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Under the Silver Tree

Locality: Broken Hill, New South Wales

Phone: +61 8 8000 1942

Address: 29 Sulphide Street 2880 Broken Hill, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 Book club tonight had a theme of books with colours in the title or a colourful cover. Next month’s theme is books by South American authors, or set in a South American country so come join us - second Wednesday of the month out the back of the junction hotel at 7.30. Everyone is welcome

25.01.2022 A very big congratulations to the bookshop for funding success in the CASP Country Arts Support Grants. More details: Under the Silver Tree Cooperative Bookshop Ltd BROKEN HILL WRITERS’ FESTIVAL ($3,945)... Published writers, living in or closely associated with Broken Hill and the Western region will meet groups of local and visiting people to discuss their ideas and work and to promote writing at the Broken Hill Community Centre in May 2021. See more

25.01.2022 My Place is an autobiography written by artist Sally Morgan in 1987. It is about Morgan's quest for knowledge of her family's past and the fact that she has grown up under false pretences. The book is a milestone in Aboriginal literature and is one of the earlier works in indigenous writing.

24.01.2022 We are very excited to announce that the winner of The Visitor writing competition was Lynette McKenzie of Buronga! Congratulations to Lyn and also to all of the other entrants - there was a wonderful variety of responses to the theme and we hope you will all keep writing! Thank you to our partners Broken Hill City Library, Wentworth Libraries and West Darling Arts. We were delighted with how many entries we received for this competition and also how many people went online to read and vote.

23.01.2022 Are you a creative writer? Everyone has a story to tell. Voices of Women is looking for yours! This writing competition invites you to submit a story around the word 'entanglement'. What is this world in which we are entangled? How, where or when do we connect? All women are invited to enter stories up to 800 words. Winning entry receives $100 plus the stories will be read by professional actors in live and filmed performances around International Women's Month 2021. More details here: www.voicesofwomen.com/entanglement

22.01.2022 Beautifully written + illustrated by Wentworth author, Marg Whyte, this book would make a great gift!

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21.01.2022 Black Inc. is pleased to announce that submissions are open for Growing Up in Country Australia, a new anthology, edited by Rick Morton, which will explore the diverse experiences of Australians growing up outside cities and large regional centres. They are looking for non-fiction pieces that deal with any aspect of growing up in rural Australia in all its vast diversity. They encourage submissions from First Nations writers, writers of colour, writers with a disability and... writers with a migrant background. Editor Rick Morton says: ‘I think anyone who has spent formative years in the country has a secret. It might be a good one, or a dark one, and in most cases it resembles nothing of our national myth. I want to know what your secret is.’ DEADLINE: 22 January 2021. Late entries will not be accepted. further details: https://www.blackincbooks.com.au//growing-country-australi

19.01.2022 Join us tomorrow night (Friday) for the announcement of the winners of our writing competition. The winning works will be read out, there will be music, food and drinks! All welcome - at the Broken Hill Art Exchange courtyard at 6.30 pmJoin us tomorrow night (Friday) for the announcement of the winners of our writing competition. The winning works will be read out, there will be music, food and drinks! All welcome - at the Broken Hill Art Exchange courtyard at 6.30 pm

18.01.2022 I did shed a tear. Does anyone else have a similar story?

17.01.2022 Congratulations Lynette!!!

17.01.2022 Our biggest apologies to anyone who came to the shop on Saturday - there was a rostering stuff-up and we didn’t open Our biggest apologies to anyone who came to the shop on Saturday - there was a rostering stuff-up and we didn’t open

17.01.2022 There is a lot to like about this, including eating chocolates and reading!

16.01.2022 Love Australian Working Dogs? This collector’s book would make a great present.

15.01.2022 This month the Bookclub’s theme is the books you have always wanted to read but never got around to. Geoff, one of our wonderful volunteers, will be presenting his collection of unread books over the next week. Feel free to comment or review for him!

14.01.2022 Being a not-for-profit cooperative that was created to provide the town with a bookshop as well as projects to encourage writing, such as our writing competitions and upcoming writers' festival, it is great to get support for what we do so that we can do more of it and better! We would like to acknowledge the support of Broken Hill City council for providing us with a community Assistance Grant for the purchase of a laptop computer

14.01.2022 Yes, there is a section in the bookshop labelled 'escape'. Come and check out some summer reading!

13.01.2022 Celebrating NAIDOC Week Call in and check out the range of books from Indigenous authors in stock. Our knowledgeable staff are more than willing to recommend books to you.

10.01.2022 Happy summer holiday reading from all of the team at the Under the Silver Tree Bookshop. A big thank you to all of our supporters and a bigger thankyou to our volunteers, who do a fabulous job front-of-house!

09.01.2022 Paul Bocuse might have disagreed.....

09.01.2022 BROKEN HILL WRITERS' FESTIVAL Under the Silver Tree Bookshop Sat 29 - Sun 30 May 2021 Calling all aspiring writer! Under the Silver Tree Bookshop is excited to present a Writers' Festival in Broken Hill.... Programme Details Saturday 29 May 10 - 11.30 Barbara de Franceschi - How to start writing 12.30 - 2 Deb Hunt - Non-fiction writing 3 - 4.30 Jack Marx - How to get your work published 6.30 - 8.30 Poetry Open Mic at the Broken Hill Art Exchange with MC Maureen Clarke presenting the poetry of Annettte Herd and David Doyle Sunday 30 May 9 - 11 Lori Emmett - Learn about and write Fan Fiction 11.30 - 1.30 Christine Adams - Family history, local history 2 - 4 Jason King - Script writing for short films Contact the Under the Silver Tree Co-operative Bookshop for the registration form. Please register by the Wed 26 May. Registration fee is $10. This project is supported by Create NSW's Country Arts Support Program CASP. Under the Silver Tree 29 Sulphide Street Broken Hill

08.01.2022 Check out these book gift ideas ....

05.01.2022 How good is this?

05.01.2022 This extraordinary book caught my eye in the bookshop’s window. It contains reproduction’s of Frederic Bonney’s photographs of Indigenous people and country from the Paroo River. A must have resource for any one interested in the history and culture of the Paroo and Darling Rivers, photography and Historical collections. There are a number of new copies in stock at $25.

04.01.2022 Welcome to Leanne, the newest bookshop volunteer recuit. Leanne is taking a break from teaching at the Sacred Heart School in Broken Hill and is happy to help out and recommend some gem reading material. Here is Leanne’s pick of the week, which apparently is set in a local town!

03.01.2022 Visiting Broken Hill? On your way to a border? Check out our great range of local art and culture books on the shelf.

02.01.2022 This week's Feature Artist is Deb Hunt Deb is an author, journalist and writer for the Flying Doctor Service who is presenting a workshop for the 2021 Broken Hill Writers' Festival on the 29 May. Deb Hunt has worked in public relations and as a journalist and copywriter for many years in the UK and in Australia, including stints with Australian House and Garden magazine, the Royal Flying Doctor Service and the Commonwealth Bank. She has published articles on travel, photograp...hy, gardening, renovating, interior design, and health and beauty, Deb is also the author of three books of non-fiction. Her biography, Dream Wheeler was self-published and her next two books Love in the Outback and Australian Farming Families were both published by Pan Macmillan. Deb has won several awards for writing, including the Short Story Award in Broken Hill’s Under the Silver Tree Writing Competition. Her play script, Clean Sweep, won Best Play in Broken Hill’s Short and Sweet Theatre Festival. Register by 26 May for the Broken Hill Writers' Festival via Under the Silver Tree Bookshop 29 Sulphide St Broken Hill. Registration fee is $10.