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Book Review: The Robot Zoo

04 Jul 2014

Pascal is impressed. He gives this 8 out of 10.

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Book Review: Just Tricking

04 Jul 2014

"I would rate this hilarious book eight out of ten," says Timothy, aged 12.

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Book Review: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

04 Jul 2014

Sacha recommends this for people aged 8 to 100.

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Book Review: Nanny Piggins and the Runaway Lion

04 Jul 2014

It begins with a tax lawyer, yet Violet gives this 10 out of 10.

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Book Review: The Volcano of Fire

04 Jul 2014

It's 8 out of 10 for Geronimo.

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Book Review: What Howls at the Moon in Frilly Knickers?

04 Jul 2014

I give this 9 out of 10, says Isabella.

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Book Review: The Strange Adventures of Isador Brown

04 Jul 2014

Book Title: The Strange Adventures of Isador BrownAuthor: Ursula Dubosarsky Publisher: Puffin Books ISBN: 978-1-740-301-589 RRP: $11.95 Reviewed by: Sascha (9) This is a book about adventure and excitement. The main character is Isador Brown....

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Book of Beards

02 Jul 2014

Who doesn't love a character with a beard? We had a whole workshop's worth of them.

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Factory Talks: Maxine Beneba Clarke

27 Jun 2014

We are delighted that poet, essayist and fiction writer Maxine Beneba Clarke is our next guest at Factory Talks. Her short story collection Foreign Soil won the Victoria Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished...

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Factory Talks: Michael Robotham

04 Jun 2014

Do you have a taste for crime? The healthiest way to indulge it would be to come along to our next Factory Talks on Tuesday June 17, when best-selling crime...

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Exquisite Genres: Western

25 May 2014

This collaborative story was written by four groups of young writers on  Sunday 25th May, at our Exquisite Genres workshop at the Sydney Writers’ Festival. PART 1 Virginia, 1862, August...

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Exquisite Genres: Science Fiction

25 May 2014

This collaborative story was written by four groups of young writers on Sunday 25th May at our Exquisite Genres workshop at the Sydney Writers’ Festival.  Part 1 Kazoo Webfoot hopped...

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Exquisite Genres: Museum Mystery

25 May 2014

This collaborative story was written by four groups of young writers on Sunday the 25th May at our Exquisite Genres workshop at the Sydney Writer’s Festival.  Part 1 “Excuse me.”...

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Exquisite Genres: School on a Cruise

25 May 2014

 This collaborative story was written by four groups of young writers on Sunday 25th May, at our Exquisite Genres workshop at the Sydney Writers’ Festival.  Part 1 ‘Do you have...

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How To Succeed By Failing

20 May 2014

Failure. It’s the grit that creativity turns into a pearl. In his recent TEDx talk, the wonderful Markus Zusak – author of The Book Thief and Sydney Story Factory board...

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