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Young Writers Club

Are you a storyteller?
An aspiring author?
Someone who loves to write and capture the world around you through stories?
If you have answered ‘YES!’ to these questions, then our Young Writers Club is for YOU!
Brush up on your writing skills, get some inspiration, share ideas and get stuck into writing with Alicia and Susan. There will be lots of fun, fabulous writing tips and the opportunity to connect with a real-life authors and other inspiring people!
This program is offered online, once a fortnight during school term. Suitable for writers aged 8-14years.
Starting Wednesday 3 February 2021 4-5pm
Week 1 - Welcome!
3 February
How does this place feel to you, what does it sound like? Smell like? Taste like? Look like?
In this session you will become an expert on describing places using some amazing pictures from the collection.
Week 2 - Writing Monsters
17 February
Special guest: Dr John Vallance
Listen to tales of the scariest monsters in the history of writing and have a go at creating your own frightful beast.
Can you create a monster than is terrifying enough to scare the NSW State Librarian, Dr John?
Week 3 - Discussing dialogue
3 March
What is the difference between an exciting piece of dialogue and a dull conversation?
In this session you will learn how to show emotions through dialogue and seamlessly integrate your character’s conversations with your descriptive writing.
Week 4 - Not-your-average news report
17 March
Extra, extra, read all about it!
Time to put your manic monsters and candid conversations into print by writing a truly sensational newspaper front page.

Week 5 - Term 1 wrap up party!
31 March
Special guest: Gabrielle Wang
To celebrate a wonderful first term of Young Writer’s Club, award-winning author and illustrator Gabrielle Wang will be joining us to discuss the inspiration behind her books and lead a writing activity and dragon drawing workshop.