HSC Ext 2 Students: A Year of Writing

For those of you freaking out about your major work for Ext 2 English this course might help.  ?page_id=3&category=33&product_id=124 Held at the NSW Writers’ Centre this may be of benefit to anyone after some extra guidance or insight into how you go about crafting quality Fiction and/or Drama scripts. But hurry – the course kicks off on [...]

Oooh Spooky

    The Spooks Stories Joseph Delaney Author Joseph Delaney was in Sydney recently and some junior school students were fortunate enough to hear him talk about the Spooks Series.  Lots of amazing illustrations were used during the discussion. To appreciate the books and the accompanying visuals check out the website: http://www.spooksworld.co.uk/

Graphic

    Graphic Sydney Opera House 7-8th August, 2010 Amazing  building, amazing artists. This would definitely be worth seeing, especially Neil Gaiman and Shaun Tan (living legends as far as I am concerned). http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/about/program_graphic.aspx?gclid=CPbN26rfr6ICFRwubwodR2OnXQ Also note there are some FREE workshops and panel discussions available about graphic arts, gaming and getting your stuff published.

MS Readathon (June 1-30)

“The MS Readathon is all about having fun and earning reading rewards while you read to raise money to help Australians who are living with the MS disease” (MS Australia, 2007). Let’s uphold Barker’s outstanding track record of participation in this very worthy fundraising program. Pick up your entry form from Level 4 of the Library [...]

Around the world in eighty reads

Unlike the characters in Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days, The Dunoon Grammar School Reading Group in Scotland do not have a balloon to take them on such a journey.  However, the reading group is planning to travel around the world by reading a short story from an author in each of the countries that it visits. [...]