Writers and Readers Week 2012

click on this link and check out the writers and subjects galore....!

http://festival.co.nz/writers-and-readers

Newsletter from the Institute of Modern Letters

http://www.victoria.ac.nz/modernletters/resources/publications/Newsletter-2012-Feb-1.pdf

click on the link above to read the latest news from the home of creative writing in Wellington.....particularly good for those of you interested in joining the creative writers group here at HIBS. 

The Joy of Books :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SKVcQnyEIT8

Play this and ponder!  Just what do th ebooks get up to overnight????

New Tin tin Movie: Steven Spielberg interview!

http://bit.ly/w2G9aS

also there is this interview by a student of Steven Spielberg about the movie.....Happy DAy!

reading across the media!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrlVAxppmVI&feature=player_embedded

this youtube collection is from some students in the USA and is their recorded comments on books theyare reading...they set themselves a target of 50 books to read and recorded themselves as they did this now they are taking it further....

Jack Lasenby Award announced.....

http://the-wcba.blogspot.com/

click the link above to see the very talented winner of the jack Lasenby story competition.  Congratulations to the young man from the Kapiti Coast.....

Friday ramblings!

Our new sofas and footstool thingy arrived yesterday just in time for all the Leavers to spot them....here are some photos showing the reaction so far! 

Don't forget to check out the new books and remember to pack a book for your holiday (or 2, or 3, ....:))