Children’s Book Council of Australia National Conference A Myriad of Possibilities 19 – 21st May 2016 at Menzie’s Hotel in Sydney The CBCA is a not-for-profit, volunteer run organisation which aims toRead More…
An Extraordinary Prize
Writing competitions are fun to enter. Usually the prize would be a certificate, publication, a note book, a book to read or a book voucher or sometimes even money. But when KevinRead More…
Updating Blog- 2016
This is a quick update of what’s been going on. * I taught 3 fun holiday workshops at Ku-ring-gai Art Centre in January. * I have just finished teaching creative writing classesRead More…
CBCA NSW Northern Sydney Xmas Party
Our next big event is our Xmas party to be held on Wednesday 25th November at Dee Why RSL 6.30 for 7pm. Guest speakers will be Jacqueline Harvey and Jan Latta. TicketsRead More…
Lunch with the Stars Writing Competition
Linked in with our CBCA Northern Sydney Sub Branch ‘Lunch with the Stars’ we ran a writing competition open to the kids who attended on the day. On Friday 30th October IRead More…
Presentation to winners of Warringah Library Young Writers
Again, a few of our member were judges for the Warringah Library Young Writers’ Competition. This year the theme was ‘Tree house’ Monday 19th October was the presentation at the Dee Why CouncilRead More…
14th October- Meeting at St Kevins Dee Why
On Wed 14th October our little sub branch held a meeting at St Kevin’s Catholic School library at Dee Why. Our wonderful treasurer, Kirsty O’Rourke is the librarian there. Member spotlight wasRead More…
CBCA NSW Big Book Day Out
Sunday 13th September was the second CBCA NSW Big Book Day Out- a huge free family picnic day at NSW Writers Centre in Rozelle. Once again the sun shone and it wasRead More…
Lunch with the Stars 2015
CBCA NSW Northern Sydney put on another wonderful Lunch with the Stars at St Pats in Manly on Tues 1st September. We had 22 authors, over 200 kids and teachers in the HarryRead More…
My daughter’s wedding
On Sat 8th August my daughter Kate married Chris Anderson at Whale Beach with the reception at Moby Dicks. I was the proud mother-of-the-bride. The ocean sparkled. The sky was clear. ThereRead More…