Amra Pajalic

Baby and I have been sick. Both suffering from ear infections and on antibiotics. Starting to feel better, but still droopy. In the meantime there are a few things I’d tell you about happening elsewhere. My friends Jodi and Kim who have a business Art By Wiley have had a write up about their groovy pieces of art here.

Also if you’re under 30 and interested in all things literary, there’s an opportunity for you to blog for ABC’s The Book Show. More info below:

The Book Show Blog

The Book Show, ABC Radio National, has a new blog and we want you to write for it.

It’s about reading, writing, books and publishing. It’s about the book launch you went to last night or the writers’ festival event you really enjoyed. It’s your top 10 book-to-movie adaptations or the books you’ve spotted people reading on trains.

The Book Show and Express Media are in partnership to find a team of young Australian writers to contribute. If you’ve got an internet connection you can be part of it.

It won’t be live until February 2010 but you can check it out here.

The fine print

You must be able to blog at least once a week;

You must be passionate about books, writers’ festivals, writing, reading – anything literary and cultural really.

You are on the younger side of 30.

How to apply

Please send the following four things by January 25th to Artistic Director Bel Schenk at artisticdirector@expressmedia.org.au

1. a sample of writing not longer than 300 words that you’d consider appropriate for a blog;

2. a paragraph outlining why you’d like to be involved in this project;

3. a few sentences that tell us what your main areas of interest are (i.e. romance writing, zine making, writers’ festivals etc).

4. three suggestions for upcoming posts.

What then?
Express Media and The Book Show will select the best writers to contribute to The Book Show Blog. It will be launched February 2010.

You will be given guidance in blogging and ABC editorial policies. The blog will be moderated by a producer on The Book Show.

Then you’ll have a national platform for spreading your ideas. We also hope to provide some ‘fringe benefits’ throughout the year!

For all the poets out there:

I am happy to announce that Moving Galleries is now receiving poetry submissions for our next exhibition, Observance. For details and submissions see: www.movinggalleries.org

§ 3 Responses to Time out

• Megan says:

  10 December, 2009 at 10:13 pm

  Thanks for the info on The Book Show!

  Can you tell me where you got that from? I can’t seem to find any info on their site!

  Thanks!

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• amrapajalic77 says:

  11 December, 2009 at 7:47 am

  Hi Megan

  I’ve just updated the post with links I received in the email from a producer at the ABC. The link to the blog is http://blogs.radionational.net.au/bookshow/

  Happy writing.

  Amra

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• Jodi says:

  15 December, 2009 at 11:03 pm

  Thanks for the plug! You are lovely

  Reply