Closing Down

Sadly Book Affair will close next week.
Our last trading day is Thursday 22 March

ALL BOOK $2 each

Bookcases and other fittings are also for sale.

CLOSING DOWN SALE

ALL books 50% off marked price

Stories from emerging writiers

You are invited to join us for our next Stories on a Sunday afternoon

Sunday November 7 at 4pm
at 161 Elgin Street, Carlton

for readings from emerging writers ...
Mick Grant, Susan Fleming and James Robertson

James Robertson is a singer, writer and performer who is passionate about the short story and all its different possibilities. He has studied acting and improvisational theatre and appeared in a number of productions around Melbourne, including Hay Fever and The Heidi Chronicles. He has sung in a variety of choirs and written and performed his own songs. He completed the Short Story unit of a Professional Writing and Editing Degree and has written articles for community newspapers. He is currently working on a collection of short stories and is excited about the form and all its possibilities. He is also a regular reader on Radio 3RPH.

Susan Fleming has been writing stories ever since she could first hold a pencil. Starting out with mystery stories while still at school, Susan kept her fellow students enthralled with adventures of ‘The Mysterious Five’, reading a chapter a week to the class over a period of months. An administrative career, marriage and raising two daughters to adulthood put a sizeable dent in Susan’s early writing aspirations, but several years ago, a four-year stint on Tamborine Mountain in SE Queensland reawakened her creative instincts and set the juices flowing again.
Since then, Susan has written a humorous, interactive book on the rainforests of Tamborine Mountain; written a weekly My Favourite Place series for the local newspaper; and had a number of freelance articles published. She is also a freelance editor, and is currently feverishly working on her first, full-length mystery novel.

Michael Grant is a resident of Melbourne who has a keen interest in the spoken word. He is involved in a number of community radio stations with his time being stretched between voice over and studio operations work. More recently he has narrated a children’s audio eBook for a Canadian online resource company whose stories are accessed by families around the globe. Mick is going to do a reading (monologue)from a play written by his brother, Susan will read from an anecdotal style travel book and James will share from his writings ...

A world of paper

In Melbourne for one day only 
a workshop to awaken creativity
using the unique medium of paper

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Explore engaging new tools for the classroom.

Master puppeteer, Gary Friedman and Learning-Movement consultant & OT, Sharon Gelber, join forces to bring you an exhilarating experience into creativity and performance.

Activate your brain and tantalise your senses to think and perform at your peak ability.

This workshop:

• Enlivens the Creative Arts and English syllabi
• Enhances lateral thinking & ʻoutside the boxʼ problem-solving skills
• Encourages originality, imagination and resourcefulness
• Boosts confidence, motivation and self esteem
• Stimulates improvisation skills and spontaneous performance
• Facilitates non-judgemental listening skills
• Develops team-building and leadership skills
• Improves concentration and focus
• Awakens eyes, ears and brain for optimal creativity
• Teaches relaxation and de-stressing techniques

Who should attend this workshop?
Teachers – Primary, high school & university; university students, professionals, therapists & creatives.

Book now for this one-day Melbourne workshop
WHEN: Saturday 16 October 2010 from 10am to 5pm
WHERE: Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre, 20 Princes Street, Carlton North, VIC, 3054
COST: $150 (full day – inclusive)

Bookings essential at BOOK AFFAIR, 161 Elgin Street, Carlton
TEL: (03) 9347 3542 (credit cards accepted)

Creativity workshops: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDfgO-3vGE4
Primary school workshops:http://www.viddler.com/explore/puppetrynews/videos/5/

For further information on our workshops, go to <http://www.puppetrynews.com>.

story on the wall

we now have our own Tom Civil ....

Tom is a community graphic designer and artist. Tom has worked as a graphic designer for many political, independent media and community organisations including 3CR 855AM and the 2006-10 Seeds of Dissent Calendars;The Big Issue; Voiceworks Magazine and Melbourne Indymedia. His stencil work has been featured in Stencil Graffiti Capital: Melbourne (book), the film Rash, as a feature artist in Melbourne Stencil Festival 2004/05/09 and London Cans Festival. Civil has exhibited in community art spaces, empty shows and on the street and run stencil making workshops in different communities and given talks on the political nature of street art.

See more of Tom's work here

the world we live in

Now what the video ... what an inspiration ... the world we live in

spring has sprung ...

Spring is here ... at last

Take the Guardian Spring in Literature Quiz