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Reading Matters is Australia’s leading youth literature conference for professionals and youth literature enthusiasts.
Gather to discuss big issues, YA trends, and celebrate new and established young adult writers. Share ideas with colleagues from across the country, find inspiration in outstanding talent, mull over the big issues and celebrate the strength of our industry at Reading Matters.
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2015: The Year Ahead In Youth Literature
Tuesday 2 December, 6pm – 8:30pm
The Courtyard, State Library of Victoria
Cost: $18 per person
Bookings: Book online or (03) 8664 7099
Are teen memoirs really the next big thing? Will old favourites shock us with something terrifically new?
The world of youth literature is an ever evolution place with many stories to be told. Join a fabulous roster of publishers, literary organisations, and teen fiction fans for a fast-paced, sneak peek at the year ahead. Upcoming trends and interests for youth readers, projects, and programs will be shared from the people in the know!
This is a community space that will enable you to build relationships between publishers, librarians, teachers, event programmers and literary festivals.
Presented by the Centre for Youth Literature, this program is a revitalised Publishers’ Showcase– connect about news, projects and forthcoming titles.
Light snacks and refreshment provided.
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Australia’s top teen-choice book awards – the Inky Awards – are back!
Join the celebration of great new books and young adult voices at the 2014 Inky Awards winners’ announcement ceremony. The Inky Awards are an annual literary prize for the best new Young Adult literature as chosen by teen readers, in two categories: the Gold Inky Award for an Australian book and the Silver Inky Award for an international book.
Meet Inky Awards authors*, take part in literary quizzes, go behind-the-scenes with teen judges and be amongst the first to applaud the 2014 Inky Awards winners.
Refreshments provided. Suitable for ages 12+.
* We will be joined by all FIVE of the Gold Inky shortlisted authors: Amie Kaufman, Will Kostakis, Allyse Near, Ellie Marney & Claire Zorn!
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The Inky Awards are for the best new young adult books, as voted for by teen readers.
The Centre for Youth Literature is extremely proud to announce the 2014 Inky Awards shortlist. We had a fantastic team of teen panelists (to find out more about them, visit our judges page on Inside A Dog), who spent hours warring over their favourite Inky Awards longlisted books. Our judges took their responsibilities very seriously, and it was great to see such a considered and diverse discussion about books. Their dedication, passion, and enthusiasm resulted in a smashing selection.
Drum roll please…..the 2014 Inky Awards shortlist is…
The wining books will be announced at an interactive, fun, and author populated event at the State Library on the 21st of October. More information can be found here.
Follow on twitter with the hashtag #InkyAwards.
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It’s that time again on the youth literature calendar – Reading Matters 2015 is in production!
Reading Matters is a national celebration of youth literature taking the audience on a journey into fiction, graphic novels, poetry, gaming and prose.
Dates: 28 May – 2 June 2015 in Melbourne; then touring.
There are six key components to Reading Matters 2015:
National conference for youth literature professionals and advocates.
Publishing Expo, pop-up bookshop and author signings.
Schools program in Melbourne.
Public events program in Melbourne.
Victorian tour: regional public, schools and professional events.
National tour: regional QLD, TAS & SA (tbc).
Reading Matters is a unique opportunity for youth literature fans and professionals to gather to discuss big issues, trends, and celebrate new and established young adult writers. Our audience is the most important element of the program and we want to hear from you.
Pitch us your Reading Matters ideas! What would you like to see? What is youth literature to you?
Share with us:
Your dream panel – the theme, authors etc.
The author pairing that would make for a thought provoking discussion.
The authors teens would love to meet.
Youth literature trends or themes that needto be explored.
Anything else you can dream up!
Help us make it the best Reading Matters ever. Relive any events that made your heart sing; MT Anderson’s discussion of language accompanied by a live concert violinist or Raina Telgemeier’s live creation of a graphic novel. What should we bring you next year?
If you have a great idea we should consider for the 2015 program, email us the following:
Introduce yourself
What you would like to see featured on the Reading Matters program
Your experience in youth literature and teen reading
Submissions will close at noon on Friday, 18th of July 2014.
We look forward to hearing from you and hope to see you at Reading Matters in 2015.
Bookings will open in November 2014.
Courtesy: Dave Roman Reading Matters 2013 sketch
Libba Bray picking the brains of Melbourne students. Schools Day
Schools day
Morris Gleitzman
Ambelin Kwaymullina, Garth Nix and Programs Officer Jordi Kerr
Program Coordinator Adele Walsh, Keith Gray and Fiona Wood.
Schools day
Schools day
Young adult fiction!
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Out Loud is a teen performance poetry event coordinated by Australian Poetry and has been a massive success at the Melbourne Writers Festival in recent years.
OutLoud is unique because it’s a team event. Each member relies on the others to get the best out of their original poetry and everyone contributes to the amazing result.
Last year’s winners were Braemar College, and it’s worth taking a couple of minutes to see their astonishing performance.
In 2014 the OutLoud Competition is being supported by the City of Melbourne Arts Program, which has allowed us to expand the competition. For the first time, two preliminary finals will take place prior to the Grand Final on August 26th.
Which means more schools can take part! And we’re helping them to do this via a program of workshops aimed at giving more students than ever the chance to get up close and personal with their inner performer through slam poetry. They’ll also get tips on how to take on other teams in the competition itself.
The workshops are run by experienced – and really enthusiastic! – performance poets. To sign up your school, go to Australian Poetry: Email or phone: 9094 7828
And for more information on OutLoud, visit Australian Poetry’s website.
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Beloved children’s writer Morris Gleitzman has been making Australians laugh and cry for many decades. Gain insight into his newest title, Loyal Creatures, with a stage performance and question session with Morris Gleitzman that will further explore the experience of one brave Lighthorseman and his horse during World War 1.
Signing opportunity to follow.
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The Children’s Book Council of Australia (Victorian branch) held their 2014 Claytons Dinner on Tuesday evening at Trinity College, Kew. For those unaware, the Claytons are the predictions from local experts on the CBCA Book of the Year Award Categories. The event takes its name from a non-alcoholic beverage and advertising campaign (1970s-80s) as it is not quite the real thing.
The Older Readers category (Young Adult Fiction), as predicted by our very own Anna Burkey, were as follows:
Wildlife by Fiona Wood (Pan Macmillan)
Fairytales for Wilde Girls by Allyse Near (Random House)
The Sultan’s Eyes by Kelly Gardiner (Harper Collins)
The Tribe: The Disappearance of Ember Crow by Ambelin Kwaymullina (Walker Books)
The Whole of My World by Nicole Hayes (Random House)
Cry Blue Murder by Kim Kane and Marion Roberts (UQP)
Honorable mentions:
The First Third by Will Kostakis (Penguin)
Run by Tim Sinclair (Penguin)
Jump by Sean Williams (Allen and Unwin)
You can find the picks for Younger Readers (Middle Grade), Picture Books and Early Childhood on this Storify of the event.
UpcomingEvents:
There are many more of these events across Australia should you like to hear about other knowledgeable bookish types on the best titles of 2013.
Shortlist Showcase in Canberra took place on 12 March.
UK author Keith Gray was a highlight of the first day of Reading Matters 2013 with his thought provoking keynote, ‘Gatekeepers – the good, the bad and my mother’.
Keith Gray is a full-time writer living and working in Edinburgh, a sister City of Literature. His first novel, Creepers, was shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. He has since released a number of critically-acclaimed YA novels which have won, or been shortlisted for, several major awards including the Carnegie Medal and the Costa Children’s Book Award.
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As you know, our Writer In Residence program over at Inside A Dog offers teenagers an opportunity to interact and workshop with authors.
Following is a line-up of our Writer In Residence program for the first 6-months of 2013. If you see a student’s favourite author, or perhaps are reading an author’s book, pop on by!
February – Alyssa Brugman
March – Myke Bartlett
April – Raina Telgemeier
May – Garth Nix
June – Ambelin Kwaymullina
You’ll notice that from March to June we will be showcasing Reading Matters authors, who will be involved in the Reading Matters Student Day program.
Enjoy!
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Missed out on the Melbourne Writer’s Festival? Never fear, the very organised crew over at MWF have the whole 2012 experience in photo form for us.
They really give you a sense of the vibe throughout the festival.
You should also head on over to Danielle Binks blog for her posts about the sessions she attended (there are a lot). I think what’s so fantastic is the way Danielle has been able to be detailed (very) about the discussions and reactions from panel members and the audience.
CBCA national council have changed the rotating administrative executive with a new board of management. The new system will be one of consistency and continuity. They are also in development with a new constitution.
This week was a bit of a hectic week for the CYL team; there was Inky and his shortlist announcement and there was MWF.
MWF was great fun for us all. We met some really great authors and had a lot of great panel conversations. Below is a recommended reading list from the panel ‘Read Any Good Books Lately’, with Adele Walsh, Lili Wilkinson and Melissa Traverso.
A warm tale about Tiff and that in-between time of life where you’re no longer and teenager but not yet an adult. A fairly simple plot where the strength lies in it’s feelings and connections of family, friends and life.
Vikki Wakefield has such a unique voice and writing style that her stories leave you slightly off kilter. Like you’ve missed a step and had to skip to catch up. Friday Brown finds herself in the seething underground of Australian slums; homeless, afraid and trapped by a curse.
A very very laugh out loud funny story of Greg, his best friend Earl and Rachel (recently diagnosed with leukaemia). Greg is a jokester; funny, self-deprecating and honest. It would be easy to dismiss this book as just another ‘cancer’ book, but instead it takes on the role of showing the lighter side of a serious subject. There is no miracle save or life lesson. Sometimes death is just death.
Much like Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is not just a ‘cancer’ book, John Green’s Fault in Our Stars takes a walk on the humorous side of death. There are tears of laughter and despair throughout Hazel and Augustus’ tale. It was a glimpse at the sweetest of every emotion, because there was always the thought that this might be the last.
Another cusp of life story featuring Ed and Lucy. The adventure they take over one night, the hardships and prejudices they must face, and the decisions they must make to keep their lives moving forward and their futures bright with possibility.
We’re knee deep into planning our next Booktalkers event. It’s all Middle Years, all the time. So, what’s on the program?
Kate Constable will be on the panel talking about her recently shortlisted title, Crow Country, on the WA Premier’s Award. Crow Country was also shortlisted on the 2012 CBCA for Younger Readers and shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature (Children’s Literature). She is also one of the author’s in Allen & Unwin’s Girlfriend Fiction series
Aurealis winner, Tom Taylor, will be talking graphic novels and The Deep: Here be Dragons. He is best known for his Star Wars graphic novels for Lucasfilm and Dark Horse comics, including the critically acclaimed Star Wars: Blood Ties series and Star Wars: Invasion. He has written in the Batman and Green Lantern series for DC comics. Tom was also our Writer-In-Residenceover at Inside A Dog last month.
Author and Illustrator Gabrielle Wang is not only this month’sWriter-In-Residence over at Inside A Dog, but a former winner of the Aurealis Awards herself. She has also been shortlisted for QLD Premier’s Award, a CBCA Notable and has been ‘highly commended’ on the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards.
We hope you can make it down for what promises to be an exciting and rewarding night of YA book talk.
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To celebrate the announcement of the 2012Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award this week’s book list looks at authors rather than specific books. Here are some of the awesome past winners of this prestigious award. Most, if not all, are household names. They deserve to be.
One of the richest awards in Children’s literature – the prize money is a whopping $700,000 – the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award was established in 2002 by the Swedish Arts Council. Set up with the aim to increase interest in children’s and young people’s literature and to promote children’s rights to culture on a global level, the award boasts a stellar line up of recipients in its ten-year history.
1. Maurice Sendak. His Where the Wild Things Are is one of the all-time greats of children’s literature. Everyone knows the story of naughty Max, who heads into a fantastical land chock full of monsters, has many adventures, and still gets home to a warm supper.
Best known as the author of the bestselling and highly acclaimed His Dark Materials trilogy. If you haven’t already come across the potent mix of fantasy, science, religion (or not, as the case may be) it’s time to embark with Lyra on her adventures. Start with Northern Lights.
Ever since she started her writing career as a teenager, Australia’s Sonya Hartnett has been an award winner. Sleeping Dogs won the Miles Franklin Award, Thursday’s Child won the UK’s Guardian Children’s Fiction Award and The Silver Donkey won the CBCA’s Book of the Year Award for Younger Readers. My pick of her work is Butterfly, a disturbing story of an obsessed teenage girl and her sinister relationship with an older woman. The last few pages are heart breaking.
This year’s winner of the Astrid Lindgren certainly beat a strong field. Neil Gaiman and Quentin Blake were both in the running, as were fifteen others.
Guus Kuijer is a Dutch author, who has twice won prestigious Children’s Literature awards in Germany, as well as four times in his home country. He has written over thirty books, many of which deal with social justice issues. The best known is The Book of Everything, which is set in 1950s Holland and tells the story of Thomas and his abusive father.
Venue:
Meet in front foyer of State Library of Victoria
Main entry, Swanston St
In this four-day school holiday program, young writers can take inspiration from the rich history, culture and stories found in the Love and Devotion exhibition. Each day participants will explore manuscripts and images in the exhibition as a stimulus to improve their use of character, dialogue and setting in their writing.
This is a unique opportunity to focus on writing for a week with Leanne Hall, author of This is Shyness (Winner 2010 Text Prize, CBCA Honor 2010)and newly released Queen of the Night. Young writers will hone their skills, experiment with style and subject matter, and meet writing and publishing professionals (Alison Arnold, editor and Michael Webster, RMIT).
The program runs 10am–1pm each day.
Morning tea will be provided.
Places are limited, so book early.
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As part of our 21st celebration we invited authors David Levithan, Melina Marchetta, Cath Crowley, Michael Pryor, Alison Goodman and Simmone Howell to be part of our schools day.
Firstly the students were regaled with bookgigs (dramatic adaptations of YA novels Froi of the Exiles, Will Grayson Will Grayson and Graffiti Moon).
Then there were author discussions between David Levithan and Melina Marchetta, or David and Cath Crowley (if you were in attendance for the afternoon).
And lastly the students got some one of one time with a fantastic array of authors.
Highlight?
Perhaps when Lachie from Xavier College jumped to the stage and serenaded the audience with Eric Clapton’s Tears in Heaven. Totally unexpected and totally thrilling.
Please join us for the official Victorian launch of the National Year of Reading 2012.
The National Year of Reading will be launched by the Premier of Victoria, the Hon. Ted Baillieu MP. Social commentator, author and demographer Bernard Salt will issue the call for action with a lively presentation on why literacy is vital for society and the state of literacy in Victoria. Reading promotion expert Henk Kraima from the Netherlands will provide inspiration and ideas on building a culture of reading.
Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 9.30 am – 1.00 pm
Experimedia, State Library of Victoria
328 Swanston St, Melbourne
Free event. Please book online at www.slv.vic.gov.au/nyr-launch. Early bookings are recommended.
REGIONAL FORUMS WITH HENK KRAIMA
Henk Kraima will join local reading advocates at a series of forums in regional Victoria to kickstart great ideas for the National Year of Reading. This is a unique opportunity to meet an international expert in reading promotion and connect with other reading and literacy professionals, including library staff, teachers, booksellers, writers, publishers and community literacy specialists.
Please visit the links below for more information and to book online. Early bookings are recommended.
Congratulations to: Alison Lester and Boori Monty Pryor who are the recipients of the inaugural Australian Children’s Laureate.
It’s an exciting time for Australian children’s literature at the moment. There’s the National Year of Reading in 2012, Centre for Youth Literature’s 21st Birthday in 2012 and the inaugural Australian Children’s Laureate.
The Centre for Youth Literature will continue to present a program of inspiring professional development events for teachers and librarians.
21 February:
CYL turns 21! – a celebration with Melina Marchetta and other guest authors and a look at 21 years of special events at the Centre.
31 July:
Middling through – cultural identity and reading in the middle school years
23 October:
InkyFest – with 2012 Inky Award-nominated authors, 2011 Gold Inky winner James Moloney and author Rhiannon Hart
4 December:
Publishers’ showcase –guest authors and publishers look at new titles for 2013
All events will be held at the State Library of Victoria, except ‘Middling through’ (at Camberwell Girls’ Grammar School). Events run from 6pm to 8.30pm and refreshments are included.
Entry to Booktalkers events is $35 for non-subscribers – or you can subscribe to all four events for $110.
As part of the National Year of Reading, the Centre for Youth Literature is running the Read This! Creative Reading Prize. Readers around Australia will be asked to upload their response to a favourite book to a dedicated website.
Entries will run from March 1 – May 31 and may include a range of traditional and multi-media activities, such as fan fiction, poetry, craft, mashups, and book trailers. The collective prize pool is $40 000 (split between the states as well as individuals and teams). The winners will be announced on June 26th.
For more information on the Prize go to: www.readthis2012.com.au (site will be operational in the new year).
Further information on the National Year of Reading can be found on: www.love2read.org.au
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Last Wednesday, the 16th of November, was the Public Librarians of Victoria Network Conference.
The main topic up for discussion: what to do for the National Year of Reading? Here are some great ideas that the participants on the day workshopped together!
SHP BASED TOTALLY AROUND BOOKS AND READING, WRITING AND ILLUSTRATION, WORKSHOPS, AND BOOK GIG!
Intensive festival/ Holiday program:
Book gigs/ theatre – use local theatre groups of Vic Youth Theatre
Writing Workshop (examples Paul Collins)
Illustration workshop (examples comics, manga)
Book Production (examples cover designs)
Book Selection evening
Competitions
Mini festival
READING TREE
Families:
Members of the family’s favourite books
Favourite books on display for each person in a family tree
Make a tree/ Use a tree in a pot:
Find an author you like
Than other books you like that are similar (series, authors, books)
Use a leaf as a star review system
Children’s Area:
Wall pictures/ image of a tree
Branch for different books
Children put up authors on the tree, pictures of favourite characters, etc
Write on a leaf why they like/recommend a book
Different size leaves for grades/ genres or themes
Make a special reading corner
Favourite/ comfortable reading areas:
Use tree to start conversations about ‘where do you like to read?’
Use the image/ symbolism of growth, strength to start creative writing from a seed to a story:
We’re super excited to have Michael Pryor, Rhiannon Hart, Cath Crowley, Fiona Wood, Paul Collins and Sean McMullen for the Publishers’ Showcase. They’ll be impressing us with their upcoming and current books.
2. Breaking Dawn is nearly breaking box office records, so the academics are sitting up and taking (more) notice of the phenomenon. Check out the following light-hearted approach from GoodReads which made me wonder: 1) Does anyone else see the similarity between US political preferences and Twilight readers? And 2) Should Barack Obama be afraid … very afraid?
3. Readers Feast new location unveiled. Just in from The Age, news to delight Melburnians and all those who mourned the closing of this iconic Melbourne literary landmark. It’s baaack .. and in time for Christmas!
4. Fancy a celebration of home grown crime? The Sisters in Crime 18th Annual Scarlet Stiletto awards for short stories (including a prize for Young Writers) is happening in bloodcurdling style this Friday. Follow this link to find out when and where:
5. UK author Michael Morpurgo talks about his book War Horse, about one horse’s experiences of World War I, which became a sell-out play and is soon to be a movie by Steven Spielberg. There’ wasn’t a dry eye in the house when I saw the trailer last week – I predict this’ll be a big hit next year when it arrives in cinemas here.
1. Maurice Sendak. His Where the Wild Things Are is one of the all-time greats of children’s literature. Everyone knows the story of naughty Max, who heads into a fantastical land chock full of monsters, has many adventures, and still gets home to a warm supper.
his home country. He has written over thirty books, many of which deal with social justice issues. The best known is The Book of Everything, which is set in 1950s Holland and tells the story of Thomas and his abusive father.
Please join us for the official Victorian launch of the National Year of Reading 2012.
Congratulations to: Alison Lester and Boori Monty Pryor who are the recipients of the inaugural Australian Children’s Laureate.
Now that 2011 has drawn to a close the CYL team can look happily forward to planning next year’s birthday party.
As part of the National Year of Reading, the Centre for Youth Literature is running the Read This! Creative Reading Prize. Readers around Australia will be asked to upload their response to a favourite book to a dedicated website.
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