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I am passionate about the written language. I love writing, reading, reviewing, selling and promoting books. I am an independent bookseller with over 20 years of experience in the book trade. Together with my partners, I actively aim to improve our bookstore's range and services to better reflect the needs of our community and clientele. In 2008, my memoir 'Under A Starless Sky' was published by Hachette, Australia. Since then, I had a short story 'Jasmine Petals' published in 'Stories of Belonging' (Finch) and in 2013, released my first full-length novel, The Russian Tapestry, also by Hachette. I am currently writing my second novel. I strive daily to improve my skills and stretch the limits of my craft. My love of books has naturally lead to reviewing. You can follow me on Twitter @B_Serov, Facebook www.facebook.com/BanafshehSerov and Goodreads www.goodreads.com/author/show/1429016.Banafsheh_Serov

Sunday, January 3, 2016

Sydney Writers' Festival - Children's Festival of Moving Stories, November 2015


Sydney Writers' Festival - Children's Festival of Moving Stories

2015 was another busy year for Your Bookshop with regular monthly events at various venues. We finished off the year with a flurry of events with The Sydney Writers' Festival. Between the 16th to 27th of November, Your Bookshop team travelled to various libraries and venues throughout Western Sydney. From Penrith to Parramatta, and Blacktown to Bankstown, we were the bookseller to over 14 events.

During the two week festival school kids participated in workshops held by some of Australia's most popular authors and illustrators. Below are some of the highlights of the festival's events






Brother and sister writing team Alison and Nicholas Lochel


#Zarkora's author Nicholas Lochel with primary school kids





Tristan Bancks, Sally Rippin, Robert Hoge & Gus Gordon at Penrith School Day


Popular children's and teen author, Tristan Bancks was the MC at a special School Day Event at Penrith. A hugely popular day, students from participating schools enjoyed sessions with writers and illustrators, and had the opportunity to ask the storytellers questions about their craft.


Robert Hoge

Jacqueline Harvey enjoying work-shopping writing ideas with Primary school kids




kids lining up to get their copies of Alice Miranda books signed


Melissa Keil, Clare Atkins, Claire Zorn and Catherine Jinks



Melissa Keil and Clare Atkins with young fans


Catherine Jinks talking to High School Kids on using music as inspiration for creating characters.



Alison Tate talking to Primary School Kids about her kids series #Mapmaker 





Alison Tate, David Legge, Jacqueline Harvey & Nicholas Lochel



At a special evening event, popular children's author, Mem Fox teamed up with her long time friend and illustrator, Judy Horacek to celebrate the ten year anniversary of Where Is The Green Sheep and the launch of their latest collaberation, This And That. 


Sally Rippin talking about her bestselling Billie B Brown series





Tristan Bancks and the MY LIFE illustrator, Gus Gordon

Store Display at #Yourbookshop


From us at Your Bookshop, We'd like to thank the hard work of everyone involved in organising and running the events. We especially like to thank the talented authors, without whom there'd be no festival.

At Your Bookshop we're committed to giving back to our community by organising and sourcing authors for library, school and in-store events. 2015 was jam-packed with over 60 events. We hope to continue into 2016 with even more events. If interested in organising an event with us, please contact us via info@yourbookshop.net.au



Happy Reading!
Banafsheh Serov


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