BOOKS & READING PROMOTION

Notable

Murti Bunanta: author, educator, and storyteller. She received her doctorate from the University of Indonesia and is founder and president of Kelampok Pencinta Bacaan Anak, the Society for the Advancement of Children's Literature, a nonprofit organization that pioneers programs to develop children's reading in Indonesia.

Murti Bunanta adalah Doktor pertama dari Universitas Indonesia yang meneliti sastra anak-anak sebagai topik disertasi.  Penelitian mengenai sastra anak-anak sudah dirintisnya sejak mengambil Sarjana Sastra dan Gelar Magister, juga di Universitas Indonesia.

Selain itu, Murti Bunanta banyak menghasilkan tulisan (lebih dari 180 buah) mengenai sastra anak-anak untuk penelitian, makalah, untuk berbagai media massa  di Indonesia dan jurnal ilmiah di luar negeri. Sampai tahun 2007 sudah lebih dari 100 kali menjadi pemrasaran/ pemakalah dan panelis pada seminar dan lokakarya mengenai sastra anak, kebudayaan anak, mendongeng dan dongeng, baik di dalam negeri maupun di luar negeri, antara lain : Thailand, Malaysia, Singapura, Australia, China, Makau, Afrika Selatan, dan Jepang.

Seminars / Conferences
SEMINAR CERITA RAKYAT ASEAN
4 Agustus 2008, Pukul 09.00 - 16.00 WIB
Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Jl. Palmerah Selatan No. 17 Jakarta

Past Events

Publishing and writing workshop for young writers in Indonesia: Canadian author Deborah Ellis and Indonesian children's literature expert Murti Bununta (2007)

Storytelling Festival in Indonesia (2005)

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"This video, produced by Kirsten Anderson and other staff of the Greater Victoria Public Library, promotes the Teen Summer Reading Club, Canada's online reading club for teens, starring students from Shoreline Middle School in Victoria BC."

see also STORYTELLING

Organizations

• Association for Library Services to Children ALSC/ALA
• Canadian Children's Book Centre
• Communication Jeunesse
• IBBY Indonesia
• IBBY Canada
• Kelampok Pencinta Bacaan Anak - Murti Bunanta
• Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable
• Young Adult Library Services Association YALSA/ALA
• CWILL BC Children's Writer's and Illustrators' of BC
• CANSCAIP  Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators and
  Performers

Listservs, Blogs and Wikis

• Child_Lit

Digital Books

• International Children's Digital Library
• Richmond Public Library: Tumblebooks (proprietory)

Reader's Choice Reading Programs:

• Chocolate Lily Book Award
• Pacific Northwest Library Association: YRCA Program 
• Red Cedar Book Award
• Stellar Book Award

Summer Reading Clubs

• Canada Wide Teen Summer Reading Club
• Kids Summer Reading Club BC
• TD Summer Reading Club/Club de lecture d'ete (Canada wide)

Scholarly Journals

• Canadian Children's Literature
• > See Journals for more

Canadian Scholars (not a complete list)

• Masters of Art in Children's Literature, UBC
• Jeffrey Canton, York University
• Sheila Egoff, UBC
• Jane Flick
• Annette Goldsmith
• Dave Jenkinson, University of Manitoba
• Ron Jobe (also) (also)
• Perry Nodelman
• Judith Saltman, UBC

Reading Promotion Sites

• Writers' Blogs

Journal, Newspaper, and Magazine articles

Dick and Jane go to a garage sale; Baskets and boxes full of kids' books bring out the Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle and Madeline fans in all of us