The Australian Children's Literature Alliance (ACLA) has launched its website at http://www.acla.org.au/.
The site features an events calendar of upcoming children's book events, as well as details on the Alliance and its aims and a section for project sharing called ‘the information hub'. ACLA program officer Tina Lehnert said the alliance had ‘subscribers uploading and sharing projects and information already'.
The Australian Children’s Literature Alliance is an independent, not-for-profit organisation founded in 2008 to champion and promote the transformational power of reading in the lives of young Australians. ACLA is a collegial and inclusive organisation with representation from all children's and young adult literature industry and community sectors.
ACLA's mission is to:
* promote the value, importance and transformational nature of reading
* influence the reading habits of Australian families
* raise the profile of books in the lives of children and young adults
* champion the cause of young Australians’ reading in a consultative, collegial and inclusive way.