Reading

=Great places to find quality literature= Staff and students at the ASMS use the Sturt Library within the Flinders University. [|Library catalogue]

ASMS Reading Challenge
Maths & Science titles in the ASMS collection

Local sites
[|Simply books] - interactive website from St Joph's College, Hunter's Hill, NSW

National and international awards
[|ABC Fiction Award] - emerging writers, reflecting the diversity of the Australian community. [|Aurealis Award] –Australian speculative fiction [|Caldecott Medal] -distinguished US picture book for children. [|Carnegie Medal] -producer of the most outstanding video production for children released during the preceding year. [|Commonwealth Writer’s Prize] – recognises writing from different Commonwealth regions [|Commonwealth Writers' Prize] - increasing appreciation of different cultures and building understanding between cultures [|EMMA Awards]- reflect Britain's diversity in the media [|Guardian First Book Award] - [|Man Booker International Prize]a living author who has published a work of fiction in the English language. [|Miles Franklin Award] - celebrates Australian character and creativity and nurtures the continuing life of literature about Australia [|New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards] honour distinguished achievement by Australian writers [|Newbery Medal] -most distinguished contribution to US literature for children. [|Nobel Prize for Literature]- [|Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production]  [|Orange Broadband Prize] -for UK Fiction [|Patrick White Award] – a longstanding Australian writer who has failed to receive recognition. Established by Patrick White he won the Novel Prize for Literature in 1973 [|PEN/Faulkner Award] - honors the best published works of fiction by American citizens in a calendar year. [|Pulitzer Prize] - best in American newspaper journalism and the arts __[|Vogel Literary Award] __ - <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN">unpublished manuscripts by writers under the age of 35. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-ansi-language: EN">

Reviews and ideas
<span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">[|Paper Tigers] - Asia Pacific focus. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-ansi-language: EN">[|http://Librarything] – a blog with tags. Search for a topic ie sicence +fiction http://www.librarything.com/tag/fiction|