You must've seen the terrible newsreels of the Queensland Floods on TV. Horrific, and no doubt they haven't seen the worst of it yet according to the experts. Several lives have been lost already and though not on the scale of some recent disasters (I'm thinking of Haiti here), imagine the heartbreak of losing your home and possessions. Of course, it's easy to sit back and do nothing. You may think 'Oh well, Australia's a wealthy country. They'll recover just fine.' Maybe they are more equipped to deal with the disaster and maybe as we're all feeling the recession pinch we might not want to contribute cold hard cash. Well, there is another way you can help.
100 Stories for Queensland is a charity anthology to assist the victims of the floods. Stories are donated by writers from across the globe and proceeds from the sale of the book will go to the Queensland Premier's Flood Relief appeal.
http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/
The anthology will be available in digital and print form, and is expected to be ready for release late February/early March.
Details of submission guidelines can be found on the website
2 comments:
The floods are terrible and I hope they stop soon It must be devastating to lose everything like that.
You just keep watching and wandering what next? Seems a doom and gloom start to 2011!
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