News from the ILF July 2023 ![]() Broome, 2022. Image by Wayne Quilliam Yamandhu marang Friend, There is a lot to be thankful for this month. And I turn that thanks to you, our valued supporters. This year's ILD FILM will showcase three beautiful bilingual children's books - Shordi Krik, We Look We Find and Country Tells Us When... Make sure to grab yourself a copy of each book and join us in celebrating First Nations peoples’ stories, cultures and languages. Books must be purchased before 17 August. Mandaang guwu, Ben Bowen ![]() ![]() To celebrate UNESCO's second year of the Decade of Indigenous Languages, each month we encourage readers to learn a new word in either an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander language. ![]() Kangaroo illustration from Mirriji, published by ILF 2021 This month's word is male grey kangaroo in Phonetics: goo-roo-marn
Bundjalung Country is in the far North East Coast of NSW and the Southern Eastern coast of Queensland. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() For Our Elders The 2023 NAIDOC theme ‘For Our Elders’ acknowledges the incredible role that Elders play in the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and Communities. Hear from Kamilaroi and Dunghutti woman, Jolene (ILF's Book Buzz Manager) and Jingili, Mudburra and Mangarrayi woman Cindy (ILF’s Publishing Projects Editor) about what this years NAIDOC theme means to theme here. National Indigenous Art Fair For the first time ever, the ILF attended the National Indigenous Art Fair on Gadigal Country. Thank you to Tranby College for supporting us in attending this event. It was so great to spread awareness of the ILF and connect with the general public. PULiiMA We are pleased to announce that we will be attending the PULiiMA Indigenous Language and Technology Conference. We are looking forward to connecting inspirational people share a common ambition of conserving and celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. Publishing Co‑ordinatorWe are hiring a Publishing Coordinator! If you are passionate about publishing and interested in working in a dynamic workplace, check out this opportunity. Byron Writers Festival We are pleased to be the charity of choice at this year's Byron Writers Festival (11-13 August). We are looking forward to three days of books, reading and fundraising at the Festival! Please make sure to visit the ILF tent and say hello. We are currently sourcing volunteers, if you would like to volunteer please reply to this email with your interest. 136 Schools are Busking For Change! We've had an incredible response! 136 schools across Australia are Busking For Change, in 2023! Please if you can, support a school to meet their fundraising goal. Click here and scroll to the bottom to find your local school. Congratulations St Catherine's School for raising $2,300 at their Busking For Change choral showcase. Read more here. ![]() ![]() ![]() Northern Territory Workshops This month, our team travelled out to Bulla Camp Primary School and Amanbidji School in remote NT with ILF Ambassador Ann James, illustrator Ann Haddon and designer Lee Burgemeestre to run workshops for the students there. These workshops were aimed at creating some new books with the schools featuring Ngarinyman language! Book Supply 2024 Submissions Thank you to the many publishers who have sent in book submissions for consideration for Book Supply 2024. Our Review Committee will be meeting early August to determine the packs for the four age groups. Learn more about this year's Book Supply packs by browsing the catalogues for each age group here. ![]() ![]() ![]() Dr Jared Thomas Congratulations to ILF Ambassador Dr Jared Thomas who was awarded NAIDOC SA Person of the Year 2023. Best wishes to Jared on such a well-deserved accolade! Deb Dank Congratulations to ILF Ambassador Deb Dank who won the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal 2023 for outstanding literary work in the preceding calendar year for her book We Come With This Place. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A big thank you to UnLtd and NOVA Entertainment who are both supporting the publication of two of our forthcoming bilingual titles to be published later in 2023. This is wonderful support for our publishing program. We would like to thank the International Towers at Barangaroo for their generous support in letting us hold our special NAIDOC event at Tower 3 where we had the opportunity to spread the work of the ILF with the general public We are indebted to our partner Australia Post for their support with the delivery of Book Supply packs to remote Communities and their ongoing fundraising. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A big thank you to Freshwater Farm who are donating a percentage of sales to the ILF from their limited-edition body bars, body wash and hand washes. The limited-edition products are designed in collaboration with Worimi Indigenous artist, Brittney Paulson. The products will be available on their website from early August or at Woolworths from mid-August. A big thank you to LEIF who in addition to kindly contributing to our NAIDOC raffle prizes, they also donated an additional $5,000 from their online sales during NAIDOC Week. We are very grateful for this relationship with LEIF! We would like to thank Yarra Plenty Regional Library (YPRL) who raised over $2,000 for the ILF through book sales held in the last year. YPRL are pleased that not only did over 2000 books find new homes, but that they are able to contribute to supplying over 200 culturally relevant books to children in remote Communities. |