{"id":11620,"date":"2012-06-15T15:38:10","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T04:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/?p=11620"},"modified":"2012-06-15T15:38:10","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T04:38:10","slug":"fiz-the-flying-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/2012\/06\/15\/fiz-the-flying-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiz the Flying Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a>First Fruits from a Flying Fox<\/strong>
\nAfter receiving recognition two years running in the Young Australian Christian Writer Awards, Skye Parry-Jones hesitated before entering again during her busy final year of high school. She was encouraged, however, by the creation of a new category, the Teen Writer Award. “It had a challenging, lower word count and 2010 would be the last year I was eligible!”After many nights spent “stressing over rhythm and rhyme”\u00a0and scouring the English language for just the right words ‘Fiz the Flying Fox’ was entered and received a commendation.\"\"<\/a>Once at uni, Skye became serious about publishing. She contacted\u00a0the CEO\u00a0of Youthworks Media, whom she had met at the awards ceremony. Zac Veron and his staff were very supportive. A few months later Skye signed her first book contract and this year celebrated the launch of her very own children\u2019s book.”It has been a long process of edits, changes and storyboarding and working with illustrator Nicole Maloney, but, two years after the first draft\u00a0I now have ‘Fiz the Flying Fox’\u00a0bound in hard cover, on sale in bookshops around the country. None of this would have been possible without the Awards pushing me on by\u00a0giving me much needed deadlines and a purpose for my writing.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nAbove:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Guests of honour at the book launch included Skye, her nephew and a rescued flying fox.<\/em>Left:<\/em><\/strong> Author\u00a0Skye Parry-Jones and illustrator Nicole Maloney sign books for their many adoring fans.<\/em>You can see and buy Skye’s book at cepstore.com.au<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
Why a flying fox?<\/strong>The flying foxes which\u00a0Skye’s grandmother and aunt rescued and rehabilitated were an integral part of her childhood. “I’ve always been captivated by their strangeness: their contrasting leather wings and soft fur.”\u00a0Being surrounded by flying fox experts and their furry friends, Skye says the character of Fiz came easily, “He is definitely not the only cheeky flying fox around!”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Judging is now taking place for the 2012 Australian Christian Teen Writer Award.<\/strong>
\nFind out more about the awards here<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n7.30 for 8.00 pm on Thursday 16 August at St Alfred’s Anglican Church, North Blackburn, Victoria.
\nWe would love to see you there!
\nTelephone 1300 137 725
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Visit www.spcka.org.au<\/a> today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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