WA Branch Newsletter Issue #2 April 2017 Page 1
The Newsletter of
The Children’s Book Council of Australia
WA Branch (Inc.)
PO Box 473, West Perth WA 6872 Email: [email protected] No. 2 April 2017
Editor: Jan Nicholls Email: [email protected]
WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?
2017 Executive & Committee
CBCA Book of the Year Notables
and Short List
A Night with our Stars report
National Simultaneous Storytime
Book launches
Paper Bird Hot Desk Fellowship
Spotlight on SCBWI
Between the Lines Litfest
and much more...
Committee Meetings are held at 7pm on the third Wednesday of every month at Oasis Lotteries House, 37 Hampden Road,
Nedlands. All welcome to attend.
Newsletter deadlines for 2017: Issue 3: Friday 2 June, Issue 4: Friday 1 September, Issue 5: Friday 3 November
Please email items of interest to the Editor [email protected] NEW EDITOR NEEDED! Apply within!
2017 Executive: Elizabeth Allen, Secretary; Jan Nicholls, President; Suzanne Pearse, Treasurer and Felicia Harris, Vice President
Inset: WA Board Representative, Angela Briant
Margaret Hamilton cutting her
retirement cake after 56 years of
service to CBCA
Shortlisted titles by WA creators
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From the President
The WA Branch AGM was held on Wednesday 5 April at Penrhos College. Vice President, Felicia Harris chaired the meeting, formal business was kept to a brief minimum. Thanks were recorded to Sue Stopher, Immediate Past President, retiring WA Board Representative, Steve Halbert and to long-serving members Eve Morrissey and Dominique Ward who are taking a break from the committee in 2017.
The new Executive was elected, continuing committee members were thanked for their ongoing support and two new committee members were welcomed—Kelly Canby and Jodie Davidson.
Jennifer Jackson from Paper Bird Books was a warm and engaging guest speaker. Audience members were fascinated to see a slim blue volume Inside Perth’s Bookshops that gave us a glimpse into the history and
development of specialist and independent bookshops in Perth
including Haddons, and were delighted to hear that the Barwell family tradition continues with Muriel’s daughter, Jane, who is heavily involved with children’s books and running Paper Bird story time sessions. Jen’s passion for a ‘space dedicated to kids and not just the corner of a regular bookshop’ is infectious and one has to admire her drive, vision and sense of community in aiming to keep books for children relevant and accessible.
On April 6-7 President Jan Nicholls and Independent Board Director Angela Briant attended the National CBCA AGM and Board Meeting in Melbourne. This was an ideal opportunity to meet other Branch Presidents face to face and discuss items of interest to our respective branches. At the ensuing April committee meeting Angela was unanimously elected as our WA Branch Board Representative.
After 56 years of service to the CBCA the seemingly indefatigable Margaret Hamilton has resigned from her role as Deputy Chair of the Board and from the Awards Foundation but will retain a connection by joining the Committee of Responsible Persons. Margot Hillel, Board Chair, presented Margaret with a beautiful hand-made glass bowl. On behalf of the WA Branch I commend Margaret for her tireless efforts and thank her for so many years of dedicated service. Without Margaret (and June
Smith) the Awards Foundation, which funds the Book of the Year Awards would not exist. The AF fund currently stands at $1, 172, 000 and Margaret would dearly love it to reach $2 million by the end of 2017. To donate please refer to the last page of this newsletter or to the CBCA website. Thank you for electing me WA Branch President. It is an honour and privilege. I look forward to working with the Committee as we continue to run our signature events, support and promote our amazingly talented creators in WA and strengthen our partnerships with similar groups such as SCBWI raising community awareness of who we are and the important role books play in the lives of our children. I look forward to meeting you soon at a future WA Branch event. Jan Nicholls
2017 WA Branch Committee
EXECUTIVE
President Jan Nicholls
Vice President Felicia Harris
Secretary Elizabeth Allen
Treasurer Suzanne Pearse
Immediate Past President Sue Stopher
Ex officio Chloe Mauger
WA Board Representative Angela Briant
COMMITTEE
Nola Allen
Joanna Andrew
Angela Briant
Kelly Canby
Sharon Coppin
Dee Cunninghame
Jodie Davidson
Mary Gimondo
Trish Montgomery
Karina Oliver
Aniek Ragan
Denise Robins
Gail Spiers
Sally Woffenden
Jo Andrew, Nola Allen, Felicia Harris and Kelly Canby
Elizabeth Allen, Myrtle Spiers and Gay Tierney
Rebecca Newman, Jenni Woodroffe and Chloe Mauger
President, Jan Nicholls and Jen Jackson
Margot Hillel and Margaret Hamilton
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CBCA Book of the Year Notables and Short List 2017
The announcement of the Notables in late February, a whole month before the Short List, is a wonderful new initiative which
allows for greater recognition and celebration of the depth of talent in the Australian children’s literature community. Short
lists by their very nature are limited and inevitably some very worthy titles miss out by the tiniest of margins. The Notables list
goes some way towards recognising this dilemma and redressing the situation. Here at the WA Branch
we are particularly proud of our WA authors and illustrators featured in this list as well as our local
publishers Fremantle Press and Magabala Books in Broome.
Older Readers: Meg Caddy and Dianne Touchell
Younger Readers: Lee Battersby, Paula Hayes and Dianne Wolfer
Early Childhood: Davina Bell, Sally Morgan, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Kylie Howarth and Danny Parker
Picture Books: Danny Parker, Davina Bell, Karen Blair, Raewyn Caisley, Gabriel Evans, Chris Nixon, Chris Owen, Danny Parker and Mel Tregonning
Information Books: Mark Greenwood
You can find the full Notables list plus cover images of the books and publishing details here.
https://cbca.org.au/notables-2017
WA is represented in the Short List this year by Waer by Meg Caddy in the Older Readers category;
Chip by Kylie Howarth in the Early Childhood category; Magabala Books with Mrs Whitlam by Bruce
Pascoe in the Younger Readers category and Small Things by Mel Tregonning in the Crichton Award for
new illustrators. The full lists are available at the following links.
https://cbca.org.au/short-list-2017
https://cbca.org.au/crichton-award-2017
We wish all candidates the very best of luck and eagerly await the
announcement of the winners at the 71st CBCA Awards Presentation
which will be held in Hobart on Friday 18 August.
The committee is considering the implications of the move to the new awards judging structure where judges are assigned a
particular category rather than reading all categories. Our WA Judges for 2017-18, Ruth Campbell-Hicks and Margaret Merga,
are reading the Early Childhood and Older Readers categories respectively.
We are still determining the form our traditional Judges’ Talks will now take and hope to have information out to members
soon. Visual presentations in the form of video clips and PowerPoint slideshows will be provided by the current judges and will
be incorporated into our program of events. As always we will endeavour to select presentation venues both north and south
of the river in the metropolitan area and in regional areas wherever possible.
Please check our website for up-to-date news plus our WA Branch Facebook page. We will also post information on WASLANet
and WAIN as it becomes available.
Judges’ Talks
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A Night With Our Stars
An enthusiastic audience of nearly 200 supporters gathered at the Bendat Parent & Community Centre on 2 March for our 14th ANWOS. The spacious venue offered comfortable seating, excellent sound and vision of the presenters, a display area to peruse and buy books plus a room for book-signings and space to network while enjoying the delicious refreshments. Many starry creators, both familiar and new, were spotted mingling in the crowd.
President, Sue Stopher briefly welcomed everyone before Jan Nicholls took charge as MC for the evening. 2016 was such a bumper year for children’s publishing in WA that not all those eligible could be included in the program. 22 presenters were invited to participate – 7 for the first time (including Lee Battersby, Violet Tregonning, Meg Caddy and Paula Hayes). We trialled a new ‘Three in One’ segment for first-timers Nadia King, Monique Mulligan and Teena Raffa-Mulligan who were delighted to have their say, no matter how brief. More than half the speakers were represented in the ‘long-list’ of the Notables, which added an extra festive air to the evening.
It is always impressive to hear and see what these talented people can do in their allotted three minutes and we listened to many insightful, poignant, funny and exciting presentations, given so generously by our guests, who had come from as far afield as Albany, Bridgetown and Dalyellup. Special mention goes to Violet Tregonning for bravely agreeing to speak on her late sister Mel’s behalf about the luminous Small Things and on a lighter note, Kylie Howarth for involving everyone in some speed drawing of Chip the seagull. Other highlights included Sally Murphy reminding us that books are for readers, not boys or girls; Mark Greenwood insisting that Boomerang and Bat ‘is not a cricket book’ but about recognising stories that need to be told and Frané Lessac revealing that zebra finches sing in their dreams. Chris Owen expressed his passion for reading aloud with rhyme and rhythm and ‘big vocabulary’ while Norman Jorgensen presented his tale with bold and rollicking humour. James Foley explained that inwardly he sees his books as films, thus comic books fit his personal style, while Danny Parker reminded us that friendships can grow where words build bridges.
We acknowledge the support of our sponsors, Fremantle Press and booksellers Westbooks who offered a generous 15% discount for pre-purchases and whose busy staff brought a plentiful supply of the books for eager audience members to buy and have signed. Raffle prizes were won by Sandi Parsons, Irene King and Lorrie Finlay and the $450 raised will go to support children in crisis. Thanks to the WA Branch Committee for their wonderful support in various forms on the evening and to Convenor Joanna Andrew for bringing it all together.
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Book Discussion Group
CBCA WA Branch Membership
St Stephen’s students take on a Book Week Design Project
On Wednesday 26 April Gail Spiers hosted an animated meeting discussing the titles on
the 2017 Book of the Year Short List. Members selected their favourite titles to review
and outlined the merits and strengths of each one. We eagerly anticipate the
announcement of the winners in August. Next month we revert to the usual format of
discussing one title per meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend.
24 May Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland Penguin Random House
28 June Everything is Changed by Nova Weetman Penguin Random House
26 July The Road to Winter by Mark Smith Text Publishing
23 Aug The Blue Cat by Ursula Dubosarsky Allen & Unwin
Welcome to the following new members. We look
forward to meeting you at WA Branch events and hope
you will join our Facebook page and like and comment
on our posts.
We recently moved to a new database so if there are
any members who have renewed but not yet received a
receipt please contact Sharon, our Membership Officer:
Please keep a record of your WA Branch Membership
Number as it entitles you to a discount on CBCA Book
Week merchandise and a minimum 10% discount on
book purchases from our WA Branch supporting
bookstores.
These stores are listed on our website and on Page 15 of
this newsletter. Members are also eligible for a
discounted rate at WA Branch events such as ANWOS,
the Judges’ Talks and the Book Week Dinner.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/111888132180231/
As a member of the Book Week dinner committee my creative skills are often challenged to make interesting table decorations. This year I have some help from the year 9 Design students from St Stephen’s School in Duncraig. As part of a class project each student will create a 3D model of the theme Escape to Everywhere in the style of an illustrator featured in the 2017 Notables list. This model will be a focus for the table decorations.
The students participated in an illustration workshop with Samantha Hughes at Paper Bird Books in March and with her advice in mind, they were ready to meet with me (as the project client) to gain some background into the history of CBCA WA Branch and the Book of the Year awards. I used copies of the Notables books to explain the award process and discussed how their models would be used as table decorations and may be
displayed in libraries, classrooms or bookstores during Book Week. Armed with a wealth of information, the students were ready to move to the next stage of their designs. I look forward to meeting with them in the next few weeks to discover what they have created. Thanks to Bronwyn Schultz and Dee Cunninghame for involving CBCA WA in this exciting design project.
Denise Robins
Jodie Davidson
Janine Hancock Gosnells PS
Irene King
Gemma Lyon SLWA (Better Beginnings)
Cherie O'Callaghan Australind PS
Helen Parsons Cranbrook Public Library
Peta Ramage
Jane Stanton
Michelle Waghorn
Sharon Williams
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Fremantle Press Breakfast at PWF
In Memoriam
You can read obituaries at the following links.
Paula Fox https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/03/books/paula-fox-dead.html?_r=0
Murray Ball http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/murray-ball-creator-of-footrot-flats-20170314-guxjzg.html
Fremantle Press hosted their own mini version of ANWOS at the Perth Writers Festival with a breakfast function where
authors briefly outlined their new releases for 2017. There are some exciting titles to watch out for including the following:
The Spectacular Spencer Gray Deb Fitzpatrick
Colour Me Moira Court and Ezekiel Kwaymullina
Cyclones and Shadows Pat, Laura and Sabrina Dudgeon and Darlene Oxenham
One Thousand Trees Kyle Hughes-Odgers
To the Lighthouse Cristy Burne
Other new titles from WA creators include:
Mrs White and the Red Desert, Josie Boyle, illust. Maggie Prewett, Magabala Books
Rose Raventhorpe Investigates: Black Cat and Butler, Janine Beacham, Hachette
Fergus the Farting Dragon, Monique Mulligan, illust. Veronica Rooke, Serenity Press
Nanna’s Button Tin, Dianne Wolfer, illust. Heather Potter, Walker Books
Jane Fraser, Chris Owen and Deb Fitzpatrick
Norman Jorgensen, Chris Owen, James Foley, Sally Murphy,
Brendan Ritchie, Paula Hayes and Jen Banyard
Brendan Ritchie, Megan Sullivan
and Cristy Burne Nigel Gray and Norman Jorgensen
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Recent Book Launches
In launching Me and You written by Deborah Kelly and illustrated by Karen Blair in the wonderful exhibition space upstairs at Paper Bird Books & Arts on Sunday 12 March artist-in-residence Briony Stewart, described the award-winning illustrator as one of Western Australia’s rising young stars stating that “Karen’s illustrations are...a series of snapshots of the disordered, messy and busy goings-on of family life...the reader can feel the relationships between the people in the book.”
Karen then spoke of the moment she first read Deborah’s “delicious and poetic words” and fell in love. Initially, Karen aimed to keep it simple, starting with only two characters but the love expanded and she drew inspiration from her immediate family and extended tribe - including the cat! Inspiration for the main character took the form of her young daughter, Alice, who charmed the launch crowd with knock-knock jokes and a warm speech echoing the theme of the book - ‘Even people we don’t know - you’re welcome too!’ Published by Penguin Random House, Me and You is a gentle reminder that life need not be so complicated; that we need to live in the present moment where we can enjoy the simple pleasures of life. As Briony said in launching it, “This is a book to be savoured.” For teachers, Me and You is a multimodal text that can be read on three levels: written, visual and gestural. The written text is poetic and whimsical with alliterative elements. The visual text uses watercolour with the raw, honest line work showing the emotions of each character, adding depth and meaning to the words; the gestural text (postures of each character) invites readers to share the pure enjoyment of movement - from ‘castle stomping’ to the thrilling feeling one gets from swinging ‘toes-pointing-to-the-sky.’ Teachers’ notes and other activities can be found on Karen’s website. http://www.karenblair.com.au/ Rebecca Palmer
Based on a Hans Christian Andersen tale about the dangers of rumours, It’s Quite True! retold by Lis Mathiasen (right) and illustrated by Judith Price (left) was launched by Norman Jorgensen at Paper Bird on Saturday 25 February.
Author Kevin Price signing copies of Kumakana at the launch at Northside Books on 7 March.
Zany Circus: Paradox by Nanci
Nott and Xanthe Turner,
published by Aulexic Press
was released at a circus-
themed launch on 15 April.
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At Astrofest at Curtin Stadium on Saturday 18 March hundreds of fans counted down the launch to The Cosmic Adventures of Alice & Bob. Written by Cristy Burne and illustrated by Aska Superska, the pair entertained the large crowd with a lively and energetic role play complete with sound effects and volunteer actor dads nominated from children in the crowd. Curtin University's Dr Wiebke Ebeling (and editor-in-chief of the book) also had a hand in entertaining the crowd. Published by CAASTRO, free class sets of this book were offered to WA schools.
Photo credit: Denis Knight
Julia Lawrinson’s latest YA novel Before you Forget, published by Penguin Books, was launched by Fremantle Tennis Club President and family friend Laurie Apps, at The Literature Centre on 16 February. Surrounded by friends, family and colleagues Julia and her daughter Annie, shared the motivation for the book - the emotional story of a family trying to come to terms with a beloved husband and father’s slide into early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. A poignant short film, beautifully made by Kori Reay-Mackey, and Annie’s powerful art work complemented the moving speeches. You can read Julia’s speech on her website here and view the video on YouTube at this link.
Kelly Canby
Recent Book Launches
Arrr! ‘Twas a fine morning on Sunday 19 March when Captain Jan the Red appeared at Fremantle Sailing Club to launch a book that’s guaranteed to shiver your timbers!
1, 2, Pirate Stew (Five Mile Press) is the third offering by Perth author-illustrator Kylie Howarth. Her first book Fish Jam was nominated for the CBCA Crichton Award for illustration and her second, Chip is on the 2017 CBCA Notables list. That sets the bar pretty high for book number three and 1, 2, Pirate Stew doesn’t disappoint. As a counting, rhyming picture book, it even features a terrific rhyme for the very tricky number twelve!
Attending land-lubbers laughed at clever pirate puns, munched on cupcakes and hunted for treasure before happily parting with their gold for a signed
copy of the book with its limited-edition pirate tote bag.
It seems they took the advice of Captain Jan when she said, “1, 2, what should you do? Read this book whatever you do! 3,4 then buy some more – for the kids in your life and those next door!”
Renae Hayward
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Recent Book Launches
At the launch of their picture book Dog Lost, written by Jan Ramage, at The Literature Centre on 6 April illustrator Brian Simmonds made it all sound so easy. He cited a teacher who forty-odd years ago said: ‘All you have to do is put the right colour in the right place.’ Simmonds laughed, ‘What could go wrong?’ This is his third book and Jan Ramage’s fifth.
Dog Lost tells the story of a cattle dog – Dog – swept away by torrential rain in wild country with the illustrations suggesting it is WA’s northwest. Lesley Reece described Ramage’s prose as sparse, poetic and lyrical whereas Simmonds’ art, ‘picked up all the senses – the smells and feel of everything going on.’
Ramage said the book was a story of love, persistence, resilience and trust, ‘ about the persuasive belief that amazing things happen if one believes. It also honours dogs. Mankind owes so much to our faithful friend.’ In writing the story, she drew on a special memory, when as a child of twelve on her uncle’s station, she helped him drive cattle, on horseback, from one paddock to the next.
It was Ramage who, after falling in love with his pictorial study River (Fremantle Press), suggested to her publisher, Windy Hollow Books, that Simmonds had the right touch for Dog Lost.
Simmonds decides what to draw by skim reading and seeing what images jump out at him. ‘It’s a question of making yourself available. Then lightning happens. The word magic often bobs up,’ he said. ‘It may be magic. It’s just instinctive, intuitive.’ All illustrations are in his signature pastels, over charcoal. They are rich, dynamic and tender. ‘I drew the charcoal pictures first, then coloured them in.’ All the colours appear to be in the right places – his old teacher would have been proud!
Jen Banyard
Jan Ramage and Brian Simmonds
CBCA Book Week Merchandise
The whimsical images by multi award-winning illustrator Freya Blackwood will inspire you to Escape to Everywhere for CBCA Book Week this year. Enhance your library or classroom and celebrate Book Week in style with the delightful range of merchandise on offer. Order Forms with all the details will be despatched early in term two, with a closing date of 3 June for their return. WA Branch members are eligible for discount on purchases. For further information check out the WA Branch directly www.cbca.org.au and for specific queries contact [email protected]
Trish Montgomery Merchandise Manager
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Between the Lines—Busselton Literature Festival
Norman Jorgensen, Beth Herbert, Sally Murphy, Mark Greenwood, James Foley and Jen Banyard
After the success of Seven Rooms, Seven Stories the dynamic
trio of Beth Herbert (Dymocks Busselton), Jeanette
Sangmeister and Tamara Clark McSevich (St Mary MacKillop
College) combined their talents once again to organise an
even bigger event this year. Expanded to two full days,
Between the Lines had a secondary focus on Thursday with a
primary focus on Friday. Students who attended from many
schools in the district were captive and captivated audiences
for the wonderful range of authors and illustrators on the
program. A further treat was the opportunity to bring family
members to meet the creators and have books signed
outside the Dymocks Busselton store on Saturday morning.
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Paper Bird Hot Desk Fellowship
The WA Branch of CBCA is proud to partner with SCBWI Australia West and the City of Fremantle Library to support
the Hot Desk Fellowship program (PBF), a wonderful new initiative from Paper Bird Books & Arts owner, Jennifer
Jackson. Launched on the eve of Paper Bird’s first anniversary in February 2017 the Hot Desk Fellowship aims to
promote Western Australian children’s writers and illustrators by offering them the opportunity to work in a
dedicated workspace two days per week, for a 3 month period. Four fellowships will be offered each year.
Fellows will enjoy working in a large, light-filled heritage studio behind a thriving, specialist children’s bookshop and
writers/arts centre, with access to networking and support from the other permanent residents and literary visitors
of Paper Bird. As part of the fellowship writers and illustrators will have the opportunity to present their work to
the public in Meet the writer/illustrator sessions to which CBCA WA Branch members will be invited. Expressions of
interest from creators are invited by email to [email protected] using the subject title ‘PBF expression of
interest’.
Briony Stewart, the inaugural recipient of the PBF, very generously shared her talents, work practices and practical
tips at the Meet the Author session held at Paper Bird on Saturday afternoon, 18 March. Briony is currently working
on the illustrations for a new picture book called The Lion in our Living Room written by Emma Middleton, to be
published by Affirm Press later this year.
Briony Stewart with Hot Desk Fellowship partners L-R Margaret Kett, James Foley, Aniek Ragan, Jan Nicholls and Jen Jackson
The WA Branch congratulates Catherine Carvell on
being awarded the Hot Desk Fellowship as the
resident writer for April-July at Paper Bird Books &
Arts. Catherine will be working on a follow-up to her
successful first book, Darcy Moon and the Deep-fried
Frogs published by Fremantle Press.
Having recently relocated from Singapore, found a
new house and settled the children into new schools
Catherine says, “The opportunity to put structure
around my creative time, and to do it in such a
nurturing and inspiring space as Paper Bird is such a
boost for me.”
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Spotlight on the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI)
How many of these authors and illustrators do you recognise? Those of you who were at ANWOS this year would know that the
pool of talent in WA is now so deep that we have more eligible contenders than we can possibly feature in any one event!
Here's part of the reason. This is a photo I took at the SCBWI meeting at Perth Writers Festival earlier this year. There are 32
adults in this photo but they represent only 22% of the current SCBWI Australia West group membership - a figure which bodes
incredibly well for the future of quality children's literature in WA. Naturally not everyone in the group is published as yet but
there are some dynamic and talented creators emerging so watch this space and remember - you heard it here first!
We are delighted to have two SCBWI members—Kelly Canby and Jodie Davidson—join the WA Branch committee at the recent
AGM and we look forward to forging even stronger links between our two organisations. Perhaps we can start by holding some
informal get-togethers. Watch out for further information via our respective Facebook pages, websites and newsletters.
For those of you aspiring to write and/or illustrate your own children’s book SCBWI is an excellent group to join. Whether you
are already published or a complete novice, everyone is welcome. Members are very generous and supportive with their
advice. James Foley (The Last Viking/In the Lion/My Dead Bunny/Brobot) is the Regional Advisor for SCBWI Australia West and
you can find more details on their website. https://australiawest.scbwi.org/
National Simultaneous Storytime is held annually by the Australian Library and
Information Association. Every year a picture book, written and illustrated by
an Australian author and illustrator is read simultaneously in libraries, schools, pre-
schools, childcare centres, family homes, bookshops and many other places around the
country.
This year NSS takes place on Wednesday 24 May at 11am (AEST) and you can join the fun
by sharing The Cow Tripped Over the Moon written by Tony Wilson, illustrated by Laura
Wood and published by Scholastic Australia. The book was shortlisted in the Early
Childhood category and named as an Honour Book in the CBCA Book of the Year awards in 2016.
Find out more information at this link https://www.alia.org.au/nss
National Simultaneous Storytime 2017
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Take Me to Your Reader!
Thanks to all the contributors to this
page celebrating the joys of reading
and being immersed in a good book.
Keep the photos coming!
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Important Dates for your Diary
APRIL/MAY/JUNE/JULY
Wednesday 26 April
Book Discussion Group
The CBCA Book of the Year Short List
Contact Gail Spiers [email protected]
April 28—May 14 The Lighthouse Girl by Hellie Turner based on the novels by Dianne Wolfer
http://www.bsstc.com.au/season-2017/the-lighthouse-girl/
Saturday 29 April 3-5pm Fremantle Press Great Big Footy Readhttps://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/
fremantle-press-great-big-footy-read-tickets-32077805580?ref=ebtn
Wednesday 24 May
Book Discussion Group
Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland
Contact Gail Spiers [email protected]
Friday & Saturday 2-3 June Reading Matters,
Melbourne
https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/live-learn/courses-librarians-and-teachers/reading
-matters
Saturday 3 June Closing date for WA Branch merchandise orders
Friday 9 June Closing date for MYOSB entries
Saturday 10 June MYOSB sort
Sunday 18 June Merchandise Packing Day—volunteers welcome. Contact Trish Montgomery
[email protected] if you can help
Wednesday 28 June
Book Discussion Group
Everything is Changed by Nova Weetman
Contact Gail Spiers [email protected]
Monday 17 July Mandurah Schools Network Conference
Wednesday 26 July
Book Discussion Group
The Road to Winter by Mark Smith
Contact Gail Spiers [email protected]
Friday 18 August WA Branch CBCA Book Week Opening and Dinner, Ambrose Room, Wembley
Golf Course. Guest speaker: Danny Parker. Further details TBA.
AUGUST 18
AUGUST 19-26
CBCA Book of the Year Announcement—Hobart, Tasmania
CBCA BOOK WEEK 2017
Theme: Escape to Everywhere
Competition News
Congratulations to Ruth Nitschke whose name was
drawn as the winner of the February competition. Ruth
correctly answered that Gregory Rogers was the latest
illustrator to be listed in memoriam in the Awards Donor
List.
To be in the running for the April competition prize of a
$25 gift voucher from one of our wonderful WA Branch
supporting bookstores tell us in no more than 50 words
which children’s book you would choose to Escape to
Everywhere in Book Week. Closing date for entries is
Friday 2 June. Send your entries to:
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WA Branch Supporting Book Stores and the CBCA Awards Foundation
Beaufort Street Books
567 Beaufort Street Mt Lawley WA 6050
T: (08) 6142 7996
Child Education Services
96 Royal Street, East Perth WA 6004
T: (08) 9225 6516
Dymocks Busselton
48 Prince Street, Busselton WA 6280
T: (08) 9754 4410
Millpoint Caffe Bookshop
254 Mill Point Road South Perth WA 6151
T: (08) 9367 4567
Paper Bird Children’s Books & Arts
42 Henry St Fremantle WA 6160
T: (08) 9430 7038
Westbooks Children's Book Centre
119 Burswood Road, Burswood WA 6100
T: (08) 9361 4211
Proudly Funding Prizes for the Children’s Book of the Year Awards
Benefactors:
Scholastic Australia
Allen & Unwin
Laurie Copping OAM (in memoriam)
Thyne Reid Trust No. 1
Major Donors:
Australia Post
Jill Bruce
Sandy Campbell
CBCA NSW Branch
Jean Chapman (in memoriam)
Era Publications
Max Fatchen (in memoriam)
Five Mile Press
Libby Gleeson AM
Bob Graham
Hachette Children’s Books Australia
Hardie Grant Egmont
HarperCollinsPublishers Australia
Ipswich District Teacher-Librarians’ Network
The James N Kirby Foundation
Kinross-Wolaroi School
Koala Books
The Library Board of Queensland
Beryl Moncrieff Matthews (in memoriam)
Jill Midolo (in memoriam)
Angela Namoi
The Northern Territory Government
Jan Ormerod (in memoriam)
Parents & Boys of Sydney Grammar Edgecliff Prep School
Penguin Books Australia
Eve Pownall (in memoriam)
Random House Australia
Marion E Robertson (in memoriam)
Emily Rodda (Jennifer Rowe)
Gregory Rogers (in memoriam)
Gillian Rubinstein
Maurice Saxby AM
SA Dept of the Arts & Cultural Development
Cathie Tasker
University of Queensland Press
Julie Vivas
Walker Books Australia
Cassandra Weddell, Qld (in memoriam)
Margaret Wild
Maisie Williams, Garah, NSW (in memoriam)
Sue Williams
Donations to the CBCA Awards Foundation are tax deductible and can be sent to:
PO Box 172, Blackheath NSW 2785.
Clockwise from top left: Beth at Dymocks Busselton, Child Education
Services, Paper Bird Books & Arts, Westbooks staff at ANWOS 2017,
Sarah at Beaufort Street Books, Millpoint Bookcaffé