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 Author Talk: Andrea Goldsmith
Short Story Competition Winners
Victorian Premier's Literary Awards - Winners Announced
Melbourne Prize for Literature 2009 - Winners Announced
Kerry Greenwood Vodcast
Book Groups
Writing
Websites for Writers
Writers Festivals
Ideas For Books to Read
Book Reviews
Book Awards
Reading Related Activities For Younger Children
| Melbourne Prize for Literature 2009 - Winners Announced | | As one of the most valuable prizes of its kind in Australia, the winner of the $60,000 Melbourne Prize for Literature 2009 is Gerald Murnane and the recipient of the $30,000 Best Writing Award 2009 is Nam Le.
For details, visit http://www.melbourneprizetrust.org/.
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| Kerry Greenwood Vodcast | | | If you missed Kerry Greenwood's talk in October, you can still view the vodcast. Top
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| Book Groups | | CAE Book Groups
Information about starting a new group or joining an existing one.
Phone: 9652 0611
http://www.cae.edu.au/
University of the Third Age (U3A) Kingston
The Old Court House, 37 Albert St, Mordialloc
Phone: 9580 8328
U3a@turbonet.com.au
http://web.aanet.com.au/u3akingston/
House Book Club
Enjoy reading and discussing books in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere? Then why not join the House Book Club.
Meetings held 3rd Monday of each month, at 7:00pm. $2.00 gold coin donation per meeting.
The House Book Club meet at the Mordialloc Neighbourhood House
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| Writing | | Victorian Writers' Centre
The Victorian Writers’ Centre offers loads of information, advice and support to writers, including how to improve your writing skills, how to get published, competitions, literary festivals, writing groups and more. Check them out at:
www.writers-centre.org/
Mordialloc Writers’ Group
Workshops fortnightly, 8pm. 21 Albert St, Mordialloc
Email: mairi@ozemail.com.au
Phone: 9587 8757 (Marie Neil)
Readings by the Bay
Hosted by Mordialloc Writers’ Group, last Sunday of month, Feb-Dec, 2-5pm.
21 Albert St, Mordialloc
Email: mairi@ozemail.com.au
Phone: 9587 8757
Lakeside Writers
1st Wed of month , 1.15pm. Patterson Lakes Community Hall, Thompsons Rd.
$3. Pieces to be critiqued emailed in advance.
Email: fgcurtis@optusnet.com.au
Phone: 9580 7630 (Fred Curtis)
Longbeach Place
15 Chelsea Rd, Chelsea
Phone: 9776 1386 (Sallie)
Fax: 9776 1174
www.longbeachplace.org.au
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| Writers Festivals | | Writers Festivals bring together authors from around Australia and the world for informative discussions.
Melbourne Writers Festival (27 August - 5 September 2010)
Melbourne Writers Festival
Writers at the Convent (February)
http://www.writersattheconvent.com/
Brought to you by Reader's Feast Bookstore, this is Melbourne's summer celebration of reading, writing, books and ideas.
Australian Romance Readers Convention (February)
http://www.australianromancereaders.com.au/
Perth Writers Festival (5 Feb-1 Mar 2010)
http://perthfestival.com.au/
Alice Springs Writer’s Festival (1-4 May 2009)
http://www.ntwriters.com.au/
Sydney Writers Festival (17-23 May 2010)
http://www.swf.org.au/
Annual event with news, a program, and competitions.
Emerging Writers’ Festival (21-30 May 2010)
http://www.emergingwritersfestival.org.au/
Celebrating Australia's evolving literary landscape, the festival brings writers, editors, publishers and literary performers together
4th Biennial Watermark Literary Muster
(June 2011 Kendall NSW)
http://www.watermarkliterarysociety.asn.au/
ACT Writers Festivals
http://www.actwriters.org.au/writers_festivals.html
Mildura Writers Festival (16-19 July 2009)
http://www.artsmildura.com.au/writers/
Byron Bay Writers Festival (7-9 August 2009)
http://byronbaywritersfestival.com.au/v1/index.php
Aireys Inlet Festival of Words (14-16 August 2009)
http://www.aireysinlet.com.au/words/
Brisbane Writers Festival (1-5 September 2010)
http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/
Annual event with a program, news, participants and a book club.
UNESCO Cities of Literature
Melbourrne and Iowa have joined Edinburgh to form a global network of Cities of Literature
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| Ideas For Books to Read | | Not sure what to read? Got stuck in a rut? Kingston Library staff love recommending great reads and we have a wealth of resources to help choose your next book.
Next Reads
Sign up to receive monthly lists of recommended reads by email for your favourite topics. Check immediately whether items are available on the library catalogue.
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Global Books In Print
Want to know if a particular book is available to purchase? Check titles by your favourite author and find out availability and price.
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Fiction Connection
Readers' advisory at its best. Use Fiction Connection to locate fiction suggestions based on a title that you already enjoy, or take advantage of the broad category search featuring topic, genre, setting, character, location, and timeframe.
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The Source
A subject guide to children’s fiction and poetry, with an emphasis on Australian authors.
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LibraryThing
A brilliant new way to discover new books to read! Kingston is privileged to be the first library in Australia to provide its patrons with LibraryThing built into our online catalogue.
Introducing LibraryThing
Fantastic Fiction
Search details of over 20,000 authors and 270,000 titles.
Search Fantastic Fiction
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| Book Awards | | | Looking for the latest award winners? Check our list of book awards for an extensive list of Australian and International prizes. Top
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| Reading Related Activities For Younger Children | | Weekly storytime sessions are held for preschoolers (Ages 2-5 years) and Tiny Tots (Ages 0-24 months). Bookbugs is a monthly after school book club for kids in grades 1-3 who are interested in all sorts of books.
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