http://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Updates about the South Island Children's Librarians Conference 2008.2007 Christchurch City LibrariesThu, 24 Jan 2008 03:49:20 GMThttp://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Wednesday/Programme for Wednesday: The morning sessions will all be held in the Central Library, after lunch choose from one of four afternoon sessions.{6103e7d5-598e-4eb3-6894-ad0074bbb8a2}Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:49:20 GMThttp://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Speakers/MargoLanagan/We are delighted to welcome to Christchurch the award-winning Australian author Margo Lanagan, best known for her provocative, disturbing short fiction for young adults.{f0165210-d693-76c2-d17e-a2902b7c7a0b}Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:48:40 GMThttp://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Speakers/GillConnell/Gill Connell ran a highly successful “Moving to Learn” workshop at Christchurch City Libraries this year, and it was so educational and fun we wanted to share it with librarians nationwide.{8134e1c8-9772-e99e-7bcc-29a7aaa72731}Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:42:08 GMThttp://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Speakers/GavinBishop/Gavin Bishop is an award winning Children’s author and illustrator. Gavin produced the story and illustrations for the world’s first animated, 3-dimensional picture book. The book Giant Jimmy Jones was a project done in collaboration with the Human Interface Technology Laboratory based at the University of Canterbury.{d1c8e4c7-2fd2-40cb-f360-348c87903146}Thu, 20 Dec 2007 22:13:09 GMThttp://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Speakers/CorrinaMeikle/Community Libraries Manager, Tamaki ki Runga, Auckland City Libraries{d76913b-4b90-744a-1dc9-8574b3414072}Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:57:25 GMThttp://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Speakers/VinceFord/Vince’s stories are based in rural New Zealand and are skilfully told with lots of humour. He is a sought-after speaker with the Writers in School programme and we are delighted to have him on our Not Just for Boys panel.{d7cda93-3d1f-eb90-a9a-64e87975fe9b}Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:01:46 GMThttp://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Speakers/DennisHamley/British author Dennis Hamley is a prolific writer across a variety of genres; fiction as well as information books. Among his best known works are The hare trilogy (including Hare's choice); The war on Freddy (shortlisted for the Smarties Award); the Joslin de Lay Mysteries (described by Jan Mark as "…a juicily macabre series of page turners."); and, most recently, Ellen's people, a story of the first world war - published in England by Walker Books and soon to be published by Candlewick in the United States. Dennis has also edited a number of popular anthologies including An Oxford anthology of mystery stories.{e8cdfefa-88d6-4574-e39-74fca31f5f3d}Thu, 08 Nov 2007 02:50:18 GMThttp://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Programme/{58aee238-a8bd-5e62-7ffe-71e7cf87e30e}Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:45:39 GMThttp://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Christchurch/Transport/Information about buses, taxis, parking etc in Christchurch{9b90ec54-102-b8c5-72a2-54976e154e1}Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:31:39 GMThttp://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Christchurch/Accommodation/A selection of options near the conference venue{17e65041-7089-ae8b-3522-9a118a87ffc9}Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:21:29 GMThttp://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Speakers/DavidHill/Speaker introduction{ad2bfa4-e774-5863-2e1a-737cc87264ae}Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:14:19 GMThttp://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Speakers/BrianFalkner/Speaker introduction{f9536a41-eb98-763c-e1c2-2a703e3d61}Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:10:07 GMThttp://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Speakers/BobDocherty/Speaker introduction{5369f6f4-e626-51d0-a785-938d4decbf9a}Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:02:44 GMThttp://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Speakers/LizWeir/Speaker introduction{f018f49-7b30-c3c-42cd-f014a1915941}Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:59:11 GMThttp://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Speakers/PamelaAllen/Speaker introduction{616421ad-16bf-d4d8-44fa-7f619d174946}Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:56:19 GMThttp://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Speakers/BillNagelkerke/Speaker introduction{a7e8717f-a4cf-7cbf-49a7-1ea565ee170}Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:50:33 GMThttp://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Speakers/AureliaAronaAndRonaFatuleai/Just added to our speakers bios{b2936cbf-807b-d7a0-9e80-6cd67877785a}Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:18:06 GMThttp://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Registration/Use the PDF or Word document to register for the conference. Registrations are due 14 February 2008.{185a8988-b29a-c463-ca18-d3944a747906}Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:25:48 GMThttp://library.christchurch.org.nz/SICLC/Welcome to the South Island Children's Librarian's Conference 2008 website, hosted by Christchurch City Libraries{d7e09a80-2218-d45a-e480-6fbbb8d85087}Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:32:05 GMT