And the Oscar goes to…The Lost Thing (Shaun Tan)

How wonderful that Shaun Tan has won the Oscar for The Lost Thing (Category: Best Short Animated Film). The award was shared with his British co-director Andrew Ruhemann. There is an article about the award in today’s Sydney Morning Herald and a video available of the acceptance speech. I liked the part in the speech where Shaun commented on “the irony of being [...]

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Kindles in our library

Why Kindles? We liked the options that are available to kindle users and the look and feel of the Kindles but it was mainly that for our library (and with how the firewalls are set up in our school) it was simply the easiest option to buy e-books when you have the 3G option. There are some [...]

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