Vote For Becca

Okay, so I don’t JUST shamelessly promote my book on this site. A friend of mine’s entered a photography competition online. If you’ve visited http://www.loathinglola.com, you’ll see she contributed some of the character photos. Without charging me. In other words, I owe her. It only takes a few secs to vote. I think you just click the VOTE bubble below.

Thanks muchly.

Also, visited Brigidine College today. Big thanks to the girls there, had a great time.

UPDATE: Voting’s closed now, but thanks to everyone who voted.

Literature and Loathing – CITY NEWS

LAUGHTER AND LOATHING

PAT BILLINGS

William Kostakis is a smiling 19-year-old, and he should be with his first novel under his belt.
“I wanted to write, with my tongue planted firmly in my cheek, about pretty serious themes – death, grief, jealously and dysfunctional families,” says the Sydney University student of his young adult novel, Loathing Lola.

More HERE.

Congratulations to Katherine Sarna-Wetton!

Congratulations to Katherine Sarna-Wetton, SYDNEY MORNING HERALD Young Writer of the Year 2008. I just got home from the luncheon (okay, I came home via the movies… WALL-E is all shades of brilliant). It was a great luncheon, props to Susannah Lynch and the team at the MCA and SMH for organising it. Wired is a very deserving story (it’ll be in tomorrow’s Spectrum), and I look forward to reading more of Katherine’s work in the future. But all the regional winners deserve congratulations, and… ahem:

Region	Student	School	Year
ACT	Alex Orme	Narrabundah College	12
Hunter/Central Coast	Jeff Bell	Tomaree High School	11
Illawarra And South East	Katherine Littrell	Bulli High School	11
New England	Lucy Knights	Armidale High School	11
North Coast	Katherine Sarna-Wetton	St Johns College Woodlawn	11
Northern Sydney	Talina Hurzeler	North Sydney Girls High School	10
Northern Sydney	Samantha Ly	Chatswood High School	11
Northern Sydney	Frances Mao	North Sydney Girls High School	10
Riverina	Rebekah Baldwin	Wagga Wagga High School	12
South Western Sydney	Cassandra Siow	Santa Sabina College	10
Sydney	Leah Grolman	Emanuel School Randwick	12
Sydney	Cressida Vaughan	SCEGGS Darlinghurst	10
Western NSW	Bre Horan	Red Bend Catholic College	11
Western Sydney	Pristine Ong	James Ruse Agricultural High School	12

‘Laughter and loathing’ – SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

Hey all,

I’m in today’s Spectrum section of the Sydney Morning Herald. For the online version, click HERE. And apparently, I’m #5 most ’hot’ in the literary media at the mo. Don’t believe me? It says so on this neat little blog a friend found this morning. They also sell books cheaper than the RRP, so check them out.

Talk soon.

Photo: Domino Postiglione

August Round-Up

Okay, I’ve been a bit slack with the updates… uni’s been a pain. I’ll have more for you over the weekend, but until then, here’s a wrap-up of some of the recent updates. [I know, it's a bit rich... the first blog entry in a while is a summary of older entries].

LOATHING LOLA

• After info on the new release? Check out http://www.loathinglola.com for a synopsis and extract.
• Don’t trust my word alone? Check out reviews from Good Reading Magazine, the State Library of Victoria and DOLLY Magazine. There are also reader reviews online at Inside A Dog.

INTERVIEWS AND JUNK

• Q&A from The Blurb: HERE.
• Me on Sky News Book Report: HERE.
• Article from the Wentworth Courier: HERE.
• Me interviewing Jack Heath: HERE.
• Jack Heath interviewing me: HERE.

OTHER STUFF

• My Facebook fanpage: HERE.
• Want me to visit your school? Want to contact me for an interview? Just want to say hey? My email: w.kostakis@williamkostakis.com.

Talk soon,
W.