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
Book Links StoryArts Brisbane 2022
A very wet weekend kept a few people away, but overall, Book Links StoryArts Brisabne (BSAB) was a huge success with thanks to all the volunteers who helped out in the lead up and on the day, especially Danielle Freeland
Piano Fingers Exhibition with Caroline Magerl
The month of October provided the opportunity for many children and adults to see the wonderful illustrations and paintings of Caroline Magerl. There were developmental drawings and paintings which gave an insight into the processes involved in creating this book.
Winners of the Mentorship announced
The winners of the Book Links Mentorship were announced by Dr Robyn Sheahan Bright at Book Links StoryArts Brisbane Conference on Saturday 22 October 2022. WINNER: R.M. Little Saltwater and Ash (YA) This submission was presented in a very impressive synopsis conveying details of
Book Links Mentorship Longlist
BOOK LINKS (QLD) MENTORSHIP 2022 LONGLIST (in alphabetical order by last name) Congratulations to the following Ree Evans Following Footprints (PB) and Collecting Clouds (PB) Helen Gearing Gracie the Diamond (JF) Lara Cain Gray The Machine (PB)\ Karen Hendriks My Brother Pony Boy (PB) R.M. Little Saltwater
