Answer a Question and Win

How often do you read sophisticated picture books?  Answer the question to go in this month's prize draw.  Wrappers please note - this does not include sophisticated picture books you are reading to complete the 27 Challenge.  The question is asked to find out about your own reading choices rather than because you have to complete a reading task.

Complete the form to enter the prize draw (open to Kapiti District residents only). The winner will be drawn at the next Wrappers meeting on Friday 3rd October.

Special Event - Fifi Colston

Teen School Holiday Events - Upcycling

Hvngry Website

No, it's not a spelling mistake, the website is called Hvngry with a v.  

In their words:
"HVNGRY is an online publication for teen girls (and boys) wanting more from mainstream media. It’s a belly full of inspiration, motivation, passion, power, and taking-over-the-world.
We’re here to feature amazing works, thoughts, creations, etc with a focus on lovely things like body positivity, intersectionality and openness."

Check out HVNGRY - it looks good and it's produced in NZ.  What do you think? 

More Booksies

Thanks Hannah! (photographer).

Performance Poetry Event

Are you interested in performance poetry?  Apparently it is gaining a big following among young people. On September 28 there will be a performance poet at the local Poetry to the People get together. It will be held at the Boundary Tap and Bar (you'll need to be accompanied by a parent if you're under 18) with an open mic session at 4 pm followed by the feature poet at 5 pm.

This month’s guest is Ben Fagan, a noted Wellington performance poet. Ben’s background includes stand-up comedy and a philosophy degree, making him, he claims, one of the most unemployable people you could meet. ‘Luckily I found performance poetry,’ he says. Exploring themes of identity, gender and society, he likes to play with comedy and poignancy. Ben is a TEDx performer and organiser, a Regional Slam Finalist and an organiser of Poetry in Motion Wellington. Ali Jacs, New Zealand National Poetry Slam Champion 2012, has this to say about Ben: ‘His conversational tone and understated performance style place him somewhere between a prophet and an everyday Kiwi bloke – a dangerously charming combination.’

Booksies

First there were selfies, now there are booksies. Sometimes we do judge a book by its cover, especially when deciding if they are any good for creating booksies.

Ready by Simone

Congratulations to Simone for winning a poetry competition at her school.  Here for us all to enjoy is her poem about the Commonwealth Games.

Ready

I look at the water
He looks at the weights
She looks at the basket
Oh how we wait

Sweaty palms, beating hearts, thoughts wild in our minds
We've trained for years, through tears and sneers
People tell us that we can't we're not ready.

We are ready
GO!
I dive in, perfect form
He lifts the weights - up, up, up
She gets the ball, dribbles hard

We are ready!
I kick my legs to the end
He keeps it high, time is up
She makes the ball fly in, they're done.

Ready!
First!
Longest held!
Winning goal!
All is well,
Smiles, laughter, cheering too,
Countries proud,

We are ready, we are here
Crowds cheering loud
Cameras
Family
Countries
No shame
The Commonwealth Games.

The Wrappers Recommend

Books discussed, liked and recommended at the September Wrappers meeting.

 

The Fury                                     Alexander Gordon Smith

The Hunger Pains                     The Harvard Lampoon   (a funny spoof of the Hunger Games)

City of Heavenly Fire                 Cassandra Clare           (Mortal Instruments Book 6)

Sarah's Key                                Tatiana de Rosnay

Uglies                                          Scott Westerfeld

Scott Pilgrim                               Bryan Lee O'Malley       (a graphic novel)

Will Grayson, Will Grayson       John Green 

The Dying of the Light               Derek Landy   (the final Skulduggery Pleasant book)

1/2 Prince                                   Yu Wo       (on the mangahere.co website)

 

Also recommended was Wattpad - an app for reading and writing stories. According to Wattpad it is 'a place to discover and share stories: a social platform that connects people through words. It is a community that spans borders, interests, languages. With Wattpad, anyone can read or write on any device: phone, tablet, or computer.'  There are 40 million stories to read and 25 million Wattpadders.  Have you tried Wattpad? What do you think of it?