The winner of the Junior Novel competition was Amanda Clarke for Mayhem MacKenzie and the Daylight Raid. Amanda also won the mentorship. The winner of the Picture Book competition was Kylie Seeberg Crazy Bush Moon.
The next Ipswich Festival of Children's Literature will be 31 August - 8 September 2009.
As a follow-up to our Young Illustrators Program we are running a Manga Art Workshop in conjunction with the Ipswich Library and Information Centre. It is also open to other young artists aged 10-14 interested in the Japanese Manga style.
