Published at: 07:10 pm - Sunday October 11 2009
A group of Australian authors and social change agents gathered at Sydney’s Santa Sabina College last week to speak about their writing, social justice, eco justice and human rights issues at the second Words, Images, Voices literary event.
The conference was convened by the Edmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community Education, an organisation which advocates [...]
Published at: 07:07 pm - Thursday July 16 2009
UQP, $24.95 pb, ISBN 9780702237157
These 19 stories by award-winning, Indigenous, West Australian author Archie Weller are published here together for the first time. Retrospective in scope, the collection ranges from his very early work (including the first stories he ever wrote), to more recent and commissioned works.
These are stories about finding identity within one’s own [...]
Published at: 01:04 am - Tuesday April 14 2009
Restoring the Balance Review by Paula Grunseit
The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-2004. 3rd ed Ed. by Henrietta M Smith. Chicago: American Library Association, 2004.176p US$35.00 soft ISBN 0838935400
This comprehensive and important book pays tribute to 35 years of Coretta Scott King Awards given to outstanding African-American writers and illustrators in the field of children’s literature—Maya [...]
Published at: 01:04 am - Friday April 10 2009
The Benjamin Andrew Footpath Library is an organisation aiming to empower homeless and disavantaged people through books.
The organisation builds libraries in hostels and refuges (for men, women and young people) and operates a weekly footpath library.
This article recently published in MiNDFOOD magazine tells you more about the founder, Sarah Garnett and how she came to [...]