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CM . . . .
Volume I Number X . . . . August 18, 1995
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Festival of Australian Children's Literature
A Festival of Australian Children's Literature
"Country Victoria celebrating the Golden Jubilee of the Childrens' Book Council of Australia"
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To celebrate fifty years of the CBC (the Childrens' Book Council of
Australia), Latrobe University, Bendigo is holding a Festival of
Children's Literature, offering sessions for all people interested in
children's books, writing, and illustration.
The program features addresses by and workshops with major figures in
Australian children's literature such as Maurice Saxby, Lilith
Norman, and Agnes Nieuwenhuizen, authors Margaret Aitken and James
Moloney, and illustrators Noela Young, Terry Denton, and Geoff Hocking.
A curated exhibition of the work of Noela Young (The
Muddle-headed Wombat, An Older Kind of Magic, and Pigs
might fly...) and of
Terry Denton (The Paw, Mr Plunkett's Pool, and
Spooner or Later...)
will provide the centrepiece of the Festival and will be available for
public viewing all week.
The Festival will be opened by Maurice Saxby at a cocktail party at
the exhibition on Saturday evening, with a display of fifty years of
winners of the CBC Book of the Year awards as well.
Sunday will see papers on Children's Literature from Maurice Saxby,
Lilith Norman, and Terry Denton, and workshops featuring Noela Young,
Terry Denton, and Geoff Hocking. Lunch is included.
Monday has sessions for schools from "No Mates Drama in Action"
during the day, and a lively panel discussion on the current state
of Australian children's literature in the evening. Margaret Aitken,
Terry Denton, James Moloney, Lilith Norman, Maurice Saxby, and
Noela Young will be on the panel.
On Tuesday, schools will be able to choose from more "No Mates" action
or from two "Bookgigs" -- Terry Denton discussing The Paw with
primary students and James Moloney discussing Gracey with secondary
students. The Festival winds up on Tuesday evening with Agnes
Nieuwenhuizen talking about Young Adult fiction.
Tickets for the whole Festival ($100) or various parts (various
prices) are now available!
For further information contact David Beagley at:
Learning Resource Centre
Latrobe University, Bendigo
PO Box 199, Bendigo
phone (054) 447334
Victoria, Australia
3550
e-mail biggles@bendigo.latrobe.edu.au
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ISSN 1201-9364
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