Ken Catran Award

Ken Catran, writer of nearly 30 acclaimed novels for children and young adults, is the 2007 winner of the New Zealand's most prestigious award for children's writers, the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal.

New PEW Research Report

"Tagging Play - Forget Dewey anad his decimals, internet users are revolutionising the way we classify information - and make sense of it."http://pewresearch.org/pubs/402/tagging-play

33 Reasons Why Libraries and Librarians are Still Extremely Important

There is still a place for librarians in the 21st century
http://www.degreetutor.com/library/adult-continued-education/librarians-needed

Waterstone's children's winner

Darkside by Tom Becker

http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=4315850

Congratulations Belle Alderman

From ABC News Items:

Dr Belle Alderman has been appointed Member of the Order of Australia for her services to children's literature as a researcher and mentor to emerging writers and illustrators.

Dr Alderman developed and now manages the Lou Rees Archives for Australian Children's Literature.

"It enables authors, illustrators, writers, publishers and others to have a place they can direct people to come and do research," she said.

"We have people from all over the world that visit the Lou Rees Archives."

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New Melbourne Age article talks about Shaun Tan's new book "The Arrival"

Australian Kids Book Blog

Just discovered Marita Thomson's blog-
Evidence | Here be proof of reading to aid the fading memory of the writer!

I have long appreciated Marita's knowledge of children's and young adult literature and enjoy her posts to various Australian listservs including a_ya . In this blog, an online reading log, Marita reviews and writes about books she has read.