Welcome to the ACT Branch of the
Children's Book Council of Australia
The Lu Rees Archives of Australian Children’s Literature celebrates the University of Canberra’s 40 years with a significant donation & exhibition.
Honoured guests include Margaret Wild, Ann James and children’s authors and illustrators visiting Canberra during Children’s Book Week
Date: Tuesday 19 August 2008 Time: 5.30 pm-7.00 pm Location: University Library Staff Room, Building 8, Level D University of Canberra, Bruce ACT
Click here to view the PDF invitation and University Campus map.
A range of wonderful and talented authors are visiting Canberra through August. To view the author biography, please click here.
Margaret Wild and Ann James are giving a free seminar at the National Library of Australia, followed by dinner on Wednesday August 20th.
For further details, please see our Calendar of Events.
To view the range of 2008 Book Week Merchandise, or order and pay online, please click here.
We now accept membership payments through bank transfers.
Please see our membership page for further information
Happy reading to our 2008/2009 Children's Book of the Year awards Judge,
Michael Janssen-Gibson
Congratulations to Margaret Wild,
winner of the 2008 Nan Chauncy Award
The ACT Branch encourages younger readers to participate in the
ACT Chief Minister's Reading Challenge.
For further information please visit
http://activated.act.edu.au/readingchallenge/index.htm
2008 MS Readathon.
For further information please see our Calender of Events.
To register online click here
There is still time to register and participate in 2008 MS Readathon. Visit our website – www.msreadathon.org.au or call on 1300 677 323 for more information. Your sponsorship money is due for return by 30 August 2008 along with a return / completion form.
June 1 – June 30
MS Australia is encouraging children to have fun reading to change the lives of Australians living with multiple sclerosis (MS) by taking part in the annual MS Readathon.
Each working day five people are diagnosed with MS, a disease that affects the body’s central nervous system producing symptoms such as blurred vision, loss of balance, pins and needles and speech difficulties. With no known cause or cure for MS, this annual event has become one of the largest fundraisers for MS Australia.
Each year the MS Readathon inspires children to help people living with MS by collecting sponsorship from family and friends for the books they read in the month of June. All participants who complete receive a Certificate and reading rewards.
Children are encouraged to race to register either via the MS Readathon website or a registration form from their local school or library. For more information, visit www.msreadathon.org.au or call the State/Territory office on 1300 677 323.
This site last updated: August 13th, 2008
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