Helen Cresswell Obituaries

British author, Helen Cresswell, died this week aged 71. There have bee a number of tributes in the British Press.
http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article315482.ece
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4286364.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/story/0,,1580373,00.html

Animalia bound for the small screen

http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=101&article=26619
The series, for Ten Network in Australia, is based on the alphabet picture book by Graeme Base.

Happy 10th Birthday Internet Public Library

The timeline of its development is online at http://www.ipl.org/div/anniversary/timeline.html

Nancy Drew is popular with granddaughters of her original readers

Seventy-five years since they were first published the adventures of Nancy Drew are being read by a new generation. In honor of the 75th Anniversary of Nancy Drew, the University of Maryland Libraries, Special Collections presents the exhibition Nancy Drew and Friends: Girls' Series Books Rediscovered. Rad about it in The Washington Post at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/21/AR2005092102252.html

GOT YOU! The Bottersnikes and Gumbles Fan Site

Worth a look is this fan site for S.A. Wakefield's classic series
http://www.bottersnikes.ubiquedesign.com.au/index.html

Victorian Premier's Literary Awards: Shortlist 2005

The 2005 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards shortlist has been recently announced. The winners will be annonuced on October 17. See the list with judges' comments at http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/pla/index.html

Colin Thompson Desktop Background Images

At his website http://www.colinthompson.com/ author and illustrator Colin Thompson has made some of his images available for download. The bookshelf image is available in full colour or sepia.