Archive for the 'Activities and Challenges' Category
Reading and vocabulary – improve yours…
One of the great things about reading good literature is how you can unwittingly expand your vocabulary. You can often work out the meaning of a word by considering the context in which a new word is used.
In today’s world another option is available on the internet. In a game form, you can test your [...]
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INKYS - Vote NOW!
At last – a chance for teens to vote for their favourite read. Here’s your chance to voice your opinion on some of the latest offerings for young adults from both Australian and international authors in the Inky awards.
You can vote via the web or SMS for both the Gold Inky (for Australian authors only) [...]
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The Wait is Over!!
Announced today! The shortlists for the Children’s Book Council of Australia awards for 2007. In the Older Readers category, there is great variety with a humorous look at family life from Lisa Shanahan, My Big Birkett; an intriguing look at recent history by award winning Ursula Dubosarsky, The Red Shoe; and a selection of short horror [...]
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Reading Challenge 2007
Last year, quite a few students and their families took part in the Australian Readers’ Challenge which supported indigenous youth in the far north of Australia. They combined with many Australian schools to raise $80,000 for this goal. This challenge has been running for a couple of years now and, unfortunately, will not run in [...]
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Librarything - Tracking your reading
With lots of time to enjoy new books and revisit old favourites, I have now found a way to keep track - Librarything! As suggested by a visitor to this blog, (thanks, Jill), this can be used to maintain details of the books you own, or those you are currently reading. This can then be [...]
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Dream diary
Do you dream a lot? Are you a creative person? Perhaps you can combine the two, and become a creative writer based on your dreams? Where do the creative ideas of authors come from anyway - from the subconscious, or conscious mind? Ideas which may seem crazy to begin with may start the flow of [...]
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Reading Diary
One of the challenges I have given myself this holiday season is to read more - and to try to keep track of what I have been reading!! Too often I finish the holidays pleased that I have had the time to read more, but when others ask what book I enjoyed the most, my mind [...]
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Holiday reading
Now is the time of year when you can catch up your recreational reading - the bliss of holidays - time to read what you want. But isn’t that just when your mind goes blank and you forget all those wonderful recommendations made by others during the year? Why not check out some of the [...]
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Book Karma?
Read a good book? Then release it!! Share it! Don’t let it sit on a shelf gathering dust! This is the idea behind a world wide phenomena called BookCrossing. It has even become an entry in the Oxford dictionary:
Bookcrossing – n. the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and [...]
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Writing for Children
The NSW Writers’ Centre annual ‘Writing for Children and Young Adults’ Festival will be on next Saturday, July 22, from 10am to 5pm at the centre, Balmain Road, Rozelle. Guests will include children’s authors, James Roy, Sophie Masson and Di Bates. Tickets are $20 available on 9555 9757. For the full program see: http://www.nswwriterscentre.org.au/ .
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