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Emily Rodda Talks
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Multi-award winning writer Emily Rodda talks about the award-winning Rowan series and the outstandingly successful Deltora Quest fantasy series. Winner of the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Book of the Year (Younger Readers) Award a record five times, she seems to know instinctively what children want to read.



Author Talk  |  Children & Young Adults
Participants
Emily Rodda

When
Sunday, May 17 2009
15:00 - 15:45

Where
Carrington Hotel, Katoomba
15-47 Katoomba Street
Katoomba
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Cost
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EMILY RODDA (LOCAL)Rodda, Emily by Michael Small
EMILY RODDA is one of Australia’s most successful and popular authors for children. She has had outstanding success with her Deltora Quest and Rowan novels, and more recently her Rondo series. She has won the CBCA Book of the Year Award (Younger Readers) a record five times and in 1995 she received the Dromkeen Medal for services to Australian children’s literature. Her bestselling Deltora Quest series has sold over 10 million copies worldwide, with 3 million copies distributed in Australia alone. The success of this series has been far-reaching: it has been published in 32 countries and translated into 25 languages. The Wizard of Rondo was published in October 2008 and the final book in the trilogy, The Battle of Rondo, is due for release in October 2009.

 emilyrodda.com