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.

All kids, big and small, welcome to the exciting launch of...

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 

The Somerset Conference for Librarians and Teachers is an academic forum for national and international research on the promotion of reading. The Somerset Writers' Festival follows the conference. The theme 'Reading Locally, Learning Globally: creating a universal experience' will provide an excellent opportunity for delegates to hear and learn from international library professionals and literary specialists. The conference Monday will be held on 15 March 2010 at Conrad Jupiters Hotel, Broadbeach on the Gold Coast. Workshop Tuesday will be held at the Somerset College Library on 16 March 2010. Presenters at the 2010 Somerset International Conference include: Dr Carol Gordon; Janet DeNeefe; James Moloney and Anthony Eaton; Kevin Hennah; Keith Webster; Marj Kirkland and Maggie Garrard.

 
Presenters include:
 
Bob Graham, Libby Gleeson
Glenda Millard, Libby Hathorn
Sherryl Clark, Dee White