2008 Online Literature Festival - September 1 to 19

Join us online as we engage with Australian and Internationally renowned authors, illustrators and song writers as part the 2008 Online Literature Festival.

Interact with special online guests through a variety of web tools including web conferencing, text based chat and collaborative project spaces.

Author list released soon. Register your interest now!

Read about the different sessions being held online.

Monday 2^nd June

Bill Condon
Age Suitability: Primary Schools only
Topic: Bill has written humorous stories. His hobbies include, bats, flying, and hanging upside-down from the ceiling. Ask him all about his writing and how to write humorous stories
Author Website: www.enterprisingwords.com  
Preparation needed: a series of questions that you want to ask the author about the writing process. See http://www.learningplace.com.au/deliver/content.asp?pid=28812 for examples

Marco Gliori
Age Suitability: Primary and Secondary schools
Topic: Marco Gliori is a poet. Find out more about the life of a poet. Marco has been commissioned to write poems for many events including Australia’s Federation celebration in 2001. Why not share your Australian poetry with him?
Author Website: www.saddlesaw.com needed: ideas about poetry and possibly examples of childrens poems in electronic format so you can cut and paste them into the chat room to share with Marco
Preparation

As part of Children's Book Week, the Online Literature Festival is conducting an Online Readers' Cup for students in Prep - Year 8. The Online Readers' Cup will be based on the CBCA 2008 shortlist, most of these books can probably be found in your school library.

Online Readers Cup Registration NOW OPEN