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Book Week Extravaganza 2020

Date TBA
Venue TBA
Committee: Elizabeth Skorulis (Kiama), Joanne Potter (Ku-ring-gai), Michelle Plant (Woollahra), Sarah Jane Steer (Woollahra), Michelle Cairns (Ku-ring-gai), Sharon Fogarty (Port Stephens), Karina Vitalone (Liverpool), Judy Hannah (Canada Bay), Vivian.Kosseifi (Canada Bay), Samantha Butler (Sutherland)
Bookings required: TBA

Children’s Book Week

The theme: Curious Creatures, Wild Minds
The dates: 22nd August - 28th August 2020 https://www.cbca.org.au/cbca-book-week
Notables list to be announced: 25th February 2020 https://www.cbca.org.au/notables-2020
Short List to be announced: 31st March 2020
Book of the Year Awards Winners Announcement: Friday 21st August 2020

Zart publish a book of activities based on the Book Week theme, Early Childhood and Picture Books. Activities are designed for individual works, as well as for class, libraries and whole school displays. https://www.zartart.com.au/
Ipswich District Teacher Librarians Network produces a book of ideas and activities based on the Book Week theme and Children's Book Council for Australia shortlisted titles. https://idtl.net.au/book-week.php and also has links on their website for ideas.

Once you have decided on the books your library will be featuring for Book Week, check who published them. If you need a sample permission request letter see the template, and email a letter to them on your library’s letterhead. In the letter, list the books by that publisher that you will be using, also list the activities you will be doing as part of your Book Week promotion. Do this ASAP! Some publishers will take 6 weeks or more to respond.
There is one exception – Book Covers! Photocopying of covers is covered by the 2016 agreement between ALIA and the Australian Publishers Association and is still place see https://www.alia.org.au/copyright-and-book-covers and the Australian Copyright Council fact sheet “Educational Institutions & Libraries: Using Book Covers’ https://www.copyright.org.au/ACC_Prod/ACC/Information_Sheets/Educational_Institutions___Libraries__Using_Book_Covers.aspx