Friendly Street Poets
John Miller - Writer
Kensington and Norwood Writers Group
Undergrowth.org
presents The Man Who Never Sleeps.
A novel by Levin A. Diatschenko
Free E-book release!
ABOUT THE BOOK
“Starting out as somewhat of a thriller, the plot of The Man Who Never Sleeps quickly changes with various characters playing narrator, each more bizarre than the last.” -- STU.
“If you like your books starting with a murder mystery, developing into a kind of gothic horror, but with metaphysical links back to society and a little black humour on the side … then The Man Who Never Sleeps is for you!”—Jan Goldsmith, Published Or Not, 3CR.
“It deserves to sell to alienated urbanites the way Harry Potter sells to snot-nosed brats.”—Briohny Doyle, Voiceworks Magazine.
If you take thought as a tangible thing, imagine the clouds of thought hanging about our heads. Imagine the roof of thought-fog hanging over our cities…
About UndergRowth.org
Undergrowth is an evolving collective of artists, writers, filmmakers and musicians formed in 2004 by writer Rak Razam and media artist Tim Parish.
Since that time Undergrowth has published six issues of it’s collaborative magazine, a series of one off books, a DVD compilation which has screened across the country and held a number of exhibitions.
Undergrowth.org hosts an e-book library of emerging and established authors, on-line art galleries, music videos, documentaries an animations, blogs and music.
For more information or to organise an interview with the writer of The Man Who Never Sleeps, please contact: Tim Parish Email: art@undergrowth.org Mobile: 0415 632 080.
Children's Book Week 2006
Children's Book Week 2006
Theme: Book Now!
Date: 19th - 25th August
Book of the Year Winners announced Friday 18 August 2006
Children's Book Council of Australia
PO Box 765
ROZELLE NSW
2039
P: 02 9818 3858
F: 02 9810 0737
W: www.cbc.org.au
The Children's Book Council of Australia aims to foster children's enjoyment of books through:
* Managing the Children's Book of the Year Awards.
* Providing information on and encouragement to authors and illustrators.
* Organising exhibitions and activities during Children's Book Week.
* Supporting children's library services.
* Promoting high standards in book reviewing.
Once Upon A Story Festival
Saturday Sept 2, 2006 10am to 3pm
A free day jam-packed with book launches, meet the author sessions, theatre shows, roving performance, exhibitions and art activities.
Suitable for ages 4 to 10. Free Entry.
Following the huge success of the 2005 event Gasworks is delighted to announce the 2006 festival will be held on Saturday, September 2. The festival attracted over 1000 children and their families to last year’s inaugural event, and the crowds wanted more, so here you are!
Program highlights for 2006 include: Theatre of the Deaf performing Buzz A Treasure Trove of Stories , presented by Curious Legends Theatre Co. Stand up comic and illustrator, Kym Lardner
Other highlights include: The launch of the new Puffin Babies series and authors Jan Dallimore, Sue Lawson, Michael Wagner, Corrine Fenton, and Gabrielle Wang author of The Hidden Monastery will be interviewed by Port Melbourne Primary school students.
There will be exhibitions: by Illustrator Sally Rippin from the soon to be released book Rainbirds , artworks from local primary school students and a special exhibition of illustrations from books being featured in the festival program including the Puffin Babies series illustrated by Pamela Allen, Odette Ross and Deborah Niland and Queenie - One Elephant’s Story illustrated by the award winning Peter Gouldthorpe. Visitors can also meet the creator of a new DVD Ricky the Shark .
Festival Partners and Sponsors: Gasworks Arts Park, City of Port Phillip, NAPCAN (National Association for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect), ArtPlay, Readings Books Music and Film, The Age, Department of Education and Training Southern Metropolitan Region, Department of Human Services, Yarra Trams, Children’s Books Council, Books Illustrated, Parents of Port Melbourne Primary School, Colorific, Melbourne’s Child, Web Prophets, Emerald Hill Weekly, Cayzer Real Estate, Nestle Peters, Baenziger Coles PTY LTD.
For more details visit gasworks.org.au
I Want to Be a Travel Writer, Now What?
TEN WAYS THAT YOU CAN JUMP START YOUR TRAVEL WRITING HOBBY OR CAREER.
1. Get Don George's Lonely Planet Guide To Travel Writing and Michael Shapiro's A Sense of Place.
2. Invest in a travel writing class.
3. Build a database of editorial contacts. You can get leads from a local library (periodicals section), or take the easy way out and buy the list from Travelwriters.com. This is a massive list that you could cut down to fit your needs. And surely there will be regional magazines on there that you are looking for.
4. Read Read Read. Books, magazines, travel newspaper sections, all of it! If you want to write for magazines and newspapers, pick a few and start reading them. If you can afford a few subscriptions, great. If not, spend some time in the periodicals section of your local library. Read at least six months worth and study their style, what they've written, and what they haven't written about. If you want to write about your personal journeys, Travelers' Tales has more than 100 books that serve as great examples of travel essays.
5. Buy your books from your local travel store. Get to know the people that work there and let them know that you are looking for travel writing opportunities - network.
6. Attend author events. Network, network, network.
7. Ready to pitch? Get a subscription to MediaBistro.com so you have access to the "How to Pitch" section and start studying the way it is for different publications. They might even have a magazine that you are interested in listed.
8. Join a writers group for support and feedback on your writing.
9. Ask other writers how they broke in. Rolf Potts started by writing on spec, I started by getting an intership with Travelers' Tales. Others just submit until they're blue in the face. You can find out about several well known travel writers from Rolf's Travel Writers interview section on his website.
10. Last, but possibly the most important piece of advice--write. Write Write Write. Practice writing about place. Practice writing descriptions of where youare vs. anecdotes, vs. dialogue vs. history recaps. You can do this even without leaving town. Take notes where ever you are. What's the best table at the restaurant you are attending and why? Staying at a hotel? What rooms have the best views? Festivals, events, notable celebrities? What's unique and special about the place you are in. These are just a start.
***Obviously, these are not tips for veteran travel writers who already have a gazilion bylines, but, I'm sure even writers with experience can find use with some of the advice. Please send me additional tips at jen at jenleo dot com so that we can do a similar list for advanced travel writers.***
Jen Leo - July 11, 2006