Sarah Davis' I AM JACK Trailer...

Sarah is an award winning illustrator and a great friend. We meet at the Sydney Children’s Writers & Illustrators’ Network at The Hughenden. Check out her website: – www.sarahdavisillustration.com. She loves I AM JACK and she created this funny, warm and relevant book...

India- IASA Conference -India & Aust...

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne hits you in the guts with racism and how it destroys all of us. The Curious Incident of thd Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon takes you into autism and suddenly you get it and care. My ‘I Am Jack’ drops you into bullying and the isolation, fear and how to work it out. Kids’ books emotionally engage young readers and change the world. I’m speaking about: – ‘Youth Literature: A Global Strategy for Social Justice’ using my books to illustrrate this – at this fantastic conference in...

The Book Chook – Great Blogger for...

Susan Stephenson, The Book Chook Blogging about kids’ literature and literacy http://thebookchook.blogspot.com Editor of Literacy Lava   The Book Chook    Book Reviews, I am Jack, and Super Jack Posted: 09 Jan 2010 04:18 PM PST One of my favourite books ever is I am Jack, by Susanne Gervay (Angus and Robertson/Harper Collins Publishers 2000). A couple of months ago, I was lucky enough to see I am Jack performed on stage in Brisbane (Queensland, Australia), and what a treat that was! In my post about it, I described the performance as...

Sayoni Basu Scholastic India & Susan...

 SCBWI India Invites you to  Writing for Children Jan 27, 2010, 6-7.30 pm British Council Library, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 01 For more information and membership enquiries, contact   Jyoti Singh Visvanath, Regional Advisor, SCBWI India (011-29212017), scbwi.india@gmail.com www.scbwi.org Charges Rs 100 for members of SCBWI and Rs 200 for non-members  Susanne Gervay, visiting Australian author and Co-Regional Advisor of the Australian chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), talks about her journey as a writer of children’s...

Top 10 kids books – Books Teens Ne...

Ten Books Teens Need – Boys, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain  Burning Eddy by Scot Gardner The Cave by Susanne Gervay Dougy by James Moloney Gone by Michael Grant Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera The Highest Tide by Jim Lynch Airman by Eoin Colfer The Great Gatenby by John Marsden When Dogs Cry by Markus Zusak See http://fairfieldbooksonstation.wordpress.com This is the top 10 Books selected by Fairfieldbooks On Station Melbourne – great book...

Sydney Kids Writers & Illustrators N...

Open to all published Kids and Young Adult authors and illustrators, the Sydney Network at The Hughenden, 14 Queen Street Woollahra (Paddington) starts again the first Wednesday of every month from 3rd February 2010:- Just turn up or contact Susanne through the website: www.sgervay.com 10.30-12.30 am for networking, sharing publishing news both personal and about the industry. 12.30-2.30 Optional light lunch at The Hughenden for networking Benefits: Build friendships in the writing community Update news about publishing and publishers Information and opportunities about...

India & Australia: Literature & ...

If you happen to be in Goa, India from 18-21st January, drop into this amazing Indian-Australian Conference about short story, human rights, novels, youth literature. I’ll be speaking there. It’s the 5th International Conference of the Indian Association for the Study of Australia IASA – www.iasa-india.org -  Fear Factor: Terror Incognito, edited by Meenaskshi Bharat and Sharon Rundle includes the stories of Booker Prize to emerging authors such as Sir Salman Rushdie, Thomas Keneally, David Malouf, Jeremy Fisher, emerging writer Andrew Kwong. My story...

Wishing Everyone A Joyous Festive Season...

Thankyou to my parents who are always part of me, my family, friends, writers, illustrators and colleagues in Australia and around the world for a year of challenges and love. Some of my friends are facing great personal, emotional and health hurdles. I am in awe of their courage and I send my deepest love to them. Healing love. To feel loved is to find spirituality;  to love others is to experience greatness; to hurt is to prove humanness.   (Buddhist teaching)  I feel loved, love others and I have hurt because I am human. Thankyou for taking social justice...

Kids' Home Library by Lee Littlewoo...

Kids’ Home Library by Lee Littlewood www.creators.com New Books for Kids with Important Messages and Fun Appeal New books that help youngsters deal with bullying, grief and weighty philosophical questions also promote kindness and thankfulness. “I am Jack” by Susanne Gervay; Tricycle Press; 126 pages; $14.99. School bullying is all too common and all too harmful. In this sensitive yet funny portrayal of an 11-year-old boy being pushed around at school, Gervay writes with realism and candor. Though lovable and fun to be around, Jack becomes the butt of...

I Am Jack Reads Along with Biblio USA!...

http://www.biblioreads.com/interviews/SusanneGervay.php. An interview with Susanne Gervay, author of I Am Jack www.sgervay.com by Lisa Barker and Nicole Cherry As a mother, any help I can get in protecting my children from bullies is a blessing to me. Susanne Gervay’s book, I Am Jack, is a boon to both parents and children. You will also find links to more resources for handling bullies in this interview. Even my fifteen year old daughter found this book useful and recommends it for younger kiddos ages 7-12. Book review: Even though the reading level for this...