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  • William Kostakis 4:27 pm on September 22, 2008 Permalink | Reply  

    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.

    Promote this entry

    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.

     
  • William Kostakis 9:21 pm on September 19, 2008 Permalink | Reply  

    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.

     
  • William Kostakis 7:06 pm on September 19, 2008 Permalink | Reply  

    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

     
  • William Kostakis 12:26 am on September 6, 2008 Permalink | Reply  

    ‘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.

    Domino Postiglione

    Photo: Domino Postiglione

     
  • William Kostakis 1:36 pm on September 5, 2008 Permalink | Reply  

    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

    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

    Talk soon,
    W.

     
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