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News Vote for a book cover for [|Mystery at River Gully]and you could win your choice of a book from the Fremantle Press web site. Your vote must be registered by 28th November. The Inky Awards 2011 15 lucky members of RAGE attended the awards at the State Library of Victoria on 25th October. We listened to a number of authors talk about their books and writing and also heard from the judging panel about their experience. They all agreed that one of the best things about being a judge was that you receive 20 free books! Thousand Words Festival

8 lucky members of RAGE attended the Thousand Words Festival at Northcote Town Hall on the last day of Term 3. We watched as Michael Pryor and Leanne Hall battled it out in a "write-off", listened as bloggers Holly Harper, Andrew McDonald and Megan Burke talked about online reading, understood why we should read after listening to Michael Pryor and Steph Bowe and finally watched characters come to life with Fiona Wood and Cath Crowley. I don't know about you, but I can't wait until the festival comes around again next year. Ms McPhee Book Week 2011: One World, Many Stories Check out the winners of this year's [|CBC Awards]

RAGE members enjoy a pizza and a chat at the Fitzroy Library during Book Week 2011:

The Melbourne Writers' Festival

On Friday May 20th Stephanie Stepan, a former student of the Academy and now Publicist at Text Publishing, came to speak to members of the RAGE Book Club about the publishing industry. She firstly explained how she worked as a volunteer at a publishing company and then managed to secure a position at Text. She went on to talk about how authors go about getting their books published and emphasised the importance of proof reading. Editors do not accept manuscripts which have grammatical and spelling errors. Steph also brought along a couple of young adult books which are to be released later this year.

It was a great pleasure to welcome Steph back to to the school and hear about her life after Academy.

Our first meeting for 2011 will be on Friday 29th April in the Fiction Library at lunchtime. New members welcome.

[|Inside a Dog]has a new look. .

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