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Book Week Forum 2021
- Date: Tuesday 8 June 2021 9:30am - 3:00pm
- Venue: online via Zoom
- Committee: Emma, Judy, Samantha, Sharon, Elizabeth, Karina, Eleni, Kate and Mylee
- Bookings required: Eventbrite
Children’s Book Week
- The theme: Old Worlds, New Worlds, Other Worlds #CBCA2021
- The dates: 21-27 August 2021 https://www.cbca.org.au/cbca-book-week
- Notables list to be announced: 23 February 2021 https://www.cbca.org.au/notables-2021
- Short List: https://cbca.org.au/shortlist-2021 Video announcement
- Book of the Year Awards Winners Announcement: Friday 20 August 2021
Copyright and permissions
Once you have decided on the books your library will be featuring for Book Week, check who published them. Here is a list of publisher contacts. 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 is in place see https://www.alia.org.au/copyright-and-book-covers (please note the following publishers are not members of the association: EK Books, Riveted Press, Scribble Kids’ Books, Starfish Bay Publishing). Also see the Australian Copyright Council fact sheet Educational Institutions & Libraries - Using Book Covershttps://www.copyright.org.au/acc_prod/acc/Information_Sheets/Book_Covers.aspx
Links and books for inspiration
- 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/product/BKW004
- 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.
- Book Curator magazine publishes a guide to the CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notables list.
- PETAA produces teaching resources for the Shortlisted books.