Coming Up Next
Our September Meeting is on at 5:30pm on 9th September @ Breakers Country Club Wamberal
You are invited to join the Central Coast region @ Breakers Country Club Wamberal.
Four of our talented author members, Louise Lambeth (Annie snd the Waves, Rohit at the River, Tight Lines) Louise Park (Prank Wars, Harriet Clare Pinky Swear, D-Bot Squad, Bella Dancerella and many more), Fiona Lloyd (Being Jimmy Baxter) and Melissa-Jane Foggart (Tubowgule) will be sharing stories about their journey to publication… speed dating style
We’d love to see you there!
Our Central Coast Committee
We are an enthusiastic group of children's book lovers. We all believe in the power of literature to build young minds from birth to the late teen years. Our committee meets regularly and hold many events with guest authors and illustrators. We also have strong links with the Words on the Waves Central Coast.
Central Coast
Contact Email: cbcacentralcoast@gmail.com
Regional Director - Claire Stuckey email: troislouise3@gmail.com or
Regional Director - Linda Harrison
email: lindatharrison@tpg.com.au
Liaison Officer - Lyndall Coles
Preferred email:
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Our local members
These are many of our local members on the Central Coast who regularly attend meetings or events. We are a great group of Children's Book enthusiasts who support each other's work and love to celebrate Australian creators of quality literature.
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Sara Acton - Multiple Award Winning Author and Illustrator
Fran Carson - Teacher Librarian and Past Judge of the Eve Pownall Award
Sharlene Evans - Teacher Librarian
Melissa-Jane Fogarty - Author
Tracey Hawkins - Author
Helen Hayden - educator and Aspiring Author Mentorship Runner Up 2023
Louise Lambeth - Author
Dub Leffler - Multiple Award winning Author Illustrator
Fiona Lloyd - Author - Shortlisted in 2024
Ashleigh Meikle - Children's Book Reviewer - See The Book Muse
Zoya Nojin - Aspiring Author
Louise Park - Popular author of Younger Reader Fiction and Non-Fiction Books
Cathy Tasker - Children's Book Editor, Fiction specialist and mentor to many.
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For more information find us on Facebook and Instagram
Facebook - CBCA (NSW) Central Coast Region
Instagram: cbcacentralcoast
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Past events
To give you an idea of the range of activities we hold.
We love an author talk and a book launch.
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2021 Annual General Meeting
The Central Coast sub branch held our AGM on the 9th March returning all current office bearers to the same roles. It was a fun evening held at Erina Fair San Churros. After our short AGM we settled down to enjoy Sarah Davis talking about her current projects and sharing some news from Walker books including recent releases and upcoming titles. Sarah is a local creator and a very busy person so it was great to see her at our meeting as guest speaker.
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The committee held a short general meeting to plan our annual Notables Night Event in May. As usual lots of socialising around the table as we welcomed another new member to the group.
2021 Night of the Notables Notable Night In
Pictured Back row Claire, Carly, Lyndell, Bec
Front row: Fran, Sharlene
Our local Central Coast sub-branch had a small but noisy Notables Night Party at The Entrance Public School on February 23, 2021.
We enjoyed Margot and Philip’s talks on lovely big stools at a Covid safe distance.
After the reveal we all rushed around Sharlene’s library so that she has a great display ready in the morning.
Lots of fabulous Australian books to talk about – it only makes you appreciate more the fabulous creators we have here in Australia.
