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Indigenous Literacy Day
Wednesday, 1 September is Indigenous Literacy Day. Events on the day aim to 'help raise funds to raise literacy levels and improve the lives and opportunities of Indigenous Australians living in remote and isolated regions'.
Many publishers and booksellers are donating 5% (or more) of their takings from invoices and sales on 1 September and, around Australia, schools, businesses and organisations will hold Great Books Swaps and other fundraising activities.
Indigenous Literacy Day is the main fundraiser for The Indigenous Literacy Project (ILP), a partnership between The Australian Book Industry and The Fred Hollows Foundation. The Foundation 'purchases and supplies books and other culturally appropriate learning materials' to remote Indigenous communities. ILP ambassadors include Kate Grenville, Andy Griffiths, David Malouf, Sally Morgan and Alexis Wright.
For a full list of ambassadors and further information, see the ILP's website.
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US Peace Prize for Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine Brooks is the 2010 recipient of The Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Lifetime Achievement. Inspired by the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in Bosnia, the prize is 'the only international literary peace prize awarded in the United States'. It celebrates 'the power of literature to promote peace, social justice, and global understanding'.
On learning of the prize, Brooks said 'It's always a thrill to have one's work recognized, but this prize holds particular meaning to me because I covered the fighting in the Balkans as a journalist and I know what peace can mean to a civilian population that has been besieged and violated by years of war'.
Brooks will receive a US$10,000 honorarium as part of the award which will be presented on 7 November 2010. For further information on The Dayton Literary Peace Prize, see the award website.
UPCOMING EVENTS/PRIZES/LAUNCHES
- A Catch of the Breath 17 Aug 2010
- Short and Curlies 04 Sep 2010
- Music and Words : An Intimate and Extraordinary Interlude 04 Sep 2010
- Overland Launches Anniversary Edition 04 Sep 2010
- Brisbane Writers Festival 01 Sep 2010
- More events...
HOT OFF THE PRESSES
- RPM - Noel Mengel
- That's What I'm Talking About - Shane Crawford ...
- Line of Sight - David Whish-Wilson
- Dead Sea Fruit - Kaaron Warren
- The Magic Fair - Sally Morgan
- More - 1736 works added in the last 14 days
ON THIS DAY, 3 SEPTEMBER...
- Rebecca Vines born 1811, 1 works
- Will Dyson born 1880, 12 works
- A. E. Johann born 1901, 4 works
- Bernard O'Reilly born 1903, 12 works
- E. M. Kelsall born 1913, 1 works
- Shawn O'Leary born 1916, 16 works
- Denzil Howson born 1918, 1 works
- Mon Neal born 1920, 2 works
- Cherry Wilder born 1930, 47 works
- Jack Wodhams born 1931, 57 works
- Helen J. Wilson born 1937, 1 works
- John Langmore born 1939, 1 works
- Clarissa Stein born 1948, 167 works
- Tim Gooding born 1950, 12 works
- David Latta born 1956, 15 works
- M Creyton born 1960, 1 works
- Mungo William MacCallum died 1942, 6 works
- Emily Jane Witty died 1951, 2 works
- Brian Fitzpatrick died 1965, 17 works
- Shmuel Gorr died 1988, 10 works
- Awdrey Hewlett died 1995, 23 works
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