Thankyou to Hazel Edwards for celebrating my very special nomination for the international Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children's books. I am so honoured to represent Australia together with my amazing authors and buddies Ursula Dubosarsky and Melina Marchetta, and the incredible Indigenous Publisher Magabala Books and The Literature Centre .
Also -
Margo Lanagan
Morris Gleitzman
Randa Abdel-Fattah
Bronwyn Bancroft
The Indigenous Literacy Foundation
Library Storytime with Ursula Dubosarsky
Books in Homes Julie Ditrich Room to Read Australia Lisa Berryman HarperCollins EK Books Angophora House Pty Ltd Rachel Bin Salleh Sharon Rundle Sheryl Gwyther SCBWI Australia East & New Zealand Eva Di Cesare Monkey Baa Jeremy Miller Sandie Eldridge Tim McGarry Michelle Weisz
Big big congratulations Susanne. What great recognition of your work. As well as all other nominees. All the very best xxx
Congratulations Suzanne! How exciting!
Wow Susanne That's fantastic news!!! Hearty Congratulations!!
Such wonderful and well deserved nomination Susanne ❤️❤️❤️
Congratulations Susanne! So excited for you. XX
Fantabulous !👏🏼
Congratulations Susanne 🎉
Congratulations!!! Well deserved, I think Astrid Lingren would have approved 😘😊
Woo hoo congratulations
Such fabulous news!!! Huge congratulations 😍
That's fantastic. Congratulations Susanne X
Wow! Congratulations Susanne! Amazing work! So well deserved. We’re so lucky to have your work to share with our students ❤️
Congratulations Susanne!
So absolutely deserved. You are a treasure Susanne Gervay ❤️
Well deserved Susanne, you outstanding person!!
Susanne! What beautiful news! Congratulations! xx💜💜
Terrific! How wonderful Susanne Gervay Author!
Wow! Congratulations!!
Wonderful!
Congratulations dear Susanne ❤️❤️❤️🥳
Congratulations, Susanne! 😊
Overjoyed 🤗🎉💯🌟❤️
Wooohoooo!!
Woohoooo!!!!!
Soooo excited when the film clip of Alice Miranda was splashed across the cinema screen!!!!! I gave a little gasp. It's SO hard to get a film up and my friend has done it. The fabuous Jacqueline Harvey's Alice Miranda is finally coming to the screen - the launch is 9 November at 10.30 EventCinemas Bondi Jct!!!!
Jacquie is so loved in the SCBWI Australia East & New Zealand community and a buddy!!!!!!
Fabulous kids author and scriptwriter was on the script writing team too - Alexa Moses
youtu.be/DyiiYYeZ4yI
So much fun and a must see!!!!
SCBWI ACT (and surrounds) Private Group SCBWI Queensland Members' Page Fans of SCBWI KIWI-SCBWI SLR Productions
Fabulous! 🎉
Well done!!!
Love being part of the CBCA NSW Branch Inc Eastern Suburbs Sub-branch committee. The award winning picture book creator Antonia Pesenti presented her beautiful picture book ‘Summer Time’. Other authors there were Elizabeth Mary Cummings and Patricia Vida Bernard and new author Scott Francipane with his dog book. Plus the amazing committee of Sue, Morag, Jo and the President of the CBCA NSW Liz - the joy of sharing books.
Children's Book Council of Australia, Children's Book Council of Australia - South Australia Children’s Book Council of Australia (NSW Branch) Blue Mountains Sub-branch Cbca Victoria CBCA (NSW) Newcastle Sub-branch Waverley Library
Guess who I had lunch with? The brilliant Rt Hon Julie Bishop (former deputy Prime Minister) - so impressive. Her position is that we remain true to our Australian voice and not bend to Chinese will or US will - but to navigate carefully.
Obviously we weren't ready for a female PM, after we had Julia Gillard - a PM who brought in the Royal Commission on sexual abuse of children, who was slammed for her body shape - really?
Malcolm Turnbull Julie Bishop MP Westpac Sharon Rundle
How lovely! Ian has met her many times through work and he thinks she’s wonderful.
Standing proudly with your tribe ❤️you Susanne Gervay are a true inspiration
She’s one of my most favourite women role models in Australian political service!!! How awesome!!!
The Children’s Library - a maze of books by our most loved authors is OPEN!!!!! The State Library of New South Wales celebrates 150 years of free library. This is especially wonderful for kids - no iPads allowed. Only books, books, books. Thankyou to State Librarian John Vallance for being behind this. Thrilling with the books of - Emma Quay Books, Debra Tidball Belinda Murrell, Frané Lessac, Hazel Edwards Dr Stephanie Owen Reeder Author, Dr Gina M Newton Ursula Dubosarsky Claire Saxby Jackie French - a feast of authors, books, illustrators - kid book heaven! EVen my 'I Am Jack' was there. Thankyou to the passionate book advocate Claire Stuckey representing IFLA - International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions and Children's Book Council - brilliant!
Lisa Berryman HarperCollins HarperCollins Children's Books Australia Children's Book Council of Australia
Wonderful Susanne. I can't wait to visit!!
Looks fabulous!!!
Oh, I can’t wait to go, Susanne! What a gorgeous surprise to see you there with my books! 💗
Fabulous! what a treat to visit 😍
I cannot wait to be well enough to attend!
Exciting xo
Brilliant!🌟🌟🌟
Glorious!! Must come visit
Just saw Story Time Stars there on SBS News! What a fabulous idea having a separate area just for kids! Love it!
Oh my how wonderful!!!!!!
Oops you caught me!!! Stripping bare for a night of the music & story of the violin travelling from Transylvania 1918 to Australia today - by violin virtuoso Daniel Weltlinger . It captures some of my story as well as Daniel's too, in my new novel and was deeply moving. What a night In the underground music warehouse in the grungy Leonard Cohen -type hideway of artists and musicians.
Annette Guerry Annette Fitzallen Michelle Weisz Michelle Orrelle CBCA NSW Branch Inc Eastern Suburbs Sub-branch Fans of SCBWI Susan Burdach Eve Guerry Daniel Weltlinger Camelot Lounge Marrickville Lisa Berryman HarperCollins HarperCollins Children's Books Australia Sigi Hallis Cohen Monsieur Camembert's Leonard Cohen Show
Yaron Hallis
Isn't the Camelot Lounge great, Susanne? Sounds like an intriguing show. I was there last week to see the hugely entertaining The Thin White Ukes!
For World Sight Day 2019, love you to listen to Patricia Karvelas Journalist because kids' sight and learning matter. Her questions challenge us to get their kids' eyes tested. Vision impairment is subtle and slow, so kids don't realise it's happening and neither do we. When kids' vision issues aren't recognised, kids start to get mislabeled as clumsy, slow learners, inattentive ..I've worn glasses since a kid... and it’s hard not to see!
Good vision for life and Vision Australia endorse 'The Boy in the Big Blue Glasses' as story opens awareness.
EK Books Anouska Jones Marjorie Crosby-Fairall Exisle Publishing Angophora House Pty Ltd Reading Radio 4RPH NSW School Library Matters The Arts Unit Fans of SCBWI Creative Kids Tales Network Kids' Books for a Better World Save Sight Institute Dianne Wolfer Hazel Edwards Jennie Orchard
One in five children undiagnosed with vision impairment
Susanne Gervay is a child growth and development specialist and has turned her expertise into a book for children.Kids authors never get too famous to stop supporting kids. You are AMAZING Jeff Kinney!!!!!!!!!!
Children's authors and illustrators are extraordinary, Why? They speak at schools, advocate for literacy, support indigenous education, the arts, libraries, give kids a voice .. . Jeff Kinney the mega author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid has just built a bookshop in Plainville, Massachusetts because he wants kids in his town to grow up with books!!!!!
I' m an ambassador for Room to Read Australia, Books in Homes, The Premiers Reading Challenge, Monkey Baa Theatre, advocate for kids in many areas ... like so many other kids authors and illustrators. They are the coolest people and many are my best friends - Deborah Abela Author Sue Murray Oliver Phommavanh Marjorie Crosby-Fairall Sue Whiting Sarah Davis Tania McCartney Kate Forsyth Belinda Murrell Hazel Edwards and so many more.
Read article below:-
www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/05/jeff-kinneys-unlikely-story-how-the-wimpy-kid-author-built-...
Tamara Rodgers HarperCollins Children's Books Australia EK Books NSW School Library Matters Children's Book Council of Australia Children's Book Council of Australia - WA Branch Children's Book Council of Australia (Vic) Angophora House Pty Ltd
Diary of a small town sensation: how the Wimpy Kid author built his dream bookshop
Growing up, Jeff Kinney discovered Tolkien, comics and computers at his local bookshop. When it closed he was bereft – would opening his own as an adult help to right that wrong?❤️❤️
What a glorious man. x
And I LOVE this story. Thanks so much for sharing!
I was lucky enough to see Jeff Kinney, David Walliams and Dav Pilkey in an event at An Unlikely Story. Such a great bookshop! So many treasures and favourites. I could have spent hours lost in there. Definitely worth a visit if you’re anywhere near Boston.
And you are an AMAZING ambassador, Susanne, making a huge impact in so many places . . . .
You’re incredible Susanne Gervay!
This has made my day!!!
Everyone knows when I’ve finished the mega editing of my manuscript. (HarperCollins) Check me out and about, playing around with my favourite red head!!!! Yes, I'm at Luna Park Sydney on a very swirly ride!
Lisa Berryman HarperCollins Michelle Weisz Marjorie Crosby-Fairall HarperCollins Children's Books Australia Deborah Abela Author Sue Whiting Angophora House Pty Ltd
Pure joy! ❤️
Love❣️
Hanging out with brilliant author and General Manager of Echo Books - hint she published 'The Tattooist of Auschwitz’ - BernadetteAgius. Her beautiful new book ‘I’m Staying at Richards’ - gives insight to her and her son’s relationship and you understand her advocacy for people with intellectual disabilities. Jacqui Barton is the other pea in a pod - a fabulous advocate for kids books as well the marketing manager for Wheelers Books . What women!!!!
Angophora House Pty Ltd Simon & Schuster CBCA (NSW) Central Coast Sub Branch SCBWI Australia East & New Zealand Centralcoast Yvette Poshoglian
'My son was a victim of a false gay rumour at a school camp … by a very gifted boy with his peer group which spread through his year. Why? My son was different-poor social skills but has a good sense of humour. They studied "I am Jack" this term. My son's teacher told me that Patrick finished the book before the class did. Participated in the class discussion which he is normally very shy in doing all because he identified with Jack.
Thank you Lisa (Patrick’s mother).'
I get emails like this frequently. I wrote 'I Am Jack' (and the JACK books) for Patrick and all kids, so they have a voice and they matter. Story gives them a voice. My 'I Am Jack' wraps his arms around kids so they've got a safe space and know they are not alone and that they are worth everything!.
Thankyou Sonia Bestulic Childrens Author for your podcast on bullying because kids matter.
NSW School Library Matters Lisa Berryman HarperCollins HarperCollins Children's Books Australia UBAM Fans Club (for Usborne and Kane Miller Books) Kane Miller Books Cbca Victoria Children's Book Council of Australia CBCA (NSW) Central Coast Sub Branch Children's Book Council of Australia - WA Branch Childrens Librarians Children's HealthBullying is unfortunately one of the most common problems that school children experience. Sometimes, It can be very difficult to notice the problem as parents don’t always see what their child goes through at school.
Join me today as I chat with Susanne Gervay, one of Australia’s most esteemed children’s book authors as she has so much wisdom and personal experience to share on this topic.
You can also get a chance to receive a gift copy of Susanne's book "I Am Jack", that courageously and effectively tackled the sensitive topic of bullying. Tune in!
chataboutchildren.com/episode29
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#children #books #bully #bullying #friendship #resilience #connection #psychologists #teachers #speechpathology #speechpathologists #socialskills #literacy #reading #stories #storytelling #language #speech #educators #earlychildhood #parenting #parents #learning #susannegervay #iamjack #harpercollins #bookpublishers #notobullying #stopbullying #chataboutchildren
Susanne thank you for so graciously doing all that you do for children and their families... 🙏.
Well done Susie. Such a fantastic support for kids, and it seems timeless!! xxx
It’s a brilliant book. Love it so much.
Well done, books making a difference! X
What a difference your very special book has made, Susanne.
The power of a well-written story!
Wow. What a powerful email.
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what a difference you make
Laura Clift
It’s a brilliant book. Love it so much.
You know I LOVE Queensland. It's a true November-fest for me, presenting and sharing the craft of writing with some of the best writers and illustrators in Oz - When and where? In Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast!
10th November in Brisbane at the amazing Eco Centre, Griffith University, Nathan Campus, for the SCBWI Australia East & New Zealand Queensland State Conference
australiaeastnz.scbwi.org/events/scbwi-qld-state-conference-storycraft-success-the-creative-soul/
15-16th November on the Sunshine Coast for the Greenleaf Writers Retreat:-
www.greenleafpress.net/uploads/4/7/2/7/47274465/sunshine_writers_retreat_2019_program.pdf
17th November at the Queensland Writers Centre for an all day workshop.
qldwriters.org.au/eventbrite-event/so-you-think-dialogue-is-easy-with-susanne-gervay/
If you can't make it to any of these wonderful events, then message me and love to catch up in beautiful Queensland!
SCBWI Queensland Members' Page Fans of SCBWI SCBWI ACT (and surrounds) Private Group Sheryl Gwyther Alison Douglas Stegert Society of Women Writers Qld Fellowship of Australian Writers Queensland Gold Coast Writers’ Association Members Page Sunshine Coast Writers' Group Sunshine Coast Writer's Cafe
Australia East/New Zealand | SCBWI Qld State Conference … StoryCraft: Success & the Creative Soul
Come join us on a day of collegial connections with our SCBWI community … a day of exploring craft, opportunity and celebration. Our main presenters will include industry professionals from trade publishing houses … like LISA BERRYMAN, from HarperCollins Australia; experienced editor and publish...Can’t wait to hang out, Susanne!
You have to LOVE kids. This is the best ever pair of purple underpants owned by ‘I am Jack’ ‘s Nanna. The wonderful girl who made it, took her mother on a massive search to find glitter glue that glows in the dark. It touched me that the ‘I Am Jack’ books are real to kids. HarperCollins 360 HarperKids Books Michelle Weisz Kane Miller Books Kira Lynn Lisa Berryman HarperCollins
Peta Morris I love a child sourcing glow in dark purple glitter glue because of a book 🙌
But they look like Y-fronts!!!
My friend and talented author Pamela Cook has her new book just released. ‘Cross my Heart’ -emotionally powerful you will go on an incredible journey into the heart of a mother-daughter relationship! Pamela is the author of best selling ‘Blackwattle Lake’ ‘The Crossroads’ ‘Close to Home’ Hachette Australia Books - we were having a celebratory catch up with Pamela with the Room to Read Australia crowd! She’s an ambassador and so am I supporting the education of kids in Asia and Africa. roomtoread.org has reached more than 16 million kids. Yahoo! Check out Better Read Than Dead bookshop for her launch. Jennie Orchard Wendy Jane
Love this photo! So good to see you all. Thank you for your amazing support. Love my Room To Read family. 💕
And Susanne Gervay, always such an inspiration to see you, as well - and we so much appreciate all of your amazing support for Room to Read. LOTS to celebrate next year.
Go, Pam Cook! What an amazing achievement, your 5th novel since we first met 11 years ago . . . . always SO LOVE catching up with you and our wonderful RtR team . . . . xxx
Hello girls! Love you and miss you all!! Congrats Pamela Cook on the new book - can’t wait to read it!
What is paradise? A bush camp on the river with authors and kids passionate about writing and the environment. Everyone agreed that kookaburras are very naughty and have attitude. You can’t trust them when you have a sausage in your hand- they swoop and it’s gone!!! So much to write about at beautiful Brewongle Environmental Education Centre - with Oliver Phommavanh Lisa Shanahan Simon French - Thankyou to Steven Body the principal for the chance to inspire!
The Arts Unit NSW Department of Education Littlescribe EK Books HarperCollins Children's Books Australia The Children's Bookshop Children’s Book Council of Australia (NSW Branch) Blue Mountains Sub-branch NSW School Library Matters CBCA (NSW) Newcastle Sub-branch Jennie Orchard Wendy Jane Tamara Rodgers
Great 👍 👏🏼 The first time I heard a Kookaburra I got chilly willie billies 😜
What a great location to get immersed and soak all that collective wisdom in 👏
How wonderful!!
Wonderful!
How amazing! What lucky kids Susanne Gervay
Thank you to all the teachers and authors that have inspired our kids for the last 3 days. We are truly blessed to have such a wonderful resource.
Thank you all so much. Picked up my daughter Rachel today and she didn’t want to come home. She had to read me everything she’d written straightaway!
So agree! Where’s my invite? Please!!
How wonderful! Enjoy x
Sounds magical...
It is very inspiring to be at the amazing Diversity Fest UNSW - Dylan AlcottOAM - wheelchair tennis champion! Ellis Green Olympian -1st Fijian Aussie For Rugby Sevens who is a National Champion For United Nations. Casey Conway - indigenous rugby league champion who came out as LGBT. Sharni Layton- netball champion captained Aussie Netball team and is a role model for mental health after her breakdown due to pressure. They were all kids when their incredible talent recognised - 'sport is the best form of social inclusion' said Dylan Alcott. Inspiring!!!! The chair is iconic Paul Kenned ABC Australia presenter .
Congratulations to the University of NSW Randwick Campus for championing all young people (and old) whatever their race, gender, disability - and us all.
Australian Paralympic Team Netball Australia vs Silver Ferns 2019 Live Rugby Sevens Fans of SCBWI SCBWI Australia East & New ZealandI Australian Network on Disability Game Changers - Diversity In Sport Matters Nadia Ruben Tory Gervay
Sonia Bestulic Childrens Author and Speech pathologist 's Chat About Children is a treasure of practical advice - and so much that impacts on kids' development from speech of course to autism, learning difficulties, mental health to .. My Chat About Children will be on bullying and emotional engagement with story (I AM JACK) to give kids and adults the skills to counter it, support others, create school days that enable kids to be all they can be. Thankyou Sonia for the fabulous interview!
See interviews by authors like the wonderful Robert Vescio ,
Speech Pathology Australia HarperCollins Children's Books Australia Michelle Weisz Bullying No b PACER Center chataboutchildren.com Chatabout Speech Pathology Services Karen Hendriks Debra Tidball Amanda Lieberv Wendy Jane LittlescribeExcited to have Susanne Gervay Author join me in a Chatabout Children podcast episode on bullying! Subscribe to the podcast now!
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Thank you for the invaluable interview; so many families, children, educators and other professionals who work with children will gain much benefit from your experience and wisdom within your books Susanne!
This is going to be great! Can't wait for this one Susanne. 🙂
Hi Susanne Gervay. When you announce the date for this podcast, please let me know. This would ideal for my work.
I could hardly breathe. The Concert Hall pulsated with music, poetry, philosophy, wisdom, despair and Halleluyah. Leonard Cohen's warning - in his magnificent song - 'you want it darker' - is challenged by the young people marching to save our world.
Magnified, sanctified, be thy holy name
Vilified, crucified, in the human frame
A million candles burning for the love that never came
You want it darker
We kill the flame
(You want it darker' - Leonard Cohen)
Monsieur Camembert's Leonard Cohen Show was sold out last night at City Recital Hall .Triple ARIA-winning Monsieur Camembert reaches into the soul, heart and the deepest of humanity. We have to be better than this.
You can see Monsieur Camembert at the Camelot Lounge Marrickville in Sydney - a light into the magnificence of last night and the incredible Leonard Cohen.
Love to you Annette Guerry for inviting me to this soul-reaching amazingness!
Annette Fitzallen Susan Burdach Inga Gray James Knight ARIA Awards. Steps Of Opera House. Melanie James Sharon Rundle Gwen Bitti Libby Hakim Libby Sommer - Author Yaron Hallis
Could hardly say it better as I was truly blessed to have been there too 🙏 what a show !
Love Leonard Cohen Glad you you had a memorable evening 😘
Monsieur Camembert is my brother Yaron Hallis' project. He put together this show. Thrilled to see it was a success!!
I would so have like to go to this.
I had to read a kid's story about CRICKET - hmmm - the kid wrote a great story but it was sad that his co-author (ME) is a cricket-dope!
Well I'm a co author - authors and kids - with Littlescribe . Andrew Daddo, Deborah Abela Author, Oliver Phommavanh Hazel Edwards, Tristan Bancks Author James Foley Wendy Orr, Katrina McKelvey Jules Faber are in on it too!
I was out West of Sydney with Little Scribe with Mission Australia and the amazing Paint Liverpool REaD launching kids' coauthored stories. Yeah! Read all about it - in the article below.
When kids write creatively it unlocks their ideas and potential! Writing opens the way to critical thinking, emotional release, imagination and connecting us.
CBCA NSW Branch Inc Eastern Suburbs Sub-branch EK Books Lisa Berryman HarperCollins Sonia Bestulic Childrens Author The Children's Bookshop
Parents should put down their phones and help solve Australia's writing crisis
We should start by inviting every child across the country to pick up a pencil and write a 12-page book.Well said 😁
Great post Susanne. Catch up soon remind me to share a new addition coming to Littlescribe that involves Don Bradman ! Thought of our cricketing co-author and you 🙌
Here’s the mixmaster of life - joining up with vivacious radio presenter Aparna Vats, WestWords’ Michael Campbell and the inspiring Jess Waters who was diagnosed as deaf at 2.5 years who’s embraced it and is being all she can be. Amazing girl. She's running for the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children in Parramatta. We can support her run through - @cgchallenge.com.au/page/JessicaWaters
We’re together on Alive 90.5 FM sharing the stuff of life - empowering story. Love these guys!
EK Books Lisa Berryman HarperCollins HarperCollins Children's Books Australia www.stgabriels.nsw.edu.au/ @http://westmeadhf.org.au/ Good vision for life Vision Australia Littlescribe Angophora House Pty Ltd The Children's Book Council of Australia
I love following your adventures. You just never stop! I don’t know how you do it?