Totally cool
Totally fantastic
Totally the MARTIAN EMBASSY!!!!
Find the Sydney Story Factory at 176 RedFern Street Redfern (Sydney)
Kath Keenan the co Founder of the Sydney Story Factory with Tim Dick, both former Sydney Morning Herald journalists, have worked tirelessly together with the President of the Board Michael Gonski and support of their wonderful board and the generosity of many corporates, professionals and volunteers to create a dynamic:-
- ALIEN writing space for kids.
It’s free and fabulous.
SCBWI Australia & New Zealand supports it and SCBWI authors Nathan Luff and Wendy Fitzgerald have both run free workshop there.
Their website. www.sydneystoryfactory.org.au
SCBWI’s Deb Abela is the SCBWI Sydney Story Factory liaison
Deb and I went to check it out and took Jenny Stubbs from the Ipswich teacher Librarian Network and her sister with us.
We we welcomed by Cath Keenan and got right into it – everything MARIAN & SPACEY!!!!
LOVE IT!!!!!
How exciting to be welcomed with a huge window display at The Children’s Bookshop Beecroft of ‘Ships in the Field’, a National Year of Reading event.
Anna Pignataro the brilliant illustrator of ‘Ships in the Field’ loved speaking to authors, illustrators, teachers, librarians, kids and friends.
Anna shared her Italian-Egyptian background and how her parents were forced out of Egypt, while I shared my Hungarian refugee background – in ‘Ships in The Field’ – a story of finding home.
Fabulous authors like Wendy Blaxland, Wendy Fitzgerald, Belinda Murrell, Margaret Roc, Felicity Pulman, Isolde Martyn, tanka poet Beverley George …Maria Simpson creator of Bilby Theatre, librarians like the fantastic Claire Stuckey and friends came to celebrate ‘Ships in the Field’.
Loved it!!!!!
Watch out for the announcement in the next few weeks.
Check out the SCBWI Australia and new Zealand facebook pagewebsite.
It’s a first come first served basis – so when it opens you need to book quickly as it’s a small intimate conference Australia wide and new Zealand.
Some tid bits:-
Jill Corcoran literary agent from the Herman Agency New Yorkmaximum of 100 delegates.
Major Australian publishers have come on board including Lisa Berryman HarperCollins, Laura Harris Penguin, Zoe Walton Random House, Sarah Foster Walker Books …..
There are wonderful authors and illustrators coming including Sally Murphy, France Lessac, Pamela Rushby, Meredith Costain, Hazel Edwards …. have a great time with the children’s writing community …. more news coming soon.
Celebrating the Survivors, Carers
Commemorating those who have passed away
Joining together in the community of those touched by cancer.
Raising awareness, comraderie and funds to care for those -
with cancer, families and win against the disease.
THANKYOU TO FRIENDS WHO GAVE OF THEIR HEARTS & FUNDS.
The second Eastern Suburbs 2010 Relay For Life raised an amazing $150,406.72
There were 51 Teams and 655 Participants hit the track at the event and heaps of friends and families came by in support.
There were over 44 Survivors and I was one of them.
I walked for my friends battling with cancer today with LOVE. You know who you are.
Our team the Road Runner Stunners was sponsored by The Hughenden Hotel.
Thankyou to writing friends from all over Australia – Authors Dianne Wolfer from Western Australia, Hazel Edwards, Corinne King and Meredith Costain from Victoria, Sue Walker, Moya Simons, Sue Whiting, Sandy Fussell, Wendy Fitzgerald and other authors from NSW and dear friends.
Thankyou to family far away in Singapore – Paul and Amanda – for caring.
Thankyou to family close to home – Bill, Jamie & Nadia, Tory, Len and Gracie, Ros.
If you want to be part of it – Register Now for next Season: www.relayforlife.org.au
I am working with the wonderful, care team from the Cancer Council with my new kid’s book ‘Always Jack’ to be published in October for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. www.cancercouncil.com.au; and the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre Australia. www.nbocc.org.au
