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This week, Australian authors are running an online #AuthorsForFireys auction<\/a> to raise funds for bushfire emergency services. There are so many<\/strong> amazing items and services and events to bid on<\/a>. The auction has grown so large that it’s all become a bit overwhelming, so here is a small selection of auction items for you to browse.<\/p>\n Signed Books<\/strong><\/p>\n Pretty much every Australian author you’ve heard of is offering personally signed books, so if you have a favourite author, search for them on Twitter to see if they’re part of #AuthorsForFireys. Here are some examples:<\/p>\n Simmone Howell<\/a> There are authors outside Australia, too – for example, Bloomsbury Australia<\/a> is offering a deluxe, illustrated edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone<\/em>.<\/p>\n Writing, Publishing and Research Help<\/strong><\/p>\n Want some feedback on a manuscript you’ve written? Need assistance applying for a writing grant? Would you love some personal mentoring sessions or would you like a specialist to do some historical research for you? These people all know their stuff:<\/p>\n Penni Russon<\/a> Want to name a character in your favourite author’s next book?<\/strong><\/p>\n Lili Wilkinson<\/a> Want a poem written especially for you?<\/strong><\/p>\n Penni Russon<\/a> Art<\/strong><\/p>\n Have a look at some of the beautiful artwork being offered by Australian book illustrators:<\/p>\n Gabrielle Wang<\/a> Food!<\/strong><\/p>\n Clementine Ford<\/a> is offering to cook dinner for you. Other awesome stuff<\/strong><\/p>\n Wouldn’t you love a private viewing of the treasures of the State Library of Victoria<\/a>?<\/p>\n Or these enamelled pins based on medieval illuminated manuscript illustrations<\/a>?<\/p>\n Or netball bib bags<\/a> made to order, with your own personalised 2020 netballstrology chart? Wing Defence rules!<\/p>\n To bid on any of these items, click on the link and reply on the tweet with the amount you’d like to donate to bushfire services. You can find out how the auction works at the #AuthorsForFireys website<\/a>. There are lots more auction items available – just search Twitter using the #AuthorsForFireys<\/a> or #authorsforfiries<\/a> tags.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week, Australian authors are running an online #AuthorsForFireys auction to raise funds for bushfire emergency services. There are so many amazing items and services and events to bid on. The auction has grown so large that it’s all become a bit overwhelming, so here is a small selection of auction items for you to … Continue reading Check Out These #AuthorsForFireys Auction Items!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-writing-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellecooper-writer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellecooper-writer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellecooper-writer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michellecooper-writer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michellecooper-writer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5944"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/michellecooper-writer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5954,"href":"https:\/\/michellecooper-writer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5944\/revisions\/5954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellecooper-writer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michellecooper-writer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michellecooper-writer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nKate Forsyth<\/a>
\nJaclyn Moriarty<\/a> and her sisters Liane and Nicola<\/p>\n
\nKate Gordon<\/a>
\nPamela Hart<\/a>
\nLeanne Hall<\/a>
\nMargot McGovern<\/a>
\nKelly Gardiner<\/a>
\nLili Wilkinson<\/a>
\nDervla McTiernan<\/a>
\nSandy Fussell<\/a>
\nEleanor Limprecht<\/a>
\nJudith Ridge<\/a><\/p>\n
\nJohn Birmingham<\/a>
\nR. W. R. McDonald<\/a>
\nGabrielle Tozer<\/a><\/p>\n
\nMaxine Beneba Clarke<\/a><\/p>\n
\nKylie Howarth<\/a>
\nJo Renfro<\/a>
\nKelly Canby<\/a>
\nNicki Greenberg<\/a><\/p>\n
\nSo are David Marr and Benjamin Law<\/a>.
\nCakeandMadness<\/a> will teach you how to make and decorate cakes in Melbourne.
\nFiona Wood<\/a> will take you out to lunch in Melbourne and answer all your questions about writing.<\/p>\n