ReadMe
activities, festivals
Activities
Austlit: The resource for Australian literature
Bibliomania
Big Book Club and Little Big Book Club programs commenced March 2007 through State Library of Queensland and The Courier Mail – linking people with reading across Queensland.
BILBY – Books I Love Best Yearly (Queensland children vote)
Children’s Book Council of Australia - Children’s Book Week each August, 2010 theme: Across the Story Bridge.
COOL – ACT children vote
CYBER – Tasmanian children vote
DustEchoes – Indigenous Australian stories, with teachers’ notes
Eric Carle’s Museum of Picture Book Art
Fabulous Fiction
Illustration House – a dedicated Gallery of Australian published illustrative art and books
Inside A Dog - Youth Literature site through State Library of Victoria – author blogs, write reviews, prizes, lists…
KANGA – SA children vote
KOALA – NSW children vote
KROC – NT children vote – contact Darwin Libraries
LaTrobe University Children and Young Adults’ book reviews
Let’s Play on Libby Hathorn’s site
Literature Map (follow the cloud to discover other writers’ work you may enjoy)
Magnet Poems
National Reading Day – September – Site includes podcasts and teachers’ notes.
National Simultaneous Storytime - 11am on a date in May
Nestle Write Around Australia (1994-2005)
Read stories archived at State Library of New South Wales’ site.
One Book Many Brisbanes – download a great read.
Picturing Books – picture story books and authors
PIE for Kids - DPI activity pages
Premier’s Reading Challenge Open to all Queensland school students in Prep to Year 5. Register to participate.
Puffin Australia Kids Club -and The Squawk e-newsletter.
Read Alert - another marvellous site from State Library of Victoria with lashings of book/author news.
Readers’ Cup - Teams of Queensland school students challenge each other, culminating in the final at Brisbane Writers’ Festival
The Style File – online showcase of Australian book illustrators and illustrations.
Summer Reading Club! Find a treasure trove of activities online – interactive games, virtual books, online author chats, quiz, booklists and puzzles. Queensland participants register at your local public library over summer holidays. SRC.
WAYBRA - young readers’ book award
Which book? Wondering what to read next? Book lists
World Wildlife Fund - quizzes.
YABBA – Victorian children vote.
YARA - national students’ choice awards
Festivals
Curtis Coast Literary Carnivale Gladstone Campus CQU
Ipswich Festival of Children’s Literature, September
Online Literature Festival – August/September
Ourimbah Festival of Literature – Newcastle, November
Out of the Box Children’s Festival - June 2010, Brisbane
Queensland Poetry Festival – August
Somerset Celebration of Literature, March
Voices on the Coast - May – June
Voices on the Range USQ and Fairholme College, Toowoomba, May.
Whitsunday Voices
