Looking about the Children’s bookshelves this Australia Day, positions have varied considerably as to who gets to sit, at the top of the list. The ten selected, are what we are regularly seeing at the top, in popular bookstores, around the country. We have wimpy kids, treehouses and wayward children scoring the first three places – curtesy of Kinney, Griffiths & Denton and Bound. These are closely followed by animals, you, strikes, perspectives, pigs and the deep. Although there are no unique titles in this bunch of books, they’re great page turners for young children, who eagerly follow these authors.
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Out and about around bookstores this week, we find an interesting collection of new and intriguing books to tantalise our young teens, who are keen to while away the hours before jumping back into the school books. From murder, lying and cruelty taking out the top three places this week - curtsey of Jackson, McManus and Black; we then dive into death, games, shatter lives, liars, wicked and beyond the end to complete our top ten. There seems to be a lot at stake for these new characters and life appears to be taking a turn for the worse. For keen teens, dying for a bit of drama - this week’s books won’t disappoint.
Released this month - the new LILIWIOFE' (annual) Diaries are created and designed specifically to motivate, inspire and organise individuals who might otherwise be a tad, too-timid, to realise their dreams.
This A5 diary will kick-off the CoVid blues and get you started fresh, at the beginning of 2021. Organise and use the daily #hashtags for a strong media presence, grow your business idea to its full potential - being motivated from day 1. Document your year's journey with like-minded individuals on the Instagram hashtag #liliwiofe' There you will be able to inspire and support others in their journey; and see what, how and who is moving forward with their dreams in 2021. Let's come together to make the New Year - one to really remember and not - CoVid! Gift this treasure to a friend or family member who has been doing it tough. Help them get back on top of things. You are not alone; let's build a strong 2021 together. Join us - see you on Instagram! :) Thank you to my wonderful friend Hassan Khan - who composed this incredibly, beautiful piece of music. You can find more of his work on SoundCloud.:) If you’ve published digital works and need a little bit of recognition - well, here’s your opportunity and you can earn a nice sum of money, into the bargain. The Australian Writers Centre is offering for the fourth year in a row, their Woollahra Digital Literary Prize for published works in a digital form. Of course, it can’t be just any old thing - we are talking e pub and online articles here.
The competition gives you three categories to enter: Non-Fiction, Fiction and Flash/Short Fiction. The collective prize money sits at Au $7000. Both Fiction & Non-Fiction offer $3000 each, while Flash/Short Fiction can put a nice $1,000 in your pocket. You will have to spin a good yarn for your winnings and be able to write up to 80,000 words for Fiction and Non-fiction and you can get away with 100~3000 words for the short fiction. If you think this could be something that your might like to enter, get in fast as entries close March 9th, 2020. See Woollahara Council Website to enter. Happy writing! National story telling week kicks off January 27th~3rd of February, 2018. Whether you're in the UK or Australia - Grab a book and tell a story! Read up on how things go down at the Society for Storytelling in the UK.
Making a living for one's writing is sometimes not the easiest thing to do. For some writers in history, they have had to learn to juggle their love of writing with another job - sometimes two or even three. Becoming a writer and going done the path of locking oneself in a room, for hours on end or banishing oneself away from the rest of the world - for weeks at time in some distant, obscure country so as to churn out a best selling novel - is often required and can result in the production of 'a hit!'
But... being realistic, writing takes time and delivering 'a hit' in today's world takes skill, craftsmanship and downright luck - for many of us. So let's step back in time and take a look at how some of the best writers delivered results. Camilla Nelson from the University of Notre Dame in Australia spells it out. So if you're business is art in all forms, then maybe your form needs to be shown to the world. Well you can do this with a little help and winning exposure from the Melbourne Prize Trust.
You don't have long though - to be exact, you have only until May 17th 5pm to get your entries into this Urban Sculpture, Rural & Regional Development Award. And...in conjunction with this award closing, is the Public Artwork Design Concept Award - Crafting a City of Literature, which closes much the same time. The award focusses on recognising and rewarding artistic excellence and talent in order to inspire creative development and enrich public life. We hope you'll get your entries in for these most worthy awards and if you don't personally enter, don't forget to support someone who has entered the competition. Total winnings are in the value of $120,000 and is open to all Victorian residences; the finalist exhibition will take place in Federation Square - 13~27 November, 2017. So get out the welding torches, pots of glue, hammers and nails and discover the artist in you. Enter the Melbourne Prize Trust Awards by 17th May, 2017 - 5pm and you will be set for valuable funds to sit on your doorstep. With all that you'll be able to create a whole horde of luxurious sculptures. |
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