NEWS
2 September
2008
I recently returned from my
scholarship to Paris, and was interviewed on SBS National Radio in French.
Listen in on the link below - I start speaking around 11 minutes into the
program. For those of you not wanting to listen to 20 minutes of another
language (!) I talk about my scholarship, the main differences I noticed at the Bibliothéque Nationale de France
with the State Library of Victoria; the importance of studying history;
the importance of opening state and national library doors to young people - and
hence, I discuss the future of libraries.
SBS National Radio - Samantha TIDY, 2 September 2008
20 June
2008
My short story, Four and
Twenty Blackbirds, a young adult story of suspense, and the scary things
that parents tell their children to make them behave, was published in SHORT, by
Black Dog Books. It's available in lots of bookstores, but you should probably
buy it from the Little Bookroom in Carlton, because they are really nice.
If you are fabulous enough to be a young person, you should tell your teacher to
buy a class set. That will help "Big Brothers, Big Sisters", because the profits
from this book, are going to them.
3 January 2008
I have received a scholarship to
work at the Bibliothéque Nationale de France (The National Library of
France) in Paris, from February through May 2008, as part of my role as Manager
of Education Programs and Offsite Learning at The State Library of Victoria. You
can follow my progress, news and photos of my experiences, by reading my
Carnet de Voyage via the link below:
http://my.opera.com/Samanthatidy/blog/
18 May 2007
Mitch Albom
I recently interviewed bestselling American author, Mitch Albom. Read the
interview, and the resulting
article published in the Herald Sun.
Four and Twenty Blackbirds
My short story Four and Twenty Blackbirds will be
published soon, in a teenage anthology, published by Black Dog Books, in
early 2008.
19th January 2007
2006 NSW Premier's Public
Sector Awards
The Dual Diagnosis Project, comprising the two children's books I wrote
for the NSW government, recently gained a Highly Commended, in the 2006
NSW Premier's Public Sector Awards, in the category for Service Delivery.
They
each are now 20,000 in circulation, available only to psychologists and
professionals in NSW working with children whose parent has been diagnosed with
Dual Diagnosis (Mental illness combined with substance abuse). If you are
seeking a copy of the books, please contact the NSW Department of Children's
Services.
19th September 2006
Mental Health Service
(AUS/NZ), Gold Award
Recently, the Dual Diagnosis
Project, published by DoCS (Department of Community Services, NSW), for which I
wrote the two children's books "The Blue Polar Bear" and "The Flying Dream", won
a major award for the promotion of mental health. The award is across Australia
and New Zealand.
13,000 of the kits have been distributed so far across NSW. The
kit assists children whose parents have dual diagnosis (mental illness combined
with substance abuse).
10th August 2006
I recently went on a four week
research trip to the Northern Territory and the north of Western Australia,
gaining a sense of the locations where my current novel
will be set (the project text for completion of my Masters Degree). ...and
because every writer's dream is to be a travel writer, and write the whole thing
off on tax, I have also written some travel articles
about Ningaloo and Uluru, that will be published in a forthcoming Dorling
Kindersley UK publication, titled "Where to Go When."
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