From: MShuttleworth at slv.vic.gov.au <MShuttleworth>
Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 16:02:32 +1000

I just wanted to bring to your atttention a new website for teenagers about books.

http://insideadog.com.au/

The site has been developed by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne Australia. We have purposefully aimed for 12-16 years readership. For American readers, it should also provide a window on to what's happening in Australia. But we do include international content, too.

Features of the site include a writer-in-residence, currently Nick Earls, with Markus Zusak and Garth Nix among the writers coming up later this year.

Plus: reviews (including reviews form teenage readers), quizzes, first chapters of new and forthcoming books, a featured book review, plus more

Moderated discussion boards are being developed and will launch soon.

Of course the title of the site is from Groucho Marx, who said "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."

Hope you like it.


Mike Shuttleworth Program Co-ordinator Centre for Youth Literature 328 Swanston Street Melbourne VIC 3000 PH: 03 8664 7262 FAX: 03 9639 4143 http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/youthlit/
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