Knowledge is Power
...PASS IT ON is a weekly, on-line, interactive, networking newsletter for those involved with or interested in the children's writing & illustration industry.
It is emailed to subscribers every Monday and is very affordable at 0.55 cents per week.
Why not browse through the back issues and if you like what you see, email me to subscribe.
Thanks for your interest...
Socrates
Some Testimonials from Australian Children's Authors
Jackie does a brilliant job with PASS IT ON! Jackie French
I find PASS IT ON a very useful forum for information and advice, as well as for alerting writers to issues and scams. We need to network more effectively, and PIO is a great tool. Sherryl Clark
Sherryl's verse novel Farm Kid won the 2005 NSW Permier's Award for Yonger Readers (Patricia Wrightson Prize)
Jackie Hosking is doing a remarkable job with PASS IT ON...just yesterday an email came through on a discussion list I'm on. The writer mentioned a new opportunity and finished by saying:
"I read about this in PASS IT ON...if you don't yet subscribe to this, then do it now! This really is a don't- miss networking newsletter for writers!" Marg McAlister
Marg is the author of over 50 books for children, she has written short stories for school magazines, a set of worksheets for schools as part of a $5 million multimedia project and numerous short non-fiction pieces for educational publications.
Jackie took over the editorial job of PASS IT ON with some trepidation but has proved to be an extraordinary publisher, editor and organiser. (And an extraordinarily good friend too.) Margaret Clark
Margaret Clark's publications for 2005 include:
'The Femails', fiction for adults (Penguin)
'The Biggiest Boast' in anthology Stories for 6 year olds (July, Random House)
'The Worst Nurse' (September, Aussie Bite, Penguin)
'Friends Forever - A Secret Diary by Sara Swan' (Random House)
Pass it on is a terrific way to share information in the book trade. I look forward to it every week. Libby Gleeson
Latest titles:
'Making Picture Books': A work about the process from first idea to final production
'Hannah the Famous': The fourth in the popular and award winning series about Hannah
'Cuddle Time': A gentle story of family love and cuddling with beautiful illustrations by Julie Vivas
Passion and unselfishness fire the movers and shakers in the wrold of children's books - from the members of the Children's Book Council to Di Bates (founder) and Jackie Hosking (editor and publisher) of PASS IT ON. Edel Wignell
Edel Wignell's junior historical novel -
'The Long, Sticky Walk' - is a CBCA Notable Book.
'The White Elephant and other Plays Based on Asian Folk Tales' - has an accompanying Teacher Resource Book.