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SUMMARY:Save the date! Queenscliffe Literary Festival
DESCRIPTION:For more than 10 years\, we’ve brought Australia’s finest writers\, thinkers\, and storytellers to the Bellarine Peninsula. What began as a single weekend of events has grown into a rich\, year-round program that engages our community in every season. \nEach year\, the Queenscliffe Literary Festival delivers: \n\nA Schools Program that reaches over 500 young people across every childcare\, kindergarten and primary school in the Borough of Queenscliffe\, connecting kids with authors and poets who bring stories to life\nPop-up events that take literature out into the community throughout the year\nThe Penned Micro-Fiction Writing Competition\, nurturing short-form storytelling from all across the country\nA Program Launch that kicks off in style and engages local businesses\, organisations\, and partners\nA full two-weekend festival in October\, featuring award-winning Australian authors\, thinkers and performers in sessions that spark conversation and delight audiences of all ages\n\nWe believe that great literature shouldn’t be reserved for big cities. Stories have the power to build empathy\, spark curiosity\, and bring a community together\, and that’s exactly what we do\, in one of Victoria’s most beloved coastal towns. In Queenscliffe\, we are proud to be one of the municipality’s premier cultural events. \nWe are a volunteer-run\, not-for-profit festival\, and every year we grow\, reaching more readers\, students\, and community members\, to share more stories and ideas that\, in an increasingly disconnected and fragile world\, need to be told.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/save-the-date-queenscliffe-literary-festival/
LOCATION:VIC
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SUMMARY:Klara and the Sun – cinema release
DESCRIPTION:Klara and the Sun\, based on the book of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro opens 22 October for a theatrical season.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/klara-and-the-sun-cinema-release/
LOCATION:VIC
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SUMMARY:Navigating the Publishing Maze
DESCRIPTION:This comprehensive two-day workshop covers publishing traditional and self-publishing options as well as everything in-between.\n\n\n\n \nIn this workshop\, author and publisher Les Zigomanis explains what traditional\, self\, indie and partnership publishing models are. He explores the pitfalls\, how to spot scams and what questions to ask so that you find the best possible publishing option for your book.  \nUsing his years of experience in the industry\, he will show tips and tricks to prepare the manuscript\, how to spot a scam\, talk about query letters and what to expect if a tradional publisher is interested in your book.  \nParticipants will leave the course with information on what’s the best fit for their book\, how to prepare the course of action and what to avoid. \nThis is the publishing course every writer needs. \nYou Will Learn:\n\nThe difference between traditional and self-publishing\nThe danger of self-publishing\nHow to submit to traditional publishers\nHow to set yourself up for self-publishing\nHow AI fits in the current publishing landscape\n\nAbout the Tutor:\n​​Les Zigomanis is an author and screenwriter. He’s had six novels published\, and his short stories and articles have appeared in print and digital journals. He’s also had four screenplays optioned and a raft of screenplays place in numerous competitions. He has worked in publishing for the last twenty years\, firs as an editor and publications manager and\, for the last five years\, as a production coordinator. \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/creative-journalling-a-forest-of-things-2/
LOCATION:The Wheeler Centre\, 176 Little Lonsdale Street\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Writers
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SUMMARY:BOOK LAUNCH: Amazing Astro Animals by James Foley
DESCRIPTION:The Little Bookroom is thrilled to be launching James Foley’s incredible new non-fiction title\, Amazing Astro Animals! \n  \nPresented as part of East Brunswick Village’s Pet Markets\, we’ll learn about all kinds of animals who became astronauts and visited space! \n  \nWith ‘special guest’ Professor Vüpshe Dazchy\, there’ll be more fun facts and animals than you can shake a rocket at! \n  \nPre-order the book HERE \n  \nAbout the Book: \nBefore humans ever left the planet\, animals boldly went where no man had gone before. Even now\, these unwitting test pilots and space travellers outnumber their human counterparts.  \nFrom the creator of the award-winning\, bestselling picture book Stellarphant\, comes a book about the truly amazing animals that have been rocketed into space. From microscopic tardigrades to a pregnant cockroach\, from last-minute mutts to unhatched chicken eggs\, these animals and their stories are weird\, wacky and wonderful. Chock-full of extraordinary facts and fun\, this is an absolute must-read. \nPRAISE FOR THE BOOK \n‘… informative without ever feeling dry\, making complex history accessible and engaging for readers aged 9 and above.’ Anneliese Gates\, Books+Publishing \nAbout the Creator: \nJames Foley makes children’s books for children who read books. If you’re a child and you’re eating his books\, you’re doing it wrong. He is the author and illustrator of many picture books and graphic novels\, including Stellarphant\, Happy Barry Capybara\, Secret Agent Mole\, Bigfoot vs Yeti: A Love Story\, Dungzilla\, Brobot\, Gastronauts and Chickensaurus. A bunch of his books have won awards from the Children’s Book Council of Australia and the International Youth Library; more importantly they also have some pretty funny fart jokes in them. James has four books out in 2026: Happy Barry Capybara: Gone Bananas\, Fuzzball\, Oh No! and Amazing Astro Animals. Legend says James can grow a beard in an afternoon. He is a massive Marvel movie nerd and comes from a long line of queuing enthusiasts. He lives near Fremantle/Walyalup with his wife Renae Hayward (also an author)\, their two kids (wannabe authors)\, and a labrador called Frankie (not an author). His latest book\, Stellarphant (November 2021)\, has been shortlisted for the 2022 Children’s Book Council of Australia’s (CBCA) Picture Book of the Year\, shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Award for Best Children’s Fiction\, shortlisted for the 2021 WA Premier’s Book Awards and the 2022 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards. \nJames is an ambassador for Books In Homes and Room To Read. He is a massive Marvel movie nerd. He comes from a long line of queuing enthusiasts.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/book-launch-amazing-astro-animals-by-james-foley/
LOCATION:The Little Bookroom\, 8 Village Ave\, BRUNSWICK EAST\, VIC\, 3057\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Bookshops,Children's Literature
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SUMMARY:Sunday Stories October
DESCRIPTION:Sunday Stories is a new evening of live storytelling featuring some of Australia’s best fiction writers. On the last Sunday of each month\, we invite you to slow down\, sit down\, and enter the fictional worlds of our featured authors. \nEach session will feature three authors across various stages in their careers reading from new or existing works of fiction. \nWe are thrilled to welcome the incredible Tony Birch\, Ronnie Scott and Robyn Dennison to our inaugural event. \nPlease note: This event is held upstairs. No lift access is available. \nAll proceeds from ticket sales will go towards paying artists. \n 
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/sunday-stories-october/
LOCATION:Miss Moses Bar\, 581 Sydney Rd\, Brunswick\, VIC\, 3073\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Writers
ORGANIZER;CN="Sunday Stories":MAILTO:bec_kavanagh@outlook.com
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