tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42275679142497427692024-02-18T19:38:06.221-08:00Katrina McKelvey's BlogKatrina McKelveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15221812056487310855noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227567914249742769.post-41706911754014378342020-06-29T00:08:00.000-07:002020-06-29T00:12:52.109-07:00Katapult - Edition 13 - June, 2020<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hi everyone and welcome to the latest edition of my newsletter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This edition is dedicated to the upcoming <a href="http://www.littlescribe.com/">Littlescribe</a> Mini-Writing Festival which is being held 27 - 31st July (Term 3, Week 2).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Basically, it's an online writing festival for primary school children from all around Australia. It's online so it makes the festival accessible and safe for everyone! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And the Book Week 2020 theme, CURIOUS CREATURES, WILD MINDS has been woven through it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are daily sessions for lower, middle and upper primary with amazing authors and illustrators including:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Andrew Daddo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and ME!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There will be an author and an illustrator in each 45-minute session and a Story Starter Wall to showcase work and get ideas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Primary school children from around Australia can team up online with their favourite Australian authors during Term 3 as part of the inaugural Littlescribe Mini-Writing Festival.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Created for schools and teachers by educational online writing platform Littlescribe, the festival runs for five days. It is supported by the Children’s Book Council of Australia, the educational video platform, ClickView and the online education community, On Butterfly Wings.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Students who take part in the festival will be able to publish their work on the Littlescribe “story starter wall” for peers, authors, parents and all Australians to read.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Australian kids have the potential to become the best writers in the world,” Littlescribe CEO Jenny Atkinson said. “We want to help them by building a trusted community of supporters, to elevate children’s writing.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The festival runs from July 27 to 31, with each day featuring three workshops that cater for lower, middle and upper primary students. During each 45-minute workshop, students will work with a new author on a writing challenge.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book Week theme – “Curious Creatures, Wild Minds” – will be woven through every session.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“This means the Littlescribe Mini-Writing Festival will be a winter warm-up for Book Week, usually staged in August, but running from October 17 to 23 this year,” Ms Atkinson said.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Professor Margot Hillel, OAM, Chair of the CBCA National Board, said: “This is a great opportunity for Australian authors and students to collaborate and write alongside each other in the lead up to CBCA Book Week.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Some of Australia’s most-loved authors in the festival include Jackie French (The Schoolmaster’s Daughter), Andrew Daddo (Atticus Van Tasticus), Deborah Abela (The Stupendously Spectacular Spelling Bee), Katrina McKelvey (Isla’s Family Tree), author/illustrator James Foley (</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt;">Toffle Towers and Brobot</span><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">) and author/illustrator Stephen Michael King (Three). For the complete program, click</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11pt;">here</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The cost of joining the festival is $5 (+GST) per student, with an early bird fee (until June 30) of $3 (+GST) per student. This provides access to all 12 workshops.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For teachers, the Littlescribe Mini-Writing Festival includes:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● An interactive, 45-minute write-along streamed video conference led by Littlescribe’s</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Literacy Leader Jo Edwards, featuring an author and an illustrator</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">● A short writing challenge for students in each workshop, including the 2020 CBCA</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For more information and to register, visit</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11pt;">https://www.littlescribe.com/lp/mini-writing-festival/</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Littlescribe, an award-winning company, started in Australia in 2018. It is an educational writing platform, written by teachers and connected to the national curriculum (Australia, New South Wales, Victoria). Designed for primary and high school students, it includes rich and engaging resources including teacher toolkits and its signature co-author program. Littlescribe inspires and motivates children to write by transforming their writing projects into digital and printed books to share with their class, family and friends. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: 11pt;">www.littlescribe.com</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">https://downloads.littlescribe.com/Littlescribe+Mini-Writing+Festival+Calendar.pdf</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Just a fun reminder I have my new picture book coming out in August titled, <b>Chasing Rainbows</b>, illustrated by Cheri Hughes and published by Big Sky Publishing. We can't wait for you to meet Sam and Ruby soon.</span></div>
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Hi everyone and welcome to the latest edition of my newsletter.<br />
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I know, I know! It's been 12 months since I last blogged. I've been busy travelling up and down the east coast of Australia promoting my 2019 titles, <b><i>Up To Something</i></b> and <b><i>No Baths Week</i></b>.<br />
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I planned to blog once a month a while ago - I forget when I said that (actually I remember now - it was very early in 2018). And I was doing OK until the really busy patch appeared early 2019. I was ready for this patch though - two books releasing a month apart, two book launches, loads of school visits, and many fun and exciting public appearances. And that was just March, April and May. By the end of about September, I was exhausted. So I decided to do a full kitchen renovation.<br />
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Yes, I was mad! But now I'm at the other end of it, I feel OK. 2019 was one of the biggest years of my life!<br />
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2020 is going to be busy too. I have some extremely exciting things coming - some I can't even tell you about yet. Big secrets I tell you. Keep an eye on my social media as that's where all my secrets come out first. If you wait for them here, you could be waiting a while :)<br />
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A secret I've been holding onto since just before Christmas is this one. The Newcastle Writers Festival is on 3-5 April and I'm now allowed to say I'll be interviewing Graeme Base on the Sunday at 10am. You heard that right. What a legend! We'll be talking about feeding your imagination. I cannot wait! The full program can be found <a href="https://www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/">here</a>.<br />
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In the middle of all this, my very first copy of <i style="font-weight: bold;">Isla's Family Tree </i>illustrated by Prue Pittock<i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>(EK Books), my fourth published picture book, appeared in my mailbox. It was even more beautiful than I imagined.</div>
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We'll be celebrating Isla's release in two ways. The first event will involve wine and cheese at Maclean's Booksellers, Hamilton on Saturday 9th May at 4pm. </div>
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The second will be a storytime session on Saturday, 16th May at 10am at Wallsend Library. This will include a dress-up competition (come dressed in orange and pink) and maybe some cupcakes. Prue Pittock, the illustrator is flying up from Victoria to help celebrate. I feel very lucky to have Prue join us. </div>
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RSVP to the storytime event <a href="https://newcastle.nsw.gov.au/Library/Whats-On/Events/Saturday-Family-Fun-Isla%E2%80%99s-Family-Tree-Wallsend-Li#">here</a>.</div>
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If you cannot wait until these events, you can pre-order a copy <a href="https://ekbooks.org/product/islas-family-tree/">here</a>.</div>
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To add to this, Prue has made a beautiful doll of Isla. This made me cry!</div>
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And while Prue was sewing, I was making our book trailer. Go and have a look, and while you are there, please subscribe to my channel. I'm trying to get 100 subscribers so I can customise my URL. It's a bit ugly at the moment.</div>
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In the middle of all of this, I made my first pavlova, my daughter was made school captain, my son competed in two triathlons in five days (he'd never done one before) and became the 14 yr old boys swimming champion at his school, my puppy turned 2, and my husband broke his arm. It never ends!</div>
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Don't forget to celebrate <i>International Read to Me! Day</i> on March 19th. Look at this poster designed by my friend Aura Parker!</div>
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<br />Katrina McKelveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15221812056487310855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227567914249742769.post-30834501616464091352019-03-08T20:14:00.001-08:002019-03-08T20:17:10.651-08:00Katapult - Edition 11 - March, 2019<div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;">
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<span style="color: #7b7b7b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br />Are you surprised to see me in March? Me too. I thought I’d jump in early this month and give you a quick update because lots of things are happening behind the scenes and I’ll lose track otherwise.<br /><br />Are you strapped in? Good. Let’s go …<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">What's Up?</span></u></b><b><span style="color: #7b7b7b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #7b7b7b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Kirrili and I are planning our launch as you read this. Here’s the flyer:<span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7b7b7b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">You're the first to see this. It will be appearing on our social media next week. I didn’t share it this week as I started adverting my other book launch and I didn’t want to confuse people. Gosh, I’m confused enough for all of us – two launches just over a week apart - no need to share that confusion with you but I’m battling at this end </span><span style="color: #7b7b7b; font-family: "wingdings";">J</span><span style="color: #7b7b7b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7b7b7b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">This is a free event as part of the Newcastle Writers Festival Family Takeover Event so everyone is welcome. Here’s a <a href="https://www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/session/family-takeover/">link</a> to the entire Family Takeover schedule.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7b7b7b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I’ll let you know as soon as I have a hard copy of this book in my hands. Should be very soon. Book trailer is coming too (I’m still building it actually). World exclusive premier will be at the launch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7b7b7b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">The launch-planning is underway. Newcastle Region Library, The Polite Puppy Academy and I have teamed up to present a community dog picnic where anyone and everyone can come together to celebrate reading with our pets. During the picnic, I’ll be launching <b><i>No Baths Week</i></b>, doing storytime and signing books. Thanks to Newcastle Region Libraries for designing this very official poster. I believe there are bookmarks too.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7b7b7b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">And much more! (We're still planning these - more announcements coming.)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7b7b7b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">My website has had a major upgrade. It has a new appearance, new pages (one for each book) and new links to fresh resources. I still need to add teaching notes and trailers for the new books but everything else is ready to go. Take a peek <a href="http://katrinamckelvey.com/">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thanks to Alison Matthews who spent hours doing this massive task ready for my new books to jump into the word in a few weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #7b7b7b; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br />Grey-glasses-itis (by Lynn Jenkins and Kirrili Lonergan) Book Launch – 16<sup>th</sup>March<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello there! Did you miss me?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, I've just finished dusting the cobwebs off this blog. There were quite a few since edition 9 - about 5 months worth. Oops!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'So where have I been?' I hear you ask. The simple answer is nowhere and everywhere. I've been at my desk, working hard, doing stuff, but I've also been trekking around parts of America on a very special family holiday trying to escape the heat of Summer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm going to fly over the events of the last 5 months to catch you up and then give you a hint of what's to come in the first half of this year - it will be my busiest six months ever!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1) <b><i>Up To Something </i></b>Update:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b>Up To Something</b></i>, our picture book about billy carts being published by EK Books and illustrated by Kirrili has gone to print - yay! Kirrili finished the illustrations and sent them to our publisher in September. Our book designer then weaved more magic into the layout and the cover. In January, the final edits were completed. I can't wait for you to see this book. So much hard work, tears and time have gone into creating it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><i>No Baths Week</i></b>, our picture book about Ben and his dog, Bandit trying to avoid having baths for a week being published by Big Sky Publishing and illustrated by Cheri Hughes has gone to print - yay, two books! Cheri finished the illustrations early this year. After a few last minute changes, it was perfect. Can't wait to have both books in my hands. It has been a very long wait!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to the craziness of raising a puppy, I've had oodles of inspiration to write a picture book about a puppy. After many rewrites, Sue Whiting, my freelance editor helped me nail the story and characters so I had a polished book to send to publishers in the new year. Watch this space as I will be getting face-to-face feedback from an agent and a publisher at the SCBWI Conference in less than two weeks - eek! Hope they like it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was our local CBCA annual children's event and it was huge! Children of all ages filled the Newcastle Region Library to hear stories read in the dark by loads of local children's authors and illustrators. Too much fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I popped my head into a few book launches over the last few months. I love attending these events. Here's a summary:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sue Whiting's <b><i>Beware the Deep Dark Forest</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">James Foley's <b><i>Gastronauts</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kate Simson's <b><i>Finding Granny</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jess Black's <b><i>The Tales of Mr Walker - Book 1</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Late last year I visited Muswellbrook South Public School to have a chat to the infants children about how picture books are made. What fun we had :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am a party animal! Yes, I am. I go to these events to socialise and catch up with my local and Sydney kidlit friends. There's not enough time to do all the socialising I wish I could do, so I always jump at the chance to attend these lovely events.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8) USA Family Holiday</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My husband and I took the kids to USA to visit Disneyland, California Disney Adventure Park, Legoland, San Diego Zoo, Palm Springs, Universal Studios, Hollywood, LA, and everything in between. What a hoot we had! I won't talk about the vomiting bug both my children had while we were in Disneyland, but apart from that, we had a fabulous time. I needed a break from my computer, my town, my country, and technology (OK, I did sneak on Facebook and check my emails but that was it, I promise).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My beautiful Ivy will turn one on the 28th February. Where has that time gone? She is so lovely but she still chews things. The latest victim - my new, expensive sunglasses! Grrr ...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In between all these events these things happened: my son finished Year 6 and started high school, I attended all end-of-year school concerts, assemblies and events, the dishwasher broke down, soccer presentations, golf tournaments, P&F meetings, writing group meetings, school discos and keyboard concerts, singing concerts, Yr 6 camp, birthday parties, started water polo, funerals, haircuts, sport gala days, public speaking finals, school assignments, Aspire auditions, school excursions, new orthotics fitted (kids and me), dentist appointments, Bon Jovi concert, family Christmas functions, end of Yr 6 activities, dog grooming, a trip to the Hunter Valley Gardens Christmas lights, CHRISTMAS!, NEW YEAR!, bought new school shoes, spring cleaned the house for four days, packed for an o/s holiday, AMERICA!, prepared for the new school year, worked out school buses for HS, started Aspire rehearsals, pest man sprayed the house, first school swimming carnival, first junior golf tournament for 2019, and Year 7 camp. Oh, and the cat died :(</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And you all know in the middle of this was housework, groceries, cleaning and other boring things. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Oh, and sleep ... we had some sleep :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm chairing a panel of four publishers at the upcoming SCBWI Conference in Sydney in less than two weeks. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At this conference, I'm also meeting with Walker Books Australia publisher, Nancy Conescu. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm also meeting with an agent to discuss possible representation. And I'm getting a manuscript assessment from an o/s agent. Phew!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Newcastle Writers Festival Program Launch</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grey-glasses-itis (by Lynn Jenkins and Kirrili Lonergan) Book Launch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Local CBCA Newcastle Sub-branch meetings</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CBCA NSW AAA event</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Newcastle Writers Festival - presenting two writing workshops and launching 'Up To Something'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CBCA NSW High Tea with the Stars event</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Launching 'No Baths Week' in Lambton Park - bring your dog!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gresford Billy Cart Derby - presenting storytime</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Crown St PS Lights Off Torches On event</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kitlitvic Conference - Melbourne</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CBCA National Conference</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CYA Conference - presenting a 90-minute workshop on how to write picture books</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this is all in the first half of the year! I have Book Week school visit bookings coming in too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, if you don't follow me on Facebook, you've missed the all-important reveal of both of the covers of my new books. Here they are:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Book launch information for both books coming soon. They will both be in April.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was in the USA while the government shutdown was on in an anti-Trump state (California). Two teacher strikes also happened during our time there. As we had sick children for some of the trip, we spent a lot of time watching American news. Eye-opening stuff!</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I am writing this today in between showers. I have a glorious sunbeam spraying across my desk. Everything outside is wet and shiny from a morning of glorious rain. I love waking up on wet days knowing I can hide in my studio and write all day. Hopefully some of this rain is reaching you too!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">So what’s been happening at my desk since the last time we had a chat? Book Week celebrations!</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Here are this year’s winners of the CBCA Book Week Awards. They were officially announced on Friday, 17th August. I picked <b><i>Rodney Loses It </i></b>to win. This is a hilarious book. But honesty, all these books are beautiful. Go grab a copy!</span></div>
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Book Week reminds all creatives (authors, illustrators, book designers, editors, publishers) who work in isolation why we do it. So much inspiration!</div>
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My children were asked to dress up as pirates or explorers as part of their school Book Week presentations. Here we have Link (explorer) from the game Zelda, and Uma (pirate) from the movie Descendants 2. I know they aren't from books but they had fun anyway.</div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I had a few lessons on how to improve my movie making skills at Apple earlier this month. I learnt more about editing sound. I also bought a professional microphone and a tripod for my phone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I made a ‘sneak peek’ video of our upcoming book, <b><i>Up To Something</i></b> for the kids we visited during Book Week. It included videos of Kirrili drawing and how she adds colour to sketches. I can’t make this one public yet - sorry! I had to ask the infants kids to make sure they left their phones in their pockets as no photography was allowed as I played it. They thought I was mad :)</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">I have grand plans of making more movies soon - trailers etc. I love being creative using technology and I love learning new things.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Ivy had her half birthday on the 28th August and she is still a master of chewing things! My picture book manuscript about her has been sent to a professional editor now. Watch this space.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">2) Cheri has continued to work on the illustrations for <b><i>No Baths Week</i></b> too. I have seen all of the roughs now. Gosh I love this book! You should see our mud pie stack! OMG! She is so clever. I’m now making sure the text is still working with the illustrations. I plan to make a couple of minor edits as some words aren’t needed now it’s illustrated. I can’t wait to see these illustrations in colour! Offical release date coming soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This August weather has been glorious here! Warm, sunny days and cold, snuggly nights. We spent a few days in Port Stephens over the weekend for my birthday and the weather put on a show. It was the prefect weekend away - great food and accommodation, yummy high tea, lots of presents, very successful whale watching experience, and relaxation (except I forgot both pairs of reading glasses so no reading for me!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The boys came, talked about their latest treehouse book, drew a few pictures, hit marshmallows at us with tennis rackets, and then signed our books and posed for photos. Too much fun! Kids and adults were highly entertained by their antics. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Ivy had her 5 month birthday on the 28th July and she is a master of chewing things! This has inspired me to write a picture book about a puppy who chews everything, especially boxes! Too much inspiration around here to ignore any longer. I asked my facebook friends to help me with some non-human puppy names for the puppy in my story. I got over 100 suggestions! Watch this space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Kirrili and I will be visiting lots of local bookshops, preschools and primary schools in the coming weeks to help celebrate books, reading, and writing. We have made a video giving some lucky children a sneak peek inside our upcoming picture book, <b><i>Up To Something</i></b>, which will be released May, 2019. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Good luck to all my creative friends who will be sharing their writing and illustrating talents across Australia!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">1) Kirrili has been working very hard on the illustrations for <b><i>Up To Something</i></b>. We can’t wait to share this one with the world! Wish I could show you some of the sketches :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">3) And now I can finally announce that my fifth picture book, <b><i>Isla’s Family Tree</i></b> will be illustrated by Prue Pittock (<a href="http://www.pruepittockillustrations.com/">www.pruepittockillustrations.com</a>) and published by EK Books in 2020. Prue’s work is beautiful and her style is perfect for this story. Her initial concept sketches were divine. Prue and I look forward to sharing more of Isla with you next year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">July is one of my favourite months of the year! Both my children were born in July so it’s like Christmas at our house. Cards, balloons and wrapping paper can be seen everywhere. One party is sadly over, but we still have one more to go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">It’s a beautiful, sunny day as I write this newsletter today - something we haven’t seen enough of around here recently - we are water-logged! </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">So what’s been happening at my desk since the last time we had a chat? Plenty!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Our latest meeting featured Ed Wright from <a href="http://www.creativewordshop.com.au/">The Creative Wordshop</a>. Ed shared with us how his business is helping local writers of all ages and experiences improve their writing skills. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Our puppy, Ivy turned four-months old on the 28th June. She has certainly claimed her spot in our family and we adore her. The good news is she is 100% clear of any health issues and we managed to avoided surgery last month for a reoccurring abscess. She is happy and busy - just the way puppies should be. We’ve completed puppy school now and things are going well. Fingers crossed they stay that way! I could waste time looking at her all day long - similar to when you bring newborns home. I just wish she would stop stealing things and chewing them! She's so cheeky.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">And of course I have a picture book story plan thanks to her puppy antics with a box.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I attended the biannual Kids and YA Festival last weekend hosted by Belinda Murrell and Writing NSW (formally the NSW Writers Centre). Lots of engaging and entertaining panels filled the day with inspiration and hope. I was lucky enough to have been chosen to pitch a picture book manuscript to a panel of three children’s publishers during the last session (Scholastic, Hachette, HarperCollins). Two of them wanted to see the manuscript after the pitch. I've sent it off now so cross your fingers for me :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I love catching up with all my writing and illustrating friends from afar at events like this. It's such a warm and friendly community!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">If you’d like me (or Kirrili and I as an author/illustrator team) to come to your school, shoot me an email so we can organise one that is perfectly designed for your school’s needs. Preschools, Primary Schools and High Schools welcome!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’m doing a monthly story time event at Harry Hartog, Kotara until the end of the year. My July visit is on Wednesday, 11th July at 10:30am - first week of the school holidays.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">All my 2018 story time dates can be found <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/376385272865153/">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">We are going to see Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton on stage taking about their latest release, <b><i>The 104 Storey Treehouse</i></b> during these school holidays. Andy is my hero and I can’t wait to see both of them on stage. They released a second show in Newcastle recently. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Tickets for the second show can be found </span><a href="http://www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/andy-griffiths-and-terry-denton-second-show/" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">here</a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’ve been working with Kirrili and our publisher this week on all the draft internals of <i><b>Up To Something</b></i> due for release May next year (EK Books). OMG! is all I can say. Our book is coming together beautifully. We tweaked a few pencil lines here, and a few words there to make it the best book it can be. Kirrili is now ready to splash the colours around and start the final illustrations. We can’t wait to share this one with the world!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I’ve also seen some draft internals of <b><i>No Baths Week</i></b> today, due for release early 2019 (Big Sky Publishing). These are full of magic too. Cheri Hughes is a very clever chook. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">My fifth picture book, <b><i>Isla’s Family Tree</i></b> (third one with EK Books) has found a home on an illustrator’s easel who is busting to help my words jump off the page with the help of beautiful illustrations. I saw some of the concept drawings this week. My heart is singing. Her full identity will be revealed soon. This will be a 2020 release.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I know … when it rains, it pours! All three books in the one week! </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">I have three beautiful illustrators working on my stories at the moment and I feel like the luckiest author in the world!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The <a href="https://www.hunterwriterscentre.org/">Hunter Writers Centre</a> is hosting a children’s writing workshop with Sue Whiting on the 11th Aug from 9:45am. If you'd like to join us, please follow the link <a href="https://www.hunterwriterscentre.org/product/childrens-writing-workshop-2018/">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">If you read the third part of my interview on the JWFK blog, you may already know I have been offered my fifth picture book contract. I'm so </span>ecstatic!<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> We won’t see this book until 2020 so this is where the waiting begins for you, but the fun behind-the-scenes stuff happens for me *though </span>there<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span>is<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> a lot of boring </span>waiting<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> for me at times too). I will share more information about this exciting news in the months to come. </span></span></span></div>
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Katrina McKelveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15221812056487310855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227567914249742769.post-79640620732164511062018-04-10T18:57:00.001-07:002018-04-11T14:26:57.120-07:00Katapult - Edition 4 - Newcastle Writers Festival - April, 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In this edition I would like to reflect on what a wonderful time everyone involved had during the 2018 Newcastle Writers Festival last week. The festival had three main parts: the Schools Program, the Main Program, and the Family Fun Day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Schools Program</span></b> was held over two days. The first day (Thursday) was hosted by Cessnock Library and involved Kate and Jol Temple, Yvette Poshoglian and Tristan Bancks presenting in lots of schools in the Cessnock area. I heard they all had a hoot! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The second day (Friday) was held in Newcastle between Newcastle Region Library and Newcastle City Hall. Wonderful presenters included Leigh Hobbs, Yvette Poshoglian, Jess Black, Paul Russell, Kate and Jol Temple, Liz Anelli, Gregg Dreise, and Tristan Bancks. The kids were treated to presentations and workshops that left them inspired to read and write. This is always my favourite day of the festival. It takes me back to my teaching days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There may be a story about a bus full of kids attending the festival </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">getting a flat tyre before they even arrived </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">which could have caused me as a program supervisor a minor breakdown, but everything worked out in the end - thank goodness :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That night I attended the festival's opening night event: <i>Jimmy Barnes - Working Class Man</i> at the Civic Theatre. Jimmy told the story of his life in the Cold Chisel days as well has his solo career. He laughed, cracked jokes, sang, and shared his very personal journey with suicide, drug and alcohol addiction, and depression. I was left wondering how he's still alive! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On the Sunday, the festival hosted the <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Family Fun Day</b></span>. Kids and their families were entertained by a host of guests and local talent including Zanni Louise, Gregg Dreise, Lynn Jenkins and Kirrili Lonergan from Lessons of a LAC, Renee Price from Digby Fixit Live!, and Emily S. Smith and Graham Davidson from Storytime Lane. This was another jam-packed event full of fun, dancing, entertainment and inspiration.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">From sketchbooks, dummy books, storyboards and background material viewers will be taken on a creative journey to discover some iconic Australian picture books. The exhibition includes original artworks from award-winning books The Race, Jenny Angel, Woolvs in the Sitee and The Peasant Prince. Beginning with the cover of Isobelle Carmody’s picture book The Gathering, the exhibition includes work from Li Cunxin’s popular story Mao’s Last Dancer in its picture book – The Peasant Prince.</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We've been working hard on edits for the cover of <b><i>No Baths Week</i></b>. It’s not ready to reveal yet but it’s looking great.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here’s the March edition of my newsletter, Katapult. So what has been happening at my desk since the last time we chatted? A lot! </span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">I have lots of friends in each of the categories but congratulations to my local friends, Deb Kelly, Leila Rudge, Liz Anelli, Paul Russell and Fern Martins who have all been </span>long listed<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">. Very clever creatives!</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’m very honoured to be speaking at the <a href="http://nsw.cbca.org.au/">CBCA NSW Branch AGM</a> this Saturday, 17th March. It’s a great opportunity to share my journey so far as a writer and share some sneak peeks of my upcoming books.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’ll be attending the upcoming course at the <a href="https://www.writerscentre.com.au/courses/writing-chapter-books-children/#sydney">Australian Writers Centre, ‘Chapter Books for 6-9 year olds’ by Lesley Gibbs</a> later in March. I’m looking forward to it as this is an area I want to move into very soon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Last night I saw three coloured options for the cover of<b style="font-style: italic;"> No Baths We</b><b><i>ek</i></b>. Cheri Hughes is very clever! I’ll reveal the final cover soon once we work out which one and it’s been approved. Sorry to make you wait.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Chasing Rainbows</i></b>, my third picture book (second one with BSP) will be released early in 2019 so it will be illustrated mid this year.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And my fourth picture book </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">titled </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Up To Something</i></b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, the second with EK Books and Kirrili Lonergan (same team as Dandelions) </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">will be illustrated mid this year with a release date of May, 2019. </span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">This is a new thingy for me - a monthly newsletter. It will </span>evolve with time and have many changes I'm sure, until I find the structure that works for you and me. Some newsletters will be long and some will be short. Sub-headings will change and some will say the same, but I'm glad you're here to share this journey with me :)</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Catapult</b> is a fun word. As a verb it means to hurl or launch. I often find my mind hurling into stories and ideas (anywhere, anytime), or launching into crazy and spontaneous decisions (some I regret later!). What a way to live one’s life!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Well, 2018 started nearly two months ago - where has that time gone? - and I have made a pledge to myself I’m going to write a monthly newsletter. I find snippets of news on my social media don’t quite give the full picture of what’s happening here at my desk. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Yes, I’ve missed a January newsletter, but everyone was on holidays including me so that doesn’t count. Right? No one would have poked their heads out of their Summer reading books and read it anyway. So let’s just merge January happenings into this February newsletter. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’m not going to promise I’ll have my newsletters up and running on the first of every month. Too much pressure! But I’ll try to have it out during the first week of the month. Having said that, I’m already late with February, and March starts next week. Eek! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let’s go back to December. My head was in a mess. There, I said it. A mess! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I had a pile of picture book manuscripts at 90% finished, I was waiting for a signed contract for two new picture books and I was getting anxious (I thought it was never going to come and that the publisher must have changed her mind - she’d just forgotten to tell me!), the end of the year was hurtling towards me at an alarming rate, Christmas was around the corner, and I started to consider getting an agent. Of course, then I got sick - flat on my back for two days!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I emailed a professional friend of mine to help me sort out my head so I could make a plan </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(maybe I should have enlisted a team of psychologists)</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As a result, I spent December and January finishing some of my favourite manuscripts, sending them to her for editing, and then making a submission plan for 2018. I also sent another manuscript to a different professional editor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I booked into the children’s literature <a href="http://www.kidlitvic.com/">Kidlitvic Conference</a> in Melbourne held in May this year, and I joined <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/theduckpondgroup/">The Duck Pond</a> Facebook group to keep my motivation fresh and ongoing.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So January was relaxing and all about my husband and I entertaining our two children. We went to the Sydney Opera House to see the 78-Storey Treehouse on the stage. We also saw Operation Ouch at the Civic Theatre in Newcastle. Both were great shows!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was very excited by this. Cheri is very talented and has illustrated </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">several titles </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for BSP. I was then in communications with BSP to help set up Cheri’s illustration brief. What fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The rest of January involved school shoes, labelling uniforms, testing out lunch boxes and making sure new school drink bottles didn’t leak - ha!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And here we are in February.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I submitted one of the professionally edited manuscripts to a publisher. I found out recently it’s going to an acquisition meeting. YAY! Anxiety builds while I wait.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have also been working on a picture book manuscript based on my childhood memories at my grandmother’s house. It’s such a lovely story and includes some of my favourite sweet delights. Mmmm … jam drops and apple pie! It went to a professional editor yesterday. Fingers crossed.</span></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I’m very honoured to be speaking at the upcoming <a href="http://nsw.cbca.org.au/">CBCA NSW AGM</a> on the 17th March. It’s a great opportunity to share my journey so far as a writer and share some sneak peeks of my upcoming books.</span></span></div>
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The CBCA NSW Branch Inc. Newcastle Sub-branch hosted its third annual </div>
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A committee of eight local CBCA members spend the last 6 months planning, discussing and organising this year's event. It's a mammoth task to pull together an event like this but it's all worth it once the kids enter the room and fill it with an overwhelming atmosphere of excitement and anticipation.</div>
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Our local children's literature community is such a dedicated bunch when it comes to supporting our local CBCA branch. They jumped on board once again and gave us an entire day to be part of this event.</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo: Lynn Jenkins, Liz Anelli, Renee Price, Katrina McKelvey, Ant Wood, Oliver Phommavanh, Karen Hughes, Deb Kelly, Paul Russell, Gwynne Jones, Lizzie Wilcock, Kirrili Lonergan, Jenny Blackford and Lillian Webb.</span></i></div>
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<u style="color: #3d85c6;">Thanks to our stars:</u><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Gwynne Jones, Deb Kelly, Kirrili Lonergan, Liz Anelli, Paul Russell, Oliver Phommavanh (special guest), Lizzie Wilcock, Lynn Jenkins, Anthony Wood, Lillian Webb, Jenny Blackford, and Karen Hughes. We missed you Jess Black - hope you feel better soon :)</span></div>
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Schools came from everywhere to join in the festivities with over 100 children having lunch and a chat with these 14 amazing local authors and illustrators. The kids decorated their tables so wonderfully - such a creative bunch! Check out the photos below.</div>
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;"><u>Thanks to our schools:</u> Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College, Ashtonfield PS, New Lambton PS, Edgeworth Heights PS, Tanilba Bay PS, St Therese's Primary - New Lambton, Kahibah PS, Belair PS, Our Lady of Lourdes Primary - Tarro, Tarro PS, Shortland PS, Waratah West PS, </span></div>
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This event was impossible without financial support from our wonderful sponsors. We had schools sponsored who would otherwise have never been able to participate. I heard whispers these children went home after having the best day of their lives - happy days!</div>
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<b>Newcastle Region Libraries</b> sponsored several schools and gave a free, signed copy of one of Oliver's books to every child who attended. Thanks to Oliver who arrived super early to sign every single copy (over 100!).</div>
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Our booklet took a while to pull together but it finally did thanks to a huge team of clever people. This booklet is aways a popular keepsake from the day and treasured by the kids for years.</div>
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Kirrili did an amazing job co-ordinating this event this year (and for being a star, and for being my MC wingman). It's a hard task, especially when the odd thing goes wrong, but we handled it like pros and provided an experience these children will never forget. You're a star!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So where did I escape to? I went everywhere!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">DALE Christian School, Waratah is a special needs school catering for children aged 11-17 years. Kirrili and I had the great pleasure of talking to all of their students last Friday, 18th August, the afternoon of the Book Week Awards announcement. They had had a Book Week parade earlier in the day and Kirrili and I got to finish their celebrations by stepping them through the complicated process of how picture books are produced. Kirrili then workshopped some drawing techniques. These students were so tuned in and really appreciated our presentation. Kirrili and I left on a high!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Greta Public School recently refurbished their tired library and held their grand opening on Monday, 21st August. Kirrili and I were VIP guests along with several others including the local mayor. Their library is now amazing! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We were introduced to a new Promethean 'smart board' (we were told it's like a smart phone on wheels). Kirrili learnt how to use the digital whiteboard app on this smart board only 30 minutes before our presentation and then demonstrated on it during our workshop. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">How clever!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The children had completed a lot of work on our book before we arrived so we were chuffed to see some of their artwork displayed on the library walls. Magic!</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Thank you gift: handmade charm with dandelion seeds encased - very thoughtful</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">During my three sessions, we pulled my story apart and discussed the themes, we walked through the writing process (including rejections) and highlighted how important it is to edit, rewrite, edit, rewrite ... you get the picture ... until a story is just right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Then I shared the process of submitting, finding an illustrator, the illustration process, and all the way to seeing the book in the shops or on library shelves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This little school really appreciates books as they didn't have an onsite library until 2 weeks ago (YES - 2 weeks ago!) and the day I was there was their first library borrowing day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was an honour to be their first guest author in their brand new library and I'm sure they will adore every book they have after having barely any for so long. And now they also appreciate the process books go through to make it in their hands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Oops, I didn't realise I haven't used my blog since April until recently. That just means I must have been busy doing some interesting things (and I have - can't say much yet!), and I must have lots to tell you (and I do!). This post is about all the book launches Ive attended recently.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I love going to book launches. Celebrating the birth of a new book so kids have even more variety for their reading choices is a wonderful thing. Knowing the author and/or the illustrator and how hard they've worked just gives even more reasons to celebrate.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Launch 1: Renee Price and Anil Tortop - Digby and the Yodelayhee ... Who?</span></u><br />
<u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Saturday, 4th March at Wallsend Library</span></u><br />
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Renee's launch was full of singing, music, craft, food, fun and laughter as she launched her second picture book, the mate to her first, <i>Digby's Moon</i>.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Launch 2: Anthony Wood and Lorraine Robertson - Dancing Charli</span></u></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tuesday, 11th April at Belmont Library</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This launch was in the school holidays so lots of kids were available to dance around and pretend to be parrots. Craft and cake finished off a lovely morning perfectly. I have lots of photos but they just won't load onto my blog. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(I've been trying for about two hours - so I've given up - sorry Ant!)</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Launch 3: Jess Black - Little Paws series</span></u></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Saturday, 22nd April at Ground Up Espresso Cafe at Carrington</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jess launched her new series, 'Little Paws' in April. Unfortunately the soccer draw didn't allow me to attend this one but I heard it was an amazing event with real puppies. Congratulations, Jess!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.jessblack.com.au/blog/2017/5/13/newcastle-author-jess-black-and-her-new-little-paws-book-series">Click here</a> for more information about how the series came to be on Jess Black's blog.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Launch 4: Deb Kelly and Gwynne Jones - Chalk Rainbow</span></u></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Saturday, 1st July at Wallsend Library</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Deb Kelly and Gwynne Jones launched their first book together on my daughter's birthday. In between soccer games and birthday celebrations, I managed to slip into this launch and help them party.</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Launch 5: Lynn Jenkins and Kirrili Lonergan - Ollie's Treasure</span></u></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Friday, 21st July at Wallsend Library</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A Friday evening launch was perfect for this event. Family and friends came to celebrate <i>Ollie's Treasure</i> after a long day/week at work and school.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lots of food, wine and mindfullness activities were shared just before the kids enjoyed Lynn's public reading of this beautiful book for the first time. Then the kids were launched into the library for a real treasure hunt using their senses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Congratulations to my talented friends!</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Launch 6: Jess Black - The Keeper of the Crystals Series - Book 5 and 6</span></u></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Saturday, 5th August at Wallsend Library</span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Congratulations on the launch of book 5 and 6, Jess! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These books are wonderful if you have a child who loves reading fantasy mixed with some environmental issues. Book 7 and 8 are in the planning stages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There were more launches I couldn't attend would you believe. But it's hard trying to keep up with everything. These events always give a great opportunity to catch up with writing and illustrating friends whom I don't see very often due to the nature of creating in solitude. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I look forward to more upcoming book launches in my area. Yes, more are around the corner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm on a high this evening after just finishing my MC role at the NWF Family Fun Day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a day! The sun was shining (thank goodness after all the rain over the last few weeks!) and people came from everywhere to help us celebrate books, reading, story telling and illustrating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had spent weeks making sure I had written every guest a very personalised introduction. I'd made sure I knew all the equipment that was needed. I'd checked the sound and the visuals. And finally I made sure the volunteers knew where and how they were needed most. I wanted to make sure everything was as perfect as it could be for everyone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I'm proud and honoured to say it was a HUGE success!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The day started with local illustrators Liz Anelli, Gwynne Jones, and Kirrili Lonergan making a new picture book live on stage - a world exclusive! Even though it can take 12 months to illustrate a picture book, these ladies nailed it in 30 minutes. Kids helped contribute collage pieces to the production and the overall result was amazing. What clever ladies!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Newcastle Region Libraries had amazing craft activities set up just outside the marquee so children could wandering in and out and use their creative juices to contribute to a large illustration which will be displayed at the library after the festival.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next, John 'Stinker' Clarke shared personal stories that helped contribute to his debut children's story, 'The Adventures of Stinker and Stinkpot'. John was funny, educational and very engaging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My heart skipped a beat when our next guest entered the marquee - the extremely inspiring Jackie French. Jackie and I had met earlier in the Green Room and I was delighted with how she loved coming back to Newcastle and re-experiencing its industrial flavour. We chatted about our mesmerising harbour as she signed some books for me. She even asked me if we could have a selfie! Of course I accepted. She may post that photo on her social media later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jackie won hearts and minds in the marquee as she talked about wombats and more wombats. She dramatically read, 'Diary of a Wombat' and then chatted about the pleasure of reading. She had the audience in the palm of her hands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My heart skipped several beats when our next guest, Richard Roxburgh, visited our space. We were madly setting up clipboards, paper and textas so the kids could draw along with him. Richard drew some of the characters from his new children's book, 'Artie and the Grime Wave'. He was very engaging - you could hear a pin drop in the room. I think Richard would have stayed drawing with the kids all day if we could have let him. I heard a rumour all his books in the festival bookshop sold out too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nick Earls was up next and had a hard act to follow - but he nailed it. He shared the origins of several words inspired by his research for his 'Word Hunters' series. It is based on twins Lexi and Al Hunter who find an old dictionary and then their world as they know it changes forever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Newcastle Youth Orchestra entertained us next with beautiful orchestral music. The people involved in the orchestra are aged between 10-25 years. Their talent and music filled our marquee with delight - we were in awe :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And lucky last, Professor Francesca Falconette (Nadia Sunde) had an amazing time entertaining children as we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the release of the first Harry Potter book. Professor Falconette (Professor Frankie for short) was funny, engaging and made every child feel important and special. It was the most perfect way to end such a beautiful day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Congratulations to everyone involved in making the NWF Family Fun Day come alive. Without every piece of the puzzle it would not have come together so beautifully.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have heard a rumour late this afternoon there is a very high chance the Family Fun Day will be back next year and I will be the first person to jump on board and help make it happen.</span><br />
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<br />Katrina McKelveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15221812056487310855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227567914249742769.post-76077510926376623822017-04-07T00:44:00.004-07:002017-04-07T01:00:22.900-07:00Appreciate! Announce! Applaud! Event - Book Week Shortlist Announcement<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book Week Awards are always a talking point for so many people each year. From the announcement of the long list known as 'The Notables', to the shortlist, and then onto the winners, people of all ages are talking about books. This makes every book a winner!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Notables (long list) for each category was announced late February and so many beautiful books made this list. I had the pleasure of being at Dymocks, George St, Sydney when they were announced. I have a blog post about that event, 'The Night of the Notables' <a href="http://katrinamckelvey.blogspot.com.au/2017/03/cbca-night-of-notables-school-visit-and.html">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A month later, the shortlist (6 books from each of the categories in the Notables list) was announced at midday at the annual 'Appreciate! Announce! Applaud! Event' (AAA) hosted by the CBCA NSW Branch at Rydges Central, Sydney on 28th March. Freya Blackwood, illustrator extraordinaire, was the keynote speaker. She shared with us her work ethic and work process and told fascinating stories about how work and family life blend and crash into each other while trying to work to deadlines.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At this annual event, a range of book loving people are asked to read all the notable books in one category and then share their own shortlist on the morning just before the official shortlist announcement.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This year those people were:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Early Childhood:</u></b> Victoria Roberts</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Picture Books:</u></b> Me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Younger Readers:</u></b> Sue Whiting</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u><b>Older Readers:</b></u> Judith Ridge</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><u>Eve Pownall & Information Books:</u></b> Sarah Foster</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, in January I started to hunt down and read about 130 entered picture books before The Notables list was released. All these books were published in 2016 but not all of them were easy to find.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the end, with the help of Newcastle Region Libraries, I found 70 of them. I had never borrowed so many books in such a short amount of time, but I had so much fun reading the most diverse range of picture books that were of such a high quality. My children found the process fascinating and they read most of these 70 books with me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When The Notables list was announced in February, the picture book list reduced to just 42 books.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So which ones did I pick?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I certainly didn't like all of them. Some of them I just didn't understand and some of them made me wonder how they ever got published - especially when I'm actively seeking publishers for my own unpublished picture book manuscripts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But I loved so many that I found it excruciating trying to narrow my list to 6 titles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the end I made two lists. One list was full of my favourites, and one list was for the titles I thought may be shortlisted. The two lists were completely different.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I didn't expect anyone to agree with me on either list - especially the judges. As long as we're talking about and reading books, it doesn't matter. In fact, when the shortlist was announce about an hour later, my list went out the door. My entire shortlist guess was wrong - but 3 of the official shortlisted books were on my favourites list. I don't know what this says but I found it interesting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here the lists I shared:</span><br />
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<u style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">List 1: The 6 books I thought may be published in the picture book category:</u><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1) <b>Cyclone</b> by Jackie French and Bruce Whatley</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2) <b>Desert Lake: The Story of Kati Thanda - Lake Eyre</b> by Pamela Freeman & Liz Anelli</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3) <b>Molly and Mae</b> by Danny Parker and Freya Blackwood</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4) <b>Circle</b> by Jeannie Baker</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5) <b>Welcome to Country</b> by Aunty Joy Murphy and Lisa Kennedy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">6) <b>Something Wonderful</b> by Raewyn Caisley and Karen Blair</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><u>List 2: My anticipated picture book shortlist:</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1)<b> Big Sky Yellow Kite</b> by Janet A. Holmes and Jonathan Bentley</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2) <b>The Patchwork Bike*</b> by Maxine Beneba Clarke and Van T Rudd</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3) <b>Out* </b>by Angela May George and Owen Swan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4) <b>The Fabulous Friend Machine </b>by Nick Bland</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5) <b>One the River</b> by Roland Harvey</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">6) <b>Snail and Turtle: Rainy Days</b> by Stephan Michael King</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">7) <b>Pandamonia</b> by Chris Owen and Chris Nixon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8)<b> One Photo*</b> by Ross Watkins and Liz Anelli</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9) <b>Colours of Australia</b> by Bronwyn Bancroft</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">*The titles that were actually shortlisted</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And here are the real shortlisted winners of the CBCA Book Week awards for 2017:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The winner of each category will be announced on Friday, 18th August, the first day of Book Week. Good luck!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My friends Kirrili, Gwynne and I went to Dymocks in George Street, Sydney last Tuesday evening to celebrate the announcement of the Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book Week Awards Notable Books.</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The notable books are a <u>long list</u> of books. The judges then choose the <u>shortlisted</u> books from this list. The shortlisted books will be announced at midday on Tuesday, 28th February. From this shortlist, the <u>winners</u> will be chosen. The big announcement of the winners in each of the categories will be announced at the beginning of Book Week on Friday, 18th August. All books entered were published in 2016.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The full list of books in the notable list can be found </span><a href="http://cbca.org.au/notables-2017" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">here</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Margaret (Nette) Hilton, current NSW judge, spoke about the judging process while Jacqueline Harvey (Alice Miranda series) talked about the importance of encouraging children to read. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More information about the judges and the judging process can be found <a href="http://cbca.org.au/judges-judging">here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was so lovely to see some of my Sydney and Central Coast literary friends again. The children's literature community is so beautiful, and every time I go to a related event, I get to catch up with some amazing people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Congratulations to all the book creators linked with books on the notable list (these include authors, illustrators, book designers, editors, publishers, publicists as so on). What an amazing set of books. All of these books are quality literature from cover to cover and would be an asset to any home and school library, or a personal collection. My collection just keeps getting bigger!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lastly, I attended Renee Price's book launch of her second picture book, 'Digby and the Yodelayhee Who?' at Wallsend Library. She sang, she told stories, and she was very funny. A happy and delightful event. Congratulations, Renee!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some of you have worked out this is my third blog post in a week. Yes, my third. This has only happened a few times before and may never happen again, but at least you're now up-to-date with my mischief. Cross your fingers I will be writing the next blog post in my new writing studio currently under construction. I can't wait! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The program was launched on Friday, 24th February in the Lovett Gallery of Newcastle Library by festival director, Rosemarie Milson. Everyone behind the scenes was very excited to launch the program for this 5th festival. What a milestone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Full program can be found <a href="http://www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Visiting book creators are coming from all over the country to spend time inspiring school aged children from around the Hunter and surrounding areas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jacqueline Harvey will be the guest speaker at a High Tea held at Wallsend Library on Tuesday, 28th April. Booking can be made <a href="http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/Library/Whats-On/Calendar/Newcastle-Writers-Festival-High-tea-with-Jaquelin">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then on Wednesday, 29th and Thursday, 30th of April, our town will be invaded by book creators such as Michael Wagner (Maxx Rumble series), Louise Park (Zac Power series), George Ivanoff (You Choose series), Jack Heath (Countdown to Danger series), Jacqueline Harvey (Alice Miranda series), and John Flanagan (Ranger's Apprentice series). To have all these amazing authors in the one place at the same time is an extremely rare event. We are very lucky.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Schools Program can be found<a href="http://www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/newcastle-writers-festival-2017-school-program/"> here.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll be in and around the Schools Program volunteering and soaking up the inspiration. Hope to see you there!</span><br />
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<br />Katrina McKelveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15221812056487310855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227567914249742769.post-69508248609072676992017-03-07T15:53:00.000-08:002017-03-07T15:53:05.597-08:00Book Launch, SCBWI Event and the Williamtown Child Care Centre Open Day<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gosh, is this really my first blog post for 2017? I can't believe how time flies. March already!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So much has been happening at my end that I've neglected my blog. Let's catch you up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Firstly, Lara and I went to the launch of Deb Kelly's new book, 'Ruby Wishfingers: Hide-and-Seek', the third in the Ruby Wishfingers series in January. Deb's launch attracted lots of Ruby fans to this Newcastle Library event. Deb read from Book 1 so not to give too much of the third book away. Then the kids enjoyed yummy treats and craft activities. Congratulations, Deb!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I attended 'The Art of Picture Books' event at The Hughenden, in Sydney in January. We had the privilege of meeting and listening to Scholiastic publisher, Clare Hallifax and illustrator, Nina Rycroft. What an inspirational pair of ladies!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kirrili Lonergan and I spent a very hot Saturday (I think is was nearly 45 degrees) in February helping the Williamtown Child Care Centre launch it's new location off the RAAF base and into Raymond Terrace. We had lots of fun entertaining children, reading stories and drawing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Phew! More updates coming. I'm renovating at the moment so things are a little chaotic here. Hope your 2017 started well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The third annual <a href="http://sconewritersfestival.com.au/">Scone Literary Festival</a> was held this weekend and what a weekend it was. The weather was divine, the hospitality was warm, and the atmosphere was vibrant - perfect for talking books, current and local social issues and anything else that jumped into conversations.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The festival team organised three heavenly days and Kirrili and I were very privileged to be part of two of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We were invited to entertain almost 80 preschool children on the first day of the festival at Scone Library (which is part of the <a href="http://uhrl.nsw.gov.au/~uhrlnswg/index.php">Upper Hunter Library Network</a>).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We had visited the library during the previous school holidays and we had also presented to older siblings at our recent Coal and Allied sponsored 'Hunter Schools Book Tour'. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">S</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">o it was lovely to hear people were very happy we'd returned as they'd missed seeing us or had heard about us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We sang songs, read <i><b>Dandelions</b></i>, told dandy stores, and drew illustrations lead by Kirrili. We were amazed at the talents these little ones showed us and their enthusiasm for reading.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After all this fun, I raced down to St Josephs High School, Aberdeen (my old high school) to talk to over 100 Year 7 students about how picture books are made. They are currently studying how to write picture books and will be studying visual literacy in Year 8. It was a challenge going from fun times with 3 and 4 year olds to being very educational with 13 year olds within a few hours of each other. But the afternoon air-conditioning made it very pleasant. It was about 32 degrees outside and Friday afternoon - challenging conditions!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I got a tour of the new buildings afterwards and I caught up with some of the staff still there who had taught me many years ago - I won't reveal exactly how many years or names :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sunday was such a lovely, sunny day - perfect for relaxing and attending a literary festival at the <a href="http://www.artsupperhunter.com/index.php/venues/upper-hunter/151-scone-arts-and-crafts">Scone Arts and Crafts Centre</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kirrili and I were on the first panel for the day, titled 'Getting Published: Connecting with Editors'. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kate Mailer, a local solicitor, was our wonderful facilitator and Leonie Rodgers, a local and a published author was our participating chair.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We chatted about the general process of getting published and the role of the editor along the way. We all had different stories to tell and felt we gave a thorough insight into the publishing industry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thanks to <i>Hunt-A-Book, Scone</i> for having our book for sale. </span></div>
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<br />Katrina McKelveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15221812056487310855noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227567914249742769.post-75529251244018002672016-10-24T15:52:00.000-07:002016-10-24T15:53:37.928-07:00Author and Illustrator Book Tour - Hunter Valley - October 2016<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This Coal and Allied sponsored event lets all the schools in the area </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(public and private) once a year </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">get access to an author or illustrator otherwise out of reach due to isolation or budget restrictions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A wonderful committee made up of local librarians made magic happen again this year with our visit but not without hours of hard work, hundreds of emails and </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">mountains of support from local school communities.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLmPPgFfPCmQ4eNmJ2sn5sJRwnRuL5cs9Stfva6XWJ5kPMeajYXWFquf3M40ZukmsMz_XAzhXpFeQe5gBGrd5TQUcudfp-0i_lgiVdQ3e_Fv-dVHndc-_H_wPDE3-2yhyopIhIbIlyWjb/s1600/IMG_5004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLmPPgFfPCmQ4eNmJ2sn5sJRwnRuL5cs9Stfva6XWJ5kPMeajYXWFquf3M40ZukmsMz_XAzhXpFeQe5gBGrd5TQUcudfp-0i_lgiVdQ3e_Fv-dVHndc-_H_wPDE3-2yhyopIhIbIlyWjb/s320/IMG_5004.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We were hosted by five amazing schools and teaching librarians who have a passion for celebrating books, reading and exposing children to some of the people who help bring books alive - authors and illustrators.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kirrili and I provided a very informative session that included stories, drawing and games. We had just as much fun as the kids. We may have even taught the adults a few new things :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our total audience comprised of nearly 4000 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">children from Kindergarten to Year 6 from 20</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5oeCIdvtDWu-OOUd2xCiykiiLRETcKDGMmq7-Oy5JBOrhFd_aFvsPTTIov2ZcrJtiiZo6EjOANDGG9uj0LTuGqB9fV_o0FY7M_gFQSzxTfoh8jvYPgK6aFhPhdKe_sct2b7LVJI7KiRI/s1600/IMG_5066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5oeCIdvtDWu-OOUd2xCiykiiLRETcKDGMmq7-Oy5JBOrhFd_aFvsPTTIov2ZcrJtiiZo6EjOANDGG9uj0LTuGqB9fV_o0FY7M_gFQSzxTfoh8jvYPgK6aFhPhdKe_sct2b7LVJI7KiRI/s320/IMG_5066.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">local schools. One host schools supported us each day while we presented three one hour sessions - anywhere between 200 - 400 children at a time. Our presentation was visual, inspiring, and exciting. Well that's what they told us! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thank you to the schools who reorganised school routines, jumped on buses, and behaved so beautifully ready to embrace reading and all it has to offer.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">St Mary's Primary School, Scone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Scone Public School</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Scone Grammar School</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Blandford Public School</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Murrurundi Public School</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Muswellbrook Public School</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Martindale Public School</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Denman Public School</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Muswellbrook Christian School</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">St James Primary School, Muswellbrook</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Aberdeen Public School</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Muswellbrook South Public School</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sandy Hollow Public School</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Singleton heights Public School</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mt Pleasant Public School</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Broke Public School</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Singleton Public School</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">King St Public School</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Australian Christian College, Singleton</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Milbrodale Public School</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As you can imagine, Kirrili and I went home absolutely exhausted as we gave everything we had to touch as many children's hearts as possible. I just have to share some of the feedback we have been receiving.</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I wanted to email you to let you know that our school thoroughly enjoyed your presentation on Friday. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thank you so much for being willing to come up to the Hunter Valley and share with us your beautiful book and your journey in publishing it.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Thank you for enlightening the children from xxx school. My daughter (6) loved your book and she took the time to read it to me one morning with only a small amount of help. It's a terrific book and my daughter was so excited to tell our family all about your visit, she was also excited the illustrator also attended, how wonderful! She had such beautiful stories to share with us. I just wanted to say thank you, the book is a beautiful story!</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We spotted remnants of past Coal and Allied presenters hanging on some host school library walls (Terry Denton and David Legge) and heard tales about Frances Watts and Deb Abela - all good stories ladies!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Being able to go into a school as an author after being a primary school teacher is a thrilling thing indeed. It felt like only yesterday I had my own students and I was often reminded last week of the fun things we used to do and the books we used to share and dive into.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I had the rare opportunity to speak to my old primary school. The current Assistant Principal started Kindergarten with me only a few years ago :) During recess and lunch, it was like a reunion. Some of the staff from when I was there are still there, loving the small community. People were coming up to me sharing stories of when I was a student there. The old cricket pitch is still in the playground but there has been so many building improvements it's hard to see the buildings I have fond memories of - but they are there underneath.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh38CYceTxgfULCO63wpvUWr4b5EuLAM0ojzXL504w-oDTGwmO86WKIpUZag63Vbuk_qeVOFn8bCwP8d6eKTLsc6Ae5FF7VIFVZQCbjCAH6CqpPDfYi-EiD4BXfi1g6I7szd-S6lSRDtABA/s1600/IMG_5025.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh38CYceTxgfULCO63wpvUWr4b5EuLAM0ojzXL504w-oDTGwmO86WKIpUZag63Vbuk_qeVOFn8bCwP8d6eKTLsc6Ae5FF7VIFVZQCbjCAH6CqpPDfYi-EiD4BXfi1g6I7szd-S6lSRDtABA/s320/IMG_5025.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm still on a high this week after such a mammoth expedition last week, but I'm glad to be back with my family. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thanks for hosting us Cecilia, Rose, Lisa, Jenna and Benita!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thanks to the committee for taking on such an ambitious task of co-ordinating 20 participating schools, 5 host schools, funds, buses, equipment and food. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thanks to Coal and Allied who supplied the sponsorship for this annual event. We really appreciated the staff who came along and shared their reading beliefs and watched our presentation.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kirrili and I will be returning to the area in November as part of the upcoming Scone Literary Festival. We will be having story and drawing fun with local preschool children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And later that afternoon, I'll be speaking to Year 7 from my old high school about how picture books are made as it links into the Year 8 curriculum. No pressure! I just need to change from book fun with 3, 4 and 5 year olds to being a bit more educational for the 13 year olds - easy! (I think :) )</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you or anyone you know is interested in having Kirrili and I come and present as an author/illustrator team, feel free to contact me. (author@katrinamckelvey.com</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Sugar and Spice team, Anouska Jones, Penny Harrison, Susan Whelan and Gwynne Jones launched their '</span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Sugar and Spice Collection</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">' yesterday at Wallsend Library which was published by EK Books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">All three titles where illustrated by the very talented Gywnne Jones.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Congratulations lovely ladies! These stories are delightful. </span><br />
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Kirrili Lonergan and I visited Muswellbrook, Scone and Singleton Library from 5-7 October to share our book, <i>Dandelions</i>, and to sing, dance, laugh, tell stories, and create wonderful dandelion crafty pieces with the local children.</div>
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We started each session singing and dancing to one of my favourite dandelion songs </div>
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by <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/DemiMays">Demi Mays</a> to get everyone in the mood.</div>
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Then we jumped into our story sharing. </div>
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Then we moved into a simple drawing workshop. Kirrili showed how the different parts of the dandelion plant can be drawn. She also gave a demonstration of how kids can draw happy and sad faces. The eyebrows tell a lot about how a character is feeling. She had children from the age of 3 drawing like superstars.</div>
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It was a lovely surprise to have some local media attention in Scone, my home town. I'll share the link to the story on my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/katrinamckelveyauthor/">Facebook page</a> when it's available.</div>
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Thank you to Scone, Muswellbrook and Singleton Libraries (Sharyn, Lee, Dion and Angelina) for hosting us and thank you to everyone who came along to help us celebrate reading, books and this lovely time of year.</div>
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Many beautiful moments will be remembered about this set of visits but one that stood out involved a dad arriving with his four daughters. He supported his daughters during the reading of the story and the drawing and craft activities. Then he bought a copy of our book for them to share. </div>
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