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Tonight there will be real time Twitter discussion for #readit2011.

At 8pm (AEST) come online to talk about this month’s #goreads. What titles did you enjoy reading for this category?

To participate you will need a twitter account. Don’t forget to use #goreads in your tweet.

If you don’t have a twitter account you can still watch the discussion by going to Twitter search and searching on #goreads.

For more information about #readit2011 go to the Read It 2011 blog

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The theme for June is Go Reads.

In June how about reading about journeys, adventures and experiences of new places. Read about things that make you dream of far off destinations and help you imagine or remember particular senses of place from all over the world.

Discover travel writing, fiction and non fiction that reminds us of all those special places in your life, encouraging feelings of nostalgia and gentle homesickness that feed into your longing to go out into the world and experience it to the fullest.

You can join in and tweet about what you are reading in June using the twitter hashtag #goreads. You can also use this tag on other social media sites such as flickr or when you post about your reading on your blog.

So as winter sets in we hope you will join us in exploring the world from armchairs everywhere – fueling your own wanderlust as you read and share your travel titles during #goreads.

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On Tuesday there will be real time twitter discussion for #readit2011.

At 8pm (AEST) on Tuesday 31st May come online to talk about this month’s #grrlpower – reading books about and by women.

What titles did you enjoy reading for this category? To participate you will need a twitter account. Don’t forget to use #grrlpower in your tweet. If you don’t have a twitter account you can still watch the discussion by going to twitter search http://search.twitter.com/ and searching on #grrlpower.

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And so here we are in a new month so it’s time for a new topic in the Read It 2011 challenge.

The 8th of May is Mother’s Day (don’t forget!) and in our reading this month we will be celebrating women – authors, artists and musicians; spokeswomen, adventurers, scientists, politicians and sportswomen; characters, relationships and imagery, and of course mothers, daughters, aunts and nieces. Join the Twitter conversation by using #grrlpower and don’t forget the end-of-month Tweet-up on May 31st at 8pm.

Consider authors such as Virginia Woolf, Janet Frame, Kate Forsyth, Sandy Fussell, Cecelia Dart Thornton, Anita Heiss.

Take a look at the Orange Prize shortlist or the longlist.

Musicians like Amanda Palmer, Cyndi Lauper, Annie Lennox, Sara Storer, Madonna, Katy Perry, Lily Allen

Women such as Sorrel Wilby, Jessica Watson, Kay Cottee, Cathy Freeman, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Quentin Bryce, Marie Bashir, Caroline Chisholm, the late Jane McGrath, Skye Bortoli, or perhaps a famous Australian scientist

Or characters like Mrs Dalloway, Cinderella, Lara Croft, Emma Grey, Elizabeth Bennett, Thursday Next,

What titles did you enjoy reading for this category? To participate you will need a twitter account. Don’t forget to use #grrlpower in your tweet. If you don’t have a twitter account you can still watch the discussion by going to twitter search http://search.twitter.com/ and searching on #grrlpower.

>Read It 2011 Online Discussion

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Tonight there will be real time twitter discussion for #readit2011.

At 8pm (AEST) come online to talk about this month’s #oznzreads. What titles did you enjoy reading?

To participate you will need a twitter account. Don’t forget to use #oznzreads in your tweet. If you don’t have a twitter account you can still watch the discussion by going to twitter search http://search.twitter.com/ and searching on #oznzreads.

For more information about #readit2011 go to http://readit2011.wordpress.com/

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On Tuesday there will be real time twitter discussion for #readit2011. At 8.00pm (AEST) on Tuesday 26th April come online to talk about this month’s #oznzreads – Australia and New Zealand reads.

What titles did you enjoy reading for this category? To participate you will need a twitter account. Don’t forget to use #oznzreads in your tweet. If you don’t have a twitter account you can still watch the discussion by going to twitter search http://search.twitter.com/ and searching on #oznzreads.

For more information go to the Read It 2011 blog.