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As we did last year, each week's activities are summarised every Friday to make sure that you don't miss anything. With only Wayne's welcome post yesterday and two fabulous kids' book reviews today, there's not much to summarise at this stage although I do recommend that you read those posts if you haven't already. On the other hand, when I think back over the past year, well, there's actually quite a lot to recap.
April 30 was the first anniversary of Reading for Australia (we had intended to go live on 1 May but couldn't figure out how to take down the test run of Wayne's first welcome post... it's been a steep learning curve). You can read how we set up the site in the very first Friday Recap.
Here are some of the highlights of our first year online:
May 2013: First Literary Festival
You can find all of the articles written by our guest authors at the first link and find books they recommend as good reads at the second link:Guest authors' posts
Guest authors' book recommendations
South Africa 2013
Some of the fun and excitement of our adventures in southern Africa at and around the very exciting 2013 Kids' Lit Quiz world final in Durban:South Africa 2013 by Marj Brown
Africa!
There and Back Again
The Big Five
Prisoner 44664: master of his fate, captain of his soul
November 2013: Second Literary Festival
You can find all of the articles written by our guest authors at the first link and find books they recommend as good reads at the second link:Guest authors' posts
Guest authors' book recommendations
Kids' Lit Quiz 2014 Australian competition
These descriptions of the 2014 Australian competition will make you feel like you were there:Stripes and Stars: Queensland heat
Kings and Queens, Insects and Mice: NSW regional heat (Orange)
Cannibalism and other stories: ACT heat
The Day the Kids' Lit Quiz came to south-west Sydney: Sydney heat
2014 Australian Final
Favourites
Although it's a bit like having to choose your favourite child, if you are new to the site and pressed for time, here (in no particular order) are a few of my favourite guest posts, together the most popular book reviews by kids and the most popular guest post, to introduce you to just a fraction of the wide range of wonderful writing we've been lucky enough to share with our readers over the last year:On Killing your Characters by Anthony Eaton
Windows and Mirrors by Erica Wagner (a reflection on 25 years in children's publishing)
Maus:my favourite illustrated book by Adrienne Doig
A Reader's Story by Finegan Kruckemeyer
The Squid and the Whale by Rod Clement
Boy Soldier by David Mussared
Nowhere Boys by CS McMullen
Book Review - The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness
Book Review - Mortal Engines by Philip Reeves
And that's only the selected highlights - just last week we introduced some of our new supporters and reflected on Anzac Day. I told you a lot had happened in our first year online. Happy birthday to us!
Now that we're up to date, do check out Wayne's welcome post and Jack and Jesse's book reviews, here and here. There's lots to look forward to over the next month, starting with our first guest author's post on Monday. Who will it be?!
Any children who'd like to recommend a book to others should have a look at Kids' Contributions. We'll update you on Kids' Lit Quiz news - the last national final in the 2014 competition takes place on 10 June at the Wellington National Library in New Zealand. And - of course - there'll be lots and lots of information about children's and young adults books.
See you on Monday and have a good weekend.
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