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September 2006
This month Wendy Orr's Mokie and Bik has been published by Allen & Unwin in Australia. From 15-18 September, Wendy will be speaking at the Sprung Literary Festival in Albany WA (see www.albanytourist.com.au for details) where she will be launching Mokie and Bik. The Victorian launch will be on October 10, with a session at the Hastings library in the morning, and at the Mornington library at 6:30 pm. These delightful twins live on a boat with Laddie the dog, Slow the sleepy tortle, and Ruby who sings all day. Dad is on his ship-at-sea, Mum is busy arting, so, underfoot or overbaord, the twins have twice as much fun as anyone else. Mokie and Bik will be published in the USA by Henry Holt in the northern Spring of 2007. Wendy is having a busy year, with the release of Across the Dark Sea, published by the National Museum, Canberra, in May and Too Much Stuff, a Penguin Nibble, in July. There was a launch for Too Much Stuff at St Monica's primary school in Kangaroo Flat (Bendigo, Victoria). It was a great success with a lot of excitement as the younger grades prepared 'Messy Bedrooms' or garage sales in their classes as preparation for the story. On the same day, at the same school there was also a Bendigo launch for Across the Dark Sea.
Alan Sunderland’s Octavius O'Malley and the Mystery of the Exploding Cheese was published in September by Harper Collins Australia and has already had good reviews in Magpies and Good Reading. This is the first in a series of O'Malley adventures. Alan’s Refugees was released in June 2006 as part of the My Australian Story series published by Scholastic Australia. It was also reviewed in the September edition of Magpies.
Greg Pyers’ novel, Jack Brown and the Labyrinth of the Bats, is now out in all good book stores and is also available in a 3 CD set narrated by Brendan Higgins who brilliantly captures the mood of intrigue and suspense. It is the first in a new series about a boy with a special gift, the ability to see inside the minds of animals. Jack and his cousin Molly Hunter are never far from danger, whether from poachers in the African jungle, smugglers of Nazi gold in the Channel Islands or an evil man, who has sworn to track Jack down, no matter what! See the May edition of KZone which includes the first chapter. Greg was short listed in the 2005 Australian Children’s Book Council Awards non fiction category and his first novel, Doublecross, was published by ABC books in August 2005.
Allan Nixon, the "Uteman" is touring throughout Australia in 2006 as an ambassador for The Year of the Outback 2006. In this capacity he is making a presentation this weekend (September 29/30) to the President and Committee of the Deniliquin Ute Muster. Recently he was in Broken Hill making a similar presentation to the Mayor, for the Broken Hill Council's contribution to the Year of the Outback 2006 program of events. The ABC Enterprises Audio Book of Allan's book Bushies, was released in August and has been listed in the Top 10 Sellers List for audio books.
Alan Hopgood is presenting two new short plays, Widows, or More Than a Dead Man's Wife on the 3rd of October at 7.30pm and both Widows, or More Than a Dead Man's Wife and Never Too Old, at Chapel Off Chapel on the 10th of October at 7.30pm. All tickets $20.00. Bookings on 82907000. Both plays are available for groups or touring. After 260 performances of The Carer by acclaimed Australian icon Chrles "Bud" Tingwell since 2000, Alan has taken on the role in this hit play which is full of warmth and humour. There will be five perforamces at Bakery at 1812 Theatre, Rose Street, Upper Ferntree Gully from Thursday 12 October through Sunday 15 October. Bookings 97292148. Full price $25.00, Concession $20.00. There will be three perforamces at the Jute Theatre, 96 Abbott St, Cairns on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 October. Bookings TicketLINK 4031 9555.
See Mark Svendsen’s latest book Circus Carnivore, illustrated by Ben Redlich, which has recently been be published in the USA by Houghton Mifflin. It was published by Lothian Books in Australia in 2005.
On August 26, at Geebooks in Sydney, Luke Davies launched Robert Adamson’s The Goldfinches of Bagdad published by Flood Editions Chicago.
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