Category Archives: Children’s Books
Book Week Art Competition Awards
Last week we held our award ceremony for the winners of the Book Week Art Competition, giving out prizes to the keen young artists. Attended by the winners and their family and friends, it was a wonderful afternoon. Library Manager … Continue reading
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Book Week Character Art Competition for Kids – The Winners Announced!
Firstly, thank you to every child who entered our Book Week Art Competition. The creativity, artistic talent and love of books and reading is inspiring, and heart-warming. Our judge, Illustrator Louis Shea, had to choose from over 200 entries to … Continue reading
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Book Cover Art Competition For Kids
For the National Year of Reading 2012, the Blue Mountains City Library held a Book Cover Art Competition for kids, with this brief: ‘Re-imagine the cover of your favourite book’. With the entries closing at the end of August, we … Continue reading
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>2011 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards Shortlists
> The shortlists for the 2011 Speech Pathology Australia (SPA) Book of the Year awards have been announced. The award will be presented in Darwin on 18 October. The SPA book of the year awards aim to ‘promote literacy and … Continue reading
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>Prime Minister’s Literary Awards Shortlists 2011
>Federal Arts Minister, Simon Crean, has announced the 2011 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards shortlists. Mr Crean said being shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards is a great achievement for authors that will bring further public recognition of their writing. … Continue reading
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>National Simultaneous Storytime 2011
>National Simultaneous Storytime will be held at Blue Mountains City Library. It is an important annual national literacy campaign that guarentees more young Australians will ‘Get Reading’. This year, reading takes place on Wednesday 25 May at 10:30am at Springwood, … Continue reading
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Readers in the Mist 