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The sun has set. The gums trees rustle in the wind and I am driving through the Royal National Park Sutherland. I love driving through the bush along roads that wind and dip…. but there are
NO signs
ROAD BLOCKS
My PHONE is DEAD
I have no idea where I was and drive along the road, over a weir with no people around and no help.
LOST in the NATIONAL PARK and I’m late with 100 girls waiting for my talk.
I flag down a ute with 2 young guys in it. I am hoping it’s not Ivan Milat. No it’s not – 2 young guys towing their trail bikes. ‘Follow me.’ I zoom behind them. ‘That way.’
It is the track from ‘deliverance country’ – winding, bush, dark with road blocks all the way – watch out for the wallaby. Just missed the wombat . Get to the winding river.
No humanity. Huts …. then I find it – Rathane House filled with girls and teachers and excitement – I’m an ambassador for the National Year of Reading and finally arrived.
It was a wonderful hour of sharing story, my ‘Ships in the Field’ (Ford Street Publishing) with endless enthusiasm from the SCEGGS girls.
Loved it.
Then I took a breath. Mist had descended as I headed throughout bushland back to the highway missing kangaroos and wallabys.
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on 10/31/2012
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'ethics 101 conversations to have with your parents' by Michael Parker,
Cranbrook School Bellevue Hill,
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Would you save baby Hitler if you could?
He killed 6 million Jews,millions of disabled people and started World War 11.
The world has ended and there is one tin of soup left. Would you share it with your brother?
It’s the future where babies can be genetically designed. Should all babies be perfect?
Michael Parker, author of YA novel ‘Doppelganger’ (Penguin); author of philosophy textbooks, Deputy Headmaster of Senior School Cranbrook in Sydney poses challenging questions in:-
‘ethics 101 conversations to have with your kids’
Published by Jane Curry Publishing Australia
Cranbrook School is a old boys’ school overlooking stunning Sydney Harbour in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs.
Committed to social justice, its Indigenous Scholarship Fund offers tuition to indigenous boys. All royalties and profit for the sale of this book go to the Indigenous Scholarship Fund.
It was a wonderful launch at Oscar & friends Booksellers Double Bay.
CONGRATULATIONS Michael
Proud to support this event as an ambassador for the National Year of Reading 2012
A sojourn in the country. Gloucester is one of those ideallic villages.
Impacted by the decline of the dairy industry for small holders, there were still dairy cows dotting the fields.
Fires are threatening and I had breakfast with firefighters who were staying at my motel.
Maybe the threats of fire, make the young people thinkers, maybe the relationship with the land. Whatever it is, they had great questions and were engaged in critical thinking and literature.
‘Ships in the Field’ and Belonging are natural partners. Anna Pignataro’s evocative illustrations of a family seeking belonging in a new ‘field’/land and the story reach into an immigrant world. It opens questions and discussion.
I was deeply touched by Caitlin a year 11 student, who shared her love of ‘Butterflies’ with me. I wrote that from such a deep place – that search for identity, meeting challenges and being all you can be. Thankyou Caitlin.
I LOVE Gloucester.
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on 9/15/2012
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The beautiful kids and teachers of Holy Spirit School North Ryde have embraced Room to Read – www.roomtoread.org
- Educating the Children of the developing world.
So far Room to Read has reached 6.6 million children in countries including Vietnam, Nepal. India … Uganda and aims to reach 20 million children by 2020!
I’m proud to be a ROOM TO READ Author Ambassador.
I was there with 4 hats as a:-
Room to Read Author Ambassador
Ambassador for the National Year of Reading 2012
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The author of:-
NO to School Bullying & I AM JACK
Universal Human Rights – everyone has the right to a nationality & ‘Ships in the Field’
It was a warm, wonderful and joyous day there.
Thankyou Kosalay Pather for inviting me to your school.
Room to Read endorses ‘I Am Jack’.
Monkey Baa Theatre’s adaptation of ‘I AM JACK’ will be performed at the Lend lease Darling Quarter Theatre Darling Harbour 11-15 March Bookings:-
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on 9/11/2012
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It’s a privilege to be an Ambassador for the National Year of Reading.
I love being sent to speak at libraries around the country; speaking to kids.
Today it was Campbelltown Library with Ingleburn High School students.
They were wonderful and thoughtful. I appreciated their comments and engagement. Thankyou.
I shared anti bullying through ‘I Am Jack;, music through ‘That’s Why I Wrote This Song’ – they were all into music.
I shared my family’s journey as refugees finding home in a new country through ‘Ships in the Field.’
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on 5/25/2012
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Had two fantastic days hosted by the Taree Library.
They combined my visit as an ambassador for the National Year of Reading with The Cancer Council’s Biggest Morning Tea.
Check out the website: www.love2read.org
I shared ‘Always Jack’ which carries the Cancer Council’s yellow daffodil with enthusiastic readers at Harrington and Halliday’s Point Libraries.
Spoke about Room to read bringing literacy to the children of the developing world. www.roomtoread.org
Thankyou to my fabulous Taree Library host Tanya McLean.
Great to catch up with Di Emms the librarian at Halliday’s Point Library. She hosted me a decade ago at the library at Foster-Tuncurry
The North Coast is so beautiful.
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Susanne Gervay,
on 5/2/2012
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Authors, illustrators, librarians, publishers …. so many people gathered to celebrate Maurice Saxby’s contribution to children’s literature.
Professor Robyn Ewing gave the keynote:- ‘Story is at the centre of what we do – imagine.’
‘A creative work remains permanently unfinished.’ Shaun Tan.
Children’s literature promotes creativity, imagination and exploration.
The inaugural Maurice Saxby lecture was the brainchild of Libby Gleeson, an Ambassador for the National Year of Reading. She was joined by other ambassadors – Chris Cheng, Libby Hathorn and me.
A national year of Reading event
It was a wonderful evening in Sydney’s heritage Mitchell Library.
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on 4/27/2012
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Libraries, libraries, libraries – you’ve got to LOVE them.
They’re spreading the reading message and as an ambassador for The National Year of Reading, I’m speaking at writers’ festivals, book launches, libraries, schools, bookshops.
Is it fantastic? YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Here’s a snapshot of my May tours for The National Year of Reading - www.love2read.org
4-6th May ~ Keynote at the Gloucester Writers festival – www.gloucesterwritersfestival.com
6th May – Launch at Gloucester Festival of ‘Alien Shores’ an anthology of refugees narratives that reach into struggles, humour, life of finding home with authors including speaking Sharon Rundle and Andrew Kwong. I’ll be speaking about my story.
17th -18th May -Coff’s Harbour region speaking at schools and the Catholic Diocese of Lismore in Northern NSW Teacher-Librarian Conference
20th May – Melbourne for the launch of Alien Shores by the Human Rights QC Julian Burnside with authors, Arnold Zable, Sharon Rundle, Professor Meenakshi Bharat, Susanne Gervay at 6 p.m. Readings Bookstore Carlton. http://www.readings.com.au/review/alien-shores-by-sharon-rundle-meenakshi-bharat-eds
22nd May – Launching Alien Shores in Sydney at The Hughenden Hotel with authors Linda Jailin, Sophie Masson, Sharon Rundle, Rosie Scott with the Consul General of India www.thehughenden.com.au
23rd May- Randwick Library in Sydney for Simultaneous Reading Time where ambassadors will read to parents and littlies across Australia – can’t wait, it’s going to be gorgeous! http://www.alia.org.au/nss/
24-May – Taree Library speaking about ‘Always Jack’ for the Biggest Morning Tea in support of the Cancer Council at Taree Library brought up by the Australian Library and Information Association
25th May -Halliday’s Point Library on North Coast NSW
28th May – speaking at 10 am in Warringah Library in Sydney’s Northern Beaches about my first picture book ‘Ships in the Field’.
29th May – Teacher Librarian Conference at Maroubra Junction Public School Sydney
That’s my MAY spreading the National Year of Reading Celebration of Books!
Love you to come along and chat to me, or log onto the www.lovetoread.org website and joi
Great week sharing Ships in the Field with the wonderful teacher-librarians who travelled from the Illawarra 2 hours each way to The Children’s Bookshop Beecroft.
They had a great time perusing the bookshop, talking books with The bookshop’s Paul MacDonald and celebrating reading onThursday.
Also thankyou to the librarians and teachers of Cerdon College who invited me to launch the National Year of Reading on friday. What a great college. The girls just love books, reading and writing and expressed great views. They were wonderful.
Special hello to the JACK fans – you know who you are.
Love being an ambassador for the National Year of Reading!
I drove down the freeway then turned off into beautiful countryside between green hills driving into picturesque Picton.
This was a very different launch with the children of the local schools appointed as junior ambassadors for the National Year of Reading.
This great concept by librarian Gail Dunn at Picton Library has engaged the community.
Member for Wollondilly Jai Rowell MP made time to celebrate reading in the community and launch the National Year of Reading in Wollondilly Shire.
Loved speaking to the kids about my JACK books, Ships in the Field and …..
The Reading Hour where across Australia it’s reading time – 6 pm 25th August.
Be in it and love2read.
National Year of Reading 2012, Susanne Gervay Ambassador for National Year of Reading 2012, www.love2read.org.au
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on 12/9/2011
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I LOVE MonkeyBaa Theatre.
Tim MacGarry, Sandra Eldridge and Eva Di Cesare, the Directors of Monkey Baa Theatre are creative, passionate and have done a brilliant job adapting Australian children’s lietrature for the stage.
Their adaptation of Jackie French’s ‘Hitler’s Daughter’ will be touring North America next year.
Next year opens with Tim Winton’s Bugalugs – it’s booked across Australia.
However the piece de la resistance is the adaptation of Duncan Ball’s ‘Emily Eyefinger – it was magic – the comedy, the digital support and animation enhancing the talented actors. Of course Tim McGarry (who plays my JACK in ‘I AM JACK’) was the star to me – he was hilarious. They were all great and played to full houses.
The Christmas party was fun with cast members, production manager Sam Johnston (who did I AM JACK – love Sam), the Monkey Baa team. board members and of course … actors. Love them all.
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The Queen Victoria Tea Rooms resplendent with chandeliers, 19th century decor and high tea was a fitting place to farewell this remarkable publisher.
Linsay Kinight’s authors and illustrators, bookshop owners, significant people in children’s literature and the RandomHouse publishing team were there to acknowledge Linsay Knight. Margaret Searle Managing Director said she that she loved working with Linsau and that she would always be a friend and colleague even after Linsay left Random House.
Jacqueline Harvey gave a wonderful speech about how significant Linsay Knight was in the development of many authors and illustrators. She was invaluable working with author Jacqueline Harvey in the development of the series Alice Miranda.
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The Queen Victoria Tea Rooms resplendent with chandeliers, 19th century decor and high tea was a fitting place to farewell this remarkable publisher.
Linsay Kinight’s authors and illustrators, bookshop owners, significant people in children’s literature and the RandomHouse publishing team were there to acknowledge Linsay Knight. Margaret Searle Managing Director said she that she loved working with Linsau and that she would always be a friend and colleague even after Linsay left Random House.
Jacqueline Harvey gave a wonderful speech about how significant Linsay Knight was in the development of many authors and illustrators. She was invaluable working with author Jacqueline Harvey in the development of the series Alice Miranda.
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on 11/28/2011
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I love Sally Murphy’s work. Her beautiful book ’Pearl Verses The World’ which won the Australian Family Therapist Award in 2010, is accompanied by ‘Toppling’ which was runner up to my ‘Always Jack’ this year. However as the award judge said, it was on a coin’s throw which book to select.
I love that my ‘Always Jack’ is in the company of Sally Murphy’s ‘Toppling’.
Both deal with cancer but in different ways. Both positive, sensitive, warm and loving. They make it safe for young people to talk about cancer.
‘Always Jack’ carries the Cancer Council’s yellow daffodil.
I am proud to be an Ambassador for The National Year of Reading.
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on 11/26/2011
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Authors and illustrators piled into Bendigo Catholic College for a festival of literature.
Special bravery award to exhausted but brilliant Meredith Costain who came to the festival after a week touring the Outback doing workshops, then driving to Bendigo and back for the Festival.
Second special bravery award for Di Bates who just did 2 weeks of workshops in an outback school, then happily headed for the festival. But she didn’t drive.
Third special bravery award to me for having spoken at so many schools that I’d forgotten where I was. I managed to miss my flight from Sydney to Melbourne but still made the festival. Stressful!!!!
Fourth special bravery award – putting on this fabulous festival by Paul Collins, Publisher Ford Street.
Schools bused into the campus for a day of talks, workshops, readings and books, books, books.
Schools who participated included:-
Bendigo South East
Pyramid College
Notre Dame
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Margaret Wild is a leading Australian children’s author. She has more than 70 picture books with so many awards that I’ve lost count.
The adaptation of her brilliant multi award winning picture book FOX illustrated by Ron Brooks and adapated into an opera by Monkey Baa Theatre www.monkeybaa.com.au was one of the great experiences of theatre.
The Lady Cutler Award gift of an illustration by the beautiful illustrator Julie Vivas will be deeply loved.
Edward Coffey who established the Lady Cutler Award which was sponsored by Hodder Publishers spoke about the importance of recognising those who contribute to children’s literature.
In 2011 Edward Coffey Chairman of Peribo www.peribo.com.au has become the new sponsor.
Kate Forsyth and Belinda Murrell award winning fantasy authors spoke about their great-great-great-great mother who wrote the first Australian book ‘A Mother’s Offering’
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Come on in and join the National Year of Reading in a celebration of books.
http://www.love2read.org.au
The National Year of Reading 2012 is about children learning to read and keen readers finding new sources of inspiration; respecting the oral tradition of storytelling; rediscovering the magic of books and about Australians becoming a nation of readers.
I am proud be be a NSW Ambassador for The National Year of Reading with Richard Glover writer and ABC personality.
The National Year of Reading 2012 is a collaborative project joining public libraries, government, community groups, media and commercial partners, and the public. We’re a family – and we’re represented by every State:-
I love promoting reading and sharing my books and have been on the road for the past two months speaking to 1000′s of kids.
I have had the best writing tour ever travelling across Sydney, NSW, Queensland – thankyou to the welcome from schools from
De la Salle Caringbah; Sackville St Public School Ingelburn, St Mary’s Primary Toowoomba, Towoomba Grammar Junior College, Holy Rosary Roblane Windsor (Brisbane), Marymount College Burleigh Waters, St Jerome’s Primary Punchbowl, St Brendan’s Carter’s Rd Lake Mumorah. Rose bay Convent College, Randwick Primary … and many, many more. LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!!!