Book Links Mentorship Winner Announced
The winner of the Book Links mentorship was announced at the Book Links AGM on Saturday 7 October by Dr Robyn Sheahan-Bright who reported that "This year an increased number of entries were submitted and the standard was consistently high.
Book Links Mentorship 2023 Shortlist Announced
Book Links Mentorship 2023 The Book Links Mentorship is open to all member of Book Links residing in Australia. Applicants were invited to submit a synopsis and the first two chapters or first 6000 words of a work of fiction for either
2023 Book Links Mentorship Longlist
The Book Links Mentorship is open to all member of Book Links residing in Australia. Applicants were invited to submit a synopsis and the first two chapters or first 6000 words of a work of fiction for either junior or YA
Winner of the 2023 Book Links Award for Children’s Historical Fiction
PRESENTING The Book Links Award for Children’s Historical Fiction WINNER – 2023 Waiting for the Storks by Katrina Nannestad Congratulations to all the shortlisted Authors and Publishers for 2023 Watch the presentation on YouTube Judges’ comments When Polish Zophia becomes German Sophia adopted into a high ranking
Narelle Oliver Lecture 2023: Gabrielle Wang
Report by Zewlan Moor A large audience of teacher-librarians, authors, illustrators and community members interested in children’s books was honoured to have the Australian Children’s Laureate, Gabrielle Wang, give the 2023 Narelle Oliver Lecture at St Aidan’s School on 24 May. Wang
StoryArt Exhibition 2023
2023 Book Links Exhibition: StoryArt Date: Monday 26 June – Sunday 2 July, 2023 Venue: Richard Randall Art Studio, Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, Brisbane Time: Open Daily from 10:00am – 4:00pm, Friday night Up-Late from 5pm. Book here for the Up Late event. Free
Young Writers Competition and Workshop
To help children learn more about writing short stories so they can enter the StoryLinks Short Story writing competition, Book Links and Voices on the Coast is offering schools and home schoolers a free online workshop with Nova Weetman on Tuesday
Book Links Mentorship 2023
The Book Links Mentorship is open to all member of Book Links residing in Australia. Applicants are invited to submit a synopsis and the first two chapters or first 6000 words of a work of fiction for junior fiction, middle-grade or
Book Links 2023 Award for Children’s Historical Fiction Short List
Four titles have been chosen for the Book Links 2023 Award for Children’s Historical Fiction Short List. The Unstoppable Flying Flanagan by Felice Arena, Penguin Judges’ comments: In 1942 when Australia was facing major changes and women took up the jobs of men and began
Book Links 2023 Award for Children’s Historical Fiction Long List Announced!
The Book Links Award for Children’s Historical Fiction is for books with an implied readership up to the age of fourteen. Books may be fiction, graphic novels or illustrated fiction that fit the genre of historical fiction. The Judges assessed
