Book Week

Book Week : 20th - 26th August 2011

Book Week is the longest running children's festival in Australia, celebrating its 65th birthday last year. The theme for 2011 is ... One World, Many Stories.

Merchandise for this theme can be found here.

Each year, many schools and public libraries from all over Australia spend a week celebrating books and Australian authors and illustrators. Classroom teachers, teacher librarians and public librarians develop activities, offer competitions and tell stories relating to a theme to highlight the importance of reading.


Book Week : 21st - 27th August 2010

Book Week is the longest running children's festival in Australia, celebrating its 65th birthday this year.
The theme in 2010 was... Across the Story Bridge. Merchandise for this theme can be found here.

All over the region schools and public libraries spend a week celebrating books and Australian authors and illustrators with parades, author visits, readings and craft activities and much, much more.

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