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24.01.2022 The theme has been announced for Book Week 2021. The Children’s Book Council of Australia has announced it will be Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds. Book Week will be celebrated from August 21-27.... Each year since 1945 the CBCA has brought children and books together across Australia through CBCA Book Week. During this time schools and public libraries spend a week celebrating books and Australian children's authors and illustrators. Classroom teachers, teacher librarians and public librarians create colourful displays, develop activities, run competitions and tell stories relating to a theme to highlight the importance of reading. You will often see parades with students dressed as their favourite book character. To find out more about Book Week https://www.cbca.org.au/cbca-book-week Artwork by Shaun Tan.

23.01.2022 Just incase you needs some inspiration to sit and read a wonderful old book this weekend. Stunning photo by @earlydawn22

22.01.2022 From the The Picsees

21.01.2022 We have quite a few of our alumni who have recently released new books. Keep an eye out over the next week for more information about some of their amazing new projects. Are there any other new children’s book you have stumbled upon lately? Would love to hear about them

21.01.2022 You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. - Winnie the Pooh (A. A. Milne)

20.01.2022 Congratulations to our 2018 fellow Amelia Mellor on the release of The Grandest Book Shop in The World. If you would like to attend the online book launch click the link below to grab yourself a ticket. Wishing you much success with the release Amelia.

18.01.2022 Pam Rushby's new book is out with Walker. Middle-grade historical fantasy. A thrilling tale of an orphaned heroine, a mysterious ruined castle in the fens, mummy unwrapping parties, a family of house-keeping cats and a thousand-mile journey up the Nile in (illegal) search of ancient Egyptian mummies. More information attached.

18.01.2022 Wonderful news from Ian Trevaskis about the new release of his YA novel ‘Of Boys and Boats’. Congratulations Ian

18.01.2022 Books full of wishes, dreams and far away places to visit. We are looking for some new volunteers to join our incredible support group based in Adelaide. If you would like to find out more about volunteering for the May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust email though your details to [email protected] for some more information. This beautiful photograph is shared with permission from @nikkihrose

17.01.2022 Congratulations to Dr Don Henderson on the publication of his new book. Don spent a month in complete peace on a May Gibbs Creative Time Residential Fellowship in Canberra and attributes the use of this time to the final publication of his book. Pangea and almost back ... In this time-traveling adventure, Freddie O’Toole is searching for his father, who has disappeared in a plane crash several years earlier. His guardian sends Freddie on a secret expedition to Timor where Freddie and his crusty manservant, Gruntenguile, are chased by Snapahuti headhunters. After a narrow escape, they discover portals that take them back to Pangea and then to ancient Africa where Freddie becomes a contestant in the Tournament of Blood. He meets the leader of master aliens, the Zynes, who unlocks the secret of his missing father and a dastardly deal between the Zynes and the Axis Powers in World War Two. Full-throttle dieselpunk adventure! What a sensational ride Pangea is . . . as it twists and turns, careers around wild unexpected corners from the very start, yet is consummately controlled by the invisible strings of [Henderson's] narration. I love the synthesis of every conceivable thing in the mix hints of Lord of The Rings, Star Wars, epic classical heroes (a la Raiders of the Lost Ark), legends and myths, esoterica, science, para- science, geology, geography, anthropology, history, social iconography, bread and circuses, time travel and . . . Freddy! Kingsley Allen A wild adventure ride packed with non-stop action, intrigue, extraordinary creatures and memorable characters. Great fun! A wild adventure ride packed with non-stop action, intrigue, extraordinary creatures and memorable characters. Great fun! Michael Gerard Bauer You can purchase a copy here https://ipoz.biz/ipstore/

14.01.2022 The sun is beaming over us and we are starting to feel like it's really Summer... Who else is dreaming of the cool sea breeze on their face and the silky sand beneath their toes? This original piece of art is one of May's WWI Postcards c. 1914-18

14.01.2022 We are over the moon: Meg McKinlay has WON the WA Premier's Prize for Writing for Children with her middle grade novel Catch a Falling Star! The judges ca...lled it "poignant and skilful, highlighting the fragility of human life" and we could not be more excited to see this wonderful book recognised. Congrats Meg! See more

13.01.2022 We all can dance, he said, if we find the music that we love. Giraffes Can’t Dance, Giles Andreae

12.01.2022 We're very excited to announce our partnership with Street Library Australia! Street libraries are colourful cubby houses for books planted in your front yard. ...They invite neighbours and passersby to discover a new book, share a love of reading and feel connected with their local community. In the words of our Street Library friends: 'At a time when so much of our lives have become digitised, these tiny vestibules of literary happiness are able to surprise and delight the lives of those who stumble across them and the books that line their shelves.' Thanks to Street Library, each CBCA Branch will be giving one lucky Member their very own street library to install and decorate in time for CBCA Book Week in Term 4. We can't wait to see these little book cubbies in situ! For more information and to buy your very own Street Library, head to their website at: https://streetlibrary.org.au/ #streetlibrary

12.01.2022 Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. Dr Seuss The Lorax

11.01.2022 A child is like a butterfly in the wind. Some can fly higher than others, but each one flies the best it can. Why compare one against the other? Each one is different, each one is special, each one is beautiful.

10.01.2022 Lovely new children’s book All profits from the books sales are heading to Kangaroo Island bush fire recovery too

09.01.2022 We’re thrilled to be welcoming our first CLT Fellow for 2021, Mark Carthew, and you’re invited to join him at a Devonshire Afternoon Tea at Burnside Public Libary on Sunday, April 11 from 2-4pm. Dr Mark Carthew is an award-winning Australian children’s author, poet, musician and educator, well-known for his books and series celebrating language, humour and wordplay. Mark has a PhD in Writing from Swinburne University and he is currently a Teacher Librarian/Literature Speciali...st at Berwick Lodge Primary School, Victoria and an adjunct Research Fellow with Swinburne University of Technology. He is the author of many children's books including his newest editions The Thing That Goes Ping! and The Dingle Dangle Jungle. Bookings are essential and tickets are limited due to COVID-19 restrictions. Follow this link to Eventbrite to book - https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/childrens-author-mark-carth See more

09.01.2022 "Reading shaped my dreams, and more reading helped me make my dreams come true,"-- Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I've moved my May Gibbs fellowship to next Oct due to the pandemic. I will make my dream come true!

08.01.2022 Banksia Men Alongside her sturdy, bare-bottomed gumnut babies, with their huge, transfixed blue eyes, hover always the Banksia men. ''Sitting on almost every branch of Banksia trees,'' write the authors of May Gibbs's new biography, ''she pictured ugly, wicked little men, the central dramatic conflict that haunted the miniature world of the gumnut babies.'' Snipped as published by the @sydneymorningherald ... By Review By Anne Susskind January 28, 2012. See more

07.01.2022 If you have a young reader with a love of dragons check out our 2018 fellow Natalie Jane Prior's new series Naughty Dragons.

05.01.2022 May Gibbs was born in England, emigrating with her family to Australia in 1881 when she was four. She was educated in Perth and London and pursued a career as an illustrator and writer, settling in Sydney in 1913. Here she began to draw her distinctive gumnut and blossom babies, and in 1916 she published Gumnut Babies, the first book in which they appear as characters. The books were an immediate success. Snugglepot and Cuddlepie, Bib and Bub, Little Ragged Blossom, and the Banksia Men became for many a part of the experience of Australian childhood. Quote from A hundred years of gumnut babies, 23 January 2013 by Julia Robinson.

05.01.2022 Introducing Carolyn Goodwin one of our Creative Time Residents Fellows for 2021. Caz Goodwin is a Melbourne-based award-winning author who writes picture books, short stories, poetry and junior fiction. Her work has been published internationally and illustrated by Gus Gordon and Kerry Millard (Australia), Ashley King (UK), Low Joo Hong (Singapore) and others. She heads the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) in Victoria and is on the Young Australian... Best Book Awards (YABBA) council. Website: www.cazgoodwin.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/carolyn.goodwin.338 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cazgoodwin0/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cazgoodwin Welcome Caz we can’t wait to see what you create during your Fellowship.

04.01.2022 Latest news from May Gibbs Children's Literature Trust - https://mailchi.mp//latest-news-from-may-gibbs-childrens-l

03.01.2022 These beautiful sunny days and cold crisp nights are a little bit wonderful really. Beautiful picture by @gabski__

03.01.2022 May Gibbs Fellowship Alumni Susanne Gervay is set to launch the culmination of her work from her Fellowship - Heroes of the Secret Underground. The book will be launched on April 6 by her son. Susanne was a Fellow in Adelaide in 2016. She has acknowledged the support of the May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust in her book.... I loved my time in Adelaide. So any beautiful memories from SCBWI events, the beautiful luncheon, Scotch College . The burrow of course, she wrote in an email to us this week. Also speaking at her launch is 2017 Canberra Fellow Ursula Dubosarsky.

02.01.2022 Congratulations to our 2018 Ian Wilson Memorial Fellowship recipient Amelia Mellor on the release of her new book. . The following is a repost from @dymocks234 A tiny snippet around Amelia Mellor’s brilliant new release: a brief glimpse of the E.W. Cole of the Cole’s Book Arcade in The Grandest Bookshop in the World!... Apart from being the creator of the Arcade, Cole was a man of his times, a visionary and idealist. His passion was the pursuit of knowledge and education for all, and his hopes were for a society free of discrimination and racism so much so that he produced booklets and pamphlets in support of the same. Cole was not always a bookseller having engaged in farming and botanical exploration prior to arriving in Melbourne in 1852 to join the Goldrush but opened his first bookshop in 1865, then his Arcade in 1874 (more on this in another post!). His Arcade grew into one of the largest book-related businesses in Australia, including a publishing arm that included numerous horticultural titles and popular titles such as the much-loved Cole’s Funny Picture Book series (No.1 and No.2 compiled by E.W. Cole himself, and No.3 & No.4 by later family members). The Grandest Bookshop in the World is pictured here with a copy of Cole’s Funny Picture Book No. 3, first produced in 1951 (and kindly loaned to us by one of our staff, Emma), and also on a spread in the book that tells a story of The Magician’s Messenger an apt and fitting background! If you haven't delved into The Grandest Bookshop in the World yet, grab your copy soon - phone or email our team on 96630900 or [email protected], or Click & Collect via www.dymocks.com.au. See more

02.01.2022 Book case dreams Would you like to subscribe to our new email list? Don’t worry we definitely won’t spam you. To hear about our latest news, fellowship announcements and more click the link below to subscribe. ... https://mailchi.mp/maygibbs.org.au/emaillist Beautiful image by @lulumoonowlbooks

02.01.2022 It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. Alice, from Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll This amazing image is by @lulumoonowlbooks

02.01.2022 Sometimes, I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll

01.01.2022 Volunteers wanted We are looking for some new volunteers to join our incredible support group based in Adelaide. If you would like to find out more about volunteering for the May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust email though your details to [email protected] for some more information.