Useful links
Literary links & professional organisations
About Seniors online
www.aboutseniors.com.au
Seniors Column
www.aboutseniors.com.au/index.php/articles/category/indoor_activities
Your Life Magazine
www.aboutseniors.com.au/index.php/articles/category/your_life_magazine
Hazel is the Non Boring writing columnist for both publications
Australian Antarctic Division
www.aad.gov.au
Contains information about writers and artists who have travelled to Antarctica as official expeditioners as part of the Humanities Berth project, and links to their works.
Australian Centre for Youth Literature
www.slv.vic.gov.au/about/centreforyouthliterature/youthlit.html
The Centre for Youth Literature develops and runs:programs about reading for teenagers and young people ,professional development programs to inspire and support teachers, librarians and literacy professionals.
Centre for Youth Literature
State Library of Victoria
328 Swanston Street, Melbourne. VIC 3000
Phone 03 8664 7014
Email youthlit@slv.vic.gov.au
Australian Society Of Authors
www.asauthors.org
National organisation for authors which provides contract advice, the stylefile showcase for illustrators (www.thestylefile.com) and professional support. It has suggested fees for author speaking, and information about rights such as ELR and PLR (Educational Lending Rights and Public Lending Right) and CAL payments (Copyright Agency Licensing) which are important income sources for writers.
PO Box 1566 Strawberry Hills NSW 2012 Australia
98 Pitt Street Redfern 2016
Ph: (61-2) 9318 0877
Fax: (61-2) 9318 0530
Children's Book Council of Australia
www.cbc.org.au
Voluntary, national children's book organisation which administers the CBCA's Children's Book of the Year award, and publishes Reading Time magazine which has reviews and articles on Australian and New Zealand children's books.
CAL - The Australian copyright management company
www.copyright.com.au/membership.htm
Cathryn Curtin Consulting
www.cathryncurtin.com.au
Crimespace
crimespace.ning.com
Sisters in Crime
home.vicnet.net.au/~sincoz
Highlighting Writing & Fast Track Writing Tutorials
www.highlightingwriting.com
www.fasttrackwriting.com
Offers online writing courses, resources and professional development in writing for teachers and students. Run by Churchill Fellow Jen McVeity who is also the international President of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
Holmesglen institute of TAFE
Hazel is a Diploma of Professional Writing sessional lecturer in Writing for Children.
Just In Case book about the Children's Court available as a download for personal use by professionals.
This book is for children aged 8 to 12 who are going to the Children’s Court Family Division.
Created by the Salvation Army, Hazel Edwards, Michael Salmon, Fitzroy Primary School and the Victoria Legal Aid Youth Legal Service. Original edition created by Hazel Edwards and Michael Salmon and designed by Nitrous Industries.
Love Reading
www.lovereading.co.uk
Lovereading is a way to choose and buy quality childrens' combing the good judgment of an independent bookshop with the up-to-date selections of a mail-order book club. And it's all free!
Lu Rees Archives
www.canberra.edu.au/lurees
A collection of resources encouraging the study and research of Australian children's literature. The collection is currently housed in the University of Canberra Library and contains the edited manuscripts and work in process as well as translations of authors like John Marsden, Margaret Clark and Hazel Edwards.
Schloss Blutenberg
www.ijb.de
International Youth Library in Munich which contains books promoting tolerance.
Show and tell Speakers' Agency
www.showtell.com.au
Show & Tell Promotions is a speaker's agency run by former librarian Bron Bennett, representing a wide range of authors, illustrators, storytellers, poets and other performance artists who would appeal to those working in the broad field of literature.
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
www.scbwi.org
International organisation of authors and illustrators which offers marketing and conferences as well as an electronic newsletter and magazine. Also the Australian chapters' website www.scbwiaustralia.org
Publishers of Hazel's books
Hazel Edwards' titles are generally available in major bookstores, but some can be ordered directly online from small publishers. Contact Hazel if you have any difficulty. Each link will open in a new window 
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- ABC Audio
- ABC Podcasts for First Person
- Bilby Publishing & Consulting
- Blake Publishing
- Bolinda Audios
- Brolga Publishing
- Bushfire Press
- Catnip publishing UK
- Celapene Press
- Common Ground Publishers
- Choice Books
- Ford Street Publishing
- Hale & Iremonger
- Hawker Brownlow
- Lothian/Hachette
(Please contact Alliance Distribution Services (ADS) Customer Service on (02) 4390 1300) - Louis Braille Audios
- New Frontier Publishers
- Omotivo (Orienteering Services)
- Pan Macmillan
- Penguin
- Phoenix Education
- Shortland NZ
- Teaching Solutions
Other Australian authors
Listed below are other Australian authors who write for children and young adults. If you would like to be added to this list and exchange links, please contact Hazel. Each link will open in a new window .
Goldie Alexander