The next meeting of the Rockdale Readers Book Group is on 19 August 2011. The group will be discussing The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.
If you have read this book, please join us for the discussion at 5.30pm in Rockdale Library.
The book for September is My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell.
For more information or to join the group, please call Natalie on 95621821
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
1st Wednesday Book Group - Trout Opera
The next meeting of the 1st Wednesday Book Group is on 3 August 2011. The group will be discussing Trout Opera by Matthew Condon.
If you have read this book, please join us for the discussion at 10.30am in Rockdale Library.
The book for September is Q & A by Vikas Swarup.
For more information or to join the group, please call Natalie on 95621821
If you have read this book, please join us for the discussion at 10.30am in Rockdale Library.
The book for September is Q & A by Vikas Swarup.
For more information or to join the group, please call Natalie on 95621821
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Teen Writers Get Serious
The NSW Writers' Centre has a course coming up on Saturday 6 August called Teen Writers Get Serious! with Melina Marchetta. It's a great opportunity for writers aged 16 - 18.
Are you into writing? Do you make up stories in your head or on the page? Want to take it further? Then join the internationally published, prize-winning author of Looking for Alibrandi and The Piper’s Son, Melina Marchetta, for a day of creative writing that will take your
words further.
Through a combination of theory, examples and practical exercises, Melina will explore with students the creation of tension and atmosphere, descriptive scenes and fast-paced narrative, enhancing action, characterisation, point of view, narrative tense, writing strong
dialogue and more, using techniques she has developed over years of writing. Students will complete up to four brief writing pieces throughout the day and come away with new techniques and skills for their craft along with the seeds of new stories.
This workshop is appropriate for 16-18 year olds. HSC Extension 2 English students welcome to attend.
For full details of this course and to book in, visit the NSW Writer's Centre website or call on 9555 9757.
Are you into writing? Do you make up stories in your head or on the page? Want to take it further? Then join the internationally published, prize-winning author of Looking for Alibrandi and The Piper’s Son, Melina Marchetta, for a day of creative writing that will take your
words further.
Through a combination of theory, examples and practical exercises, Melina will explore with students the creation of tension and atmosphere, descriptive scenes and fast-paced narrative, enhancing action, characterisation, point of view, narrative tense, writing strong
dialogue and more, using techniques she has developed over years of writing. Students will complete up to four brief writing pieces throughout the day and come away with new techniques and skills for their craft along with the seeds of new stories.
This workshop is appropriate for 16-18 year olds. HSC Extension 2 English students welcome to attend.
For full details of this course and to book in, visit the NSW Writer's Centre website or call on 9555 9757.
Friday, July 8, 2011
Prime Minister's Literary Awards Announced
Congratulations to the winners of the 2011 Prime Minister's Literary Awards
The winners are
Fiction - Stephen Daisley for Traitor
Non-Fiction - Rod Moss for The Hard Light of Day
Young Adult Fiction -Cath Crowley for Graffiti Moon
Children's Fiction - Boori Monty Pryor and illustrator Jan Ormerod for Shake a Leg
For more information visit www.arts.gov.au/pmliteraryawards
The winners are
Fiction - Stephen Daisley for Traitor
Non-Fiction - Rod Moss for The Hard Light of Day
Young Adult Fiction -Cath Crowley for Graffiti Moon
Children's Fiction - Boori Monty Pryor and illustrator Jan Ormerod for Shake a Leg
For more information visit www.arts.gov.au/pmliteraryawards
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