Love being a Writer Ambassador for Room to Read with the coolest writers around – caught up with the brilliant Room to Read team of Mihiri, Jennie Orchard & Wendy Rapee at The Hughenden Hotel &:-
Jacqueline Harvey famous for her ALICE MIRANDA books
Oliver Phommavanh famous for his THAI-RIFFIC Books
Deborah Abela famous for her MAX REMY SPY super books and GRIMSDEN
Me – famous for my I AM JACK series which advocates for kids & Room to Read
Hey, we’re a famous lot!! Ha, ha, ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We’re raising awareness at the launch of BEING JACK (4th & final I AM JACK) in a BENEFIT for ROOM TO READ:-
with a live performance of I AM JACK by Monkey Baa Theatre
When: 5 p.m. Sat 23rd August 2014
Launched by: Christian Marchegiani Swans boxing coach and anti school bullying advocate.
Champagne, nibblies and we’ll have a great time
BOOKINGS: – Monkey Baa Theatre Company
Lend Lease Darling Quarter Theatre
Terrace 3, 1-25 Harbour Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Ph : 02 8624 9341 ( Ext 3 )
E: [email protected]
www.monkeybaa.com.au
Tickets: $30 for adults; $20 kids and family tickets
The NRL SUPER SPORTS STARS SHOULD BE DROPPING BY – They say NO to bullying too.
Come along and have a BALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
www.roomtoread.org/australia
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Champagne, catching up, sharing publishing news, writers, illustrators …. at The Hughenden Hotel in Sydney.
Why? To spread the news of ROOM TO READ – educating the children of the developing world.
How many kids, has Room to Read helped? 9 million children and growing!
The brilliant Jennie Orchard heads the writer ambassador program for ROOM TO READ – and writer ambassadors came – award winning author Emily McGuire, best selling children’s author Belinda Murrell, Country Saga author Pamela Cook, Sarah Davis award winning ….. Susanne Gervay …. and we were there to discuss how to reach everyone with the message of Room to Read.
Come on -
-let’s get kids reading
-let’s especially give girls education
- let’s work with communities to stop illiteracy.
www.roomtoread.org/australia
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It’s the start of 2014 & it’s drop in time before the crazy life of writing tours, events, festivals , school visits, media …. start seriously.
Where’s the drop in centre? You guessed it -The Hughenden.
I loved catching up with:-
-the award winning Albany (WA) Dianne Wolfer whose Lighthouse Girl (Fremantle Press) is a best seller!
- Monica Lizama the Chilean-Australian writer who dresses up as her character PAWS!
- Jennie Orchard with Margaret Wilcox from Room to Read who are developing the Writer Ambassador programme to raise awareness of the need to educate the kids of Asaa and Africa. SCBWI is on board with lots of our authors taking on the role of ambassadors.
- Libby Hathorn dropping in with her poetry books and she’s got a new book coming out with HarperCollins on ANZACS.
- Chris Cheng with Bini getting ready to head off to New York for the SCBWI Conference and then Bologna Book Fair …. and other favourite creators!
Nearly ready to hit Las Vegas for the I AM JACK season at the Smith Center of performing Arts!
I’m staying at the EXCALIBUR HOTEL, so getting into princess gear … their could be some princes there. or toads!
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