Library Bytes
Reading Challenge 2020
The Victorian Premiers’ Reading Challenge has started with engaging lunchtime sessions in the Library, where everyone is encouraged to share ideas and recommendations, and popcorn too.
An opportunity to nurture imagination!
Sessions run on a Wednesday lunchtime in the Library.
Pick up an enrolment form from the Library.
Some of our popular reads to date include
Disappearing Act, The 91-Storey Treehouse, Holes,
The Hunger Games, A Wonderlandful World and These Broken Stars.
Further information is available on the official website at www.education.vic.gov.au/prc:
* You will find key dates
*Challenge guidelines
*Frequently asked questions and the 2019 Challenge booklist which is regularly updated.
Australian Children's Laureate 2020
We have a new Australian Children’s Laureate!
The Laureate’s role is to promote the importance of reading, creativity and story in the lives of young Australians. The new Children’s Laureate is award-winning author, Ursula Dubosarsky. She has won nine Premier’s Literary Awards and the Children’s Book Council Book of the Year Award internationally, has been nominated for both the Astrid Lindgren and Hans Christian Andersen awards.
Works include:
Brindabella (2018) illustrated by Andrew Joyner Allen and Unwin
The Blue Cat (2017) Allen and Unwin
The Golden Day (2011) Allen and Unwin
The Red Shoe (2006) Allen and Unwin
Theodora's Gift (2005) Penguin Australia
The 2020 Inky Awards
The 2020 Inky Awards longlis t is coming in late March. Watch out for it!
The Inky Awards teen alumni select 10 Australian books and 10 international books. The longlist will reflect the quality and diversity of current young adult literature.
The longlist is read by a panel of teenaged judges, who whittle the list down to a shortlist of ten books (5 Australian, 5 international).
Are you interested in applying to be an Inky Awards judge?
It involves:
- Reading all 20 longlisted books (which you get to keep) within three months (April to June)
- Consulting with the other judges to select the shortlist of 10 books.
- Use your voice to promote the Inky Awards (at school, at a festival …) and encourage your peers to vote in the Awards
Applications will open in March. Check out: https://insideadog.com.au/the-inky-awards/
State Library of Victoria - Event
Dome at Dusk: A private case of banned books
30 APRIL 2020, 6:00PM–6:30PM
Hear Des Cowley and Dr Patrick Spedding unlock the history of a private case of banned books.
Cost: Free
BOOKINGS REQUIRED (click here)
Mrs Patricia Bernardo
Library Manager