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Why I Love Libraries #LibraryLoversDay

Why do I love libraries? I have 18 reasons!

‘Library Lovers Day’ is next week, and so the good people at Australia Reads (where I am honoured to be an ambassador), sent me a text meme to celebrate. It made me think: why do I love libraries? A deluge of memories flooded into a list of 18 reasons I thought I’d share! 1. Magic When I was little, my mum often took me to our local library. I loved reading and libraries had books. As long as…

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5 Tips for Young Writers 2019 @mosmanlibrary

5 Tips for Writers, based on my report from the Mosman Youth Awards in Literature 2019 @mosmanlibrary @mosmancouncil

Last night I gave my judge’s report at the Mosman Literary Awards 2019, held at Mosman’s Barry O’Keefe Library. This annual prose and poetry competition attracts budding writers, poets and playwrights from schools across the state, all of whom compete for a share in the $2,000 prize pool.

I’m the judge for the Senior Prose section (for high school students in years 10, 11 and 12), and as in…

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