a Masters of Foreign Affairs and a Master of International Relations. Thanks for standing up for the arts degree, Dan. My own Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts have seen me constantly employed and fulfilled.

09.01.2022 This is such a beautiful thing.

09.01.2022 And now for something completely lighthearted ... Check out these opening lines of literary classics, rewritten with coronavirus in mind. The new version of Moby Dick made me laugh out loud. Thanks to the English Teachers Association of WA for this.

09.01.2022 Empty taxi cabs cruising along avenues with bankrupt drivers Haiku in the time of Coronavirus, by New York frontline workers.

06.01.2022 https://debfitzpatrick.com.au/how-to-be-an-author-all-your/

05.01.2022 One of my all-time favourite picture books, Owl Babies, being read to ... owl babies!!!!

05.01.2022 It is profoundly consoling to feel part of a larger conversation about our relationship to this planet, particularly with younger readers, in whose imagination the future is already taking shape. Shaun Tan, winner of the 2020 Kate Greenaway Medal

04.01.2022 Cant wait to chat to great friend and wonderful writer Brigid Lowry at City of Cockburn libraries next month. Bookings required but its a free event so hope to see you there!

04.01.2022 Calling young writers aged 12 and under! Alphabet Soup, the awesome website for Australias young writers, has just updated its competitions page. I know many of you are heading back to school, but if you have any free time at all, this is the time to get scribbling ... you never know what might happen! https://alphabetsoup.net.au/comps-for-kids/

03.01.2022 WAYBRA 2021's theme and dates have been announced! Don't forget to vote for your favourite books.

03.01.2022 This is StoryLab, a creative hub based in Fremantle where young creative thinkers can explore and develop their skills. It's a place where kids have space to think and create. Sort of like climbing trees, mentally. Paper Bird Children's Books and Arts Globe Town-Project

02.01.2022 Never did a library shelf make me happier! (It's the books on either side of mine that do it.) Thanks Murray City Library Shire of Murray Pinjarra Senior High School St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and Austin Cove Baptist College. And Meg McKinlay and Bren MacDibble love your work.

01.01.2022 "I hate to offer cliches, but I mean this in the truest sense: it changed my life." Robbie Arnott on reading Goulds Book of Fish by Richard Flanagan.

01.01.2022 YA readers in the Freo surrounds might be interested in this book club ...

01.01.2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtrOi2Y-B8A

01.01.2022 The core idea of a sweet and nerdy crew of schoolchildren taking field trips into scientific concepts, bodily parts, into space and back to the age of dinosaurs and always led by their teacher, the intrepid Ms. Frizzle eventually spun out into dozens of tie-ins and more than 93 million copies in print, plus a beloved television show that aired for 18 years in more than 100 countries.