Media Enquiries

• Ms Sue Hutley, Executive Director, Australian Library and Information Association, Canberra
  Phone 0412 764 922
  Email events@alia.org.au.nospam (please remove .nospam from email address)
  
  

Media Releases

• The Wiggles and ALIA urge parents to 'Make Australia a Reading Nation', launch two Community Service Announcements
  The superstar group has thrown their support behind the cause of literacy, fun times and sharing books to encourage children to get into the reading habit. "We'd like you to help us help make Australia a Reading Nation" said Anthony Field, founding member of The Wiggles. "By the age of 3 we've developed half our adult language, so what happens at home, in kinder and in the library in those early years is really important."
  
  
• Wiggle into your library for Library & Information Week (Friday 20 May 2011, ALIA)
  May 23-27 is Australian Library and Information Week and The Wiggles want your kids in on the action.They've thrown their support behind the cause of literacy and fun times to encourage young children to get into the reading habit. The superstar group have made two community service announcements for the Australian Library and Information Association, to be launched during Library and Information Week. [more...]
  

Community Service Announcements

Download the "Let's make Australia a Reading Nation" in high quality formats suitable for broadcasting on television, for podcasts and other media.The different versions of this CSA are supplied so you can help us get them onto screens everywhere and help us help make Australia a Reading Nation!

These clips are free for you to use in a non-commercial way to promote awareness of early childhood literacy.

The clips are available to play in your school, library, university or other organisation with public displays and screens and for broadcast and online media editorial use, or for use at events - as long as you use them to help us increase awareness of literacy in a non-commerical way. We would also love for you to share the YouTube clips on your website, blog or intranet by embedding the video or including a link.Thanks for your help!

ALIA is grateful for the wonderful show of support from The Wiggles for this early childhood literacy initiative.