Prices: 12 paperbacks for $50, $8 hardcovers, $5, $2, $1 paperbacks and some free. All GST free.

 
Donated sale books include quality British, American and Australian titles, recent notable books and medal winners. Information books, picture books, older readers, young adult and some selected fiction for you or years 11 – 12.

 
We can invoice members, schools or libraries. Cash or Credit card sales available.

School-leaver Skye plays guitar in her all-female Chronic Cramps band. Making her name in the punk/indie scene is easier than FTM (female to male) transitioning: from Skye to Finn, from girl to man. Uncovering genetic mysteries about family heritage tear the family apart. Trans gender identity is more than injections and surgery, it’s about acceptance. Going public, Finn sings ftm lyrics on TV. With a little help from bemused mates and family who don’t want to lose a daughter, but who love their teenager, Finn is transitioning.
 

Curtis Coast Literary Carnivale is a literature festival featuring, in 2010, 5 Australian authors/illustrators - Colin Thompson, Lisa Shanahan, Christine Harris, David Miller and Pat Flynn - and is held biennially in Gladstone Qld. The program includes authors talks, illustrators' exhibitions, a literary dinner, literary agent chats, book sales and signings and an online component for local schools.

The Victorian State Final of the Readers Cup wil lbe held at ACMI @ Federation Square. Teams in years 7 & 8 and 9 & 10 will be competing. More information at http://readerscup.globalteacher.org.au

Featuring a hand-picked selection of some of the best international and local writers in young adult literature, Sydney Writers' Festival's 2010 Secondary School Days program offers an opportunity for students to engage with, and be inspired by, their favourite authors in an educational, fun and interactive day.
Secondary School Days showcases the very best local talent in young adult writing, with Melina Marchetta, Anthony Eaton, Boori Monty Pryor and John Danalis. They will be joined by the UK’s Charlie Higson, best known for his highly successful Young Bond series.
Secondary School Days will be held at Sydney Theatre at Walsh Bay on Tuesday 18 May and Riverside Theatre in Parramatta on Wednesday 19 May.
For full program details visit www.swf.org.au/school-days

Award winning writers Patrick Ness and Isobelle Carmody talk about literature and imagining the future. The session will also include performances of scenes from the books.

Patrick Ness is the author of The Knife of Never Letting Go and its sequel The Ask and the Answer, two compelling novels. The story of teenagers Todd and Viola fighting for survival in a totalitarian post-holocaust future raises complex moral questions. The Ask and the Answer won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and the Booktrust UK Teenage Book Prize. Patrick has also taught creative writing at Oxford University.

Isobelle Carmody is Australia’s international queen of fantasy literature. Carmody began writing Obernewtyn aged 14-years-old. Obernewtyn is an adventure story set in a dystopic future. Twenty two years later, Obernewtyn comes to its climax with The Sending. (Released March 2010)

 Presented by the Centre for Youth Literature, supported by Walker Books Australia 

There is no other award in Australia that reflects what teenagers want to read. The Inkys are international awards for teenage literature, voted for online by the readers of insideadog.com.au. Join us for the Inky Awards Ceremony (and cake!)
Featuring author James Roy, the young judges, the winning authors, and the winning Creative Reading Prize entries.