Kids Workshops

June 29, 2021

10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Cost: $150 (eligible for Creative Kids Voucher; earlybird before 15 June; $130; bring a friend $250)

Jess Black

Magical Kingdoms (8-13)

Ed
The throne has fallen. It’s up to you to find a way to save the palace and make the kingdom great again! Create your own kingdom using one of the…
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July 1, 2021

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80 (earlybird by 16 June: $70; bring a friend or do two workshops: $130)

Jess Black

Call of the Wild (6-12)

Ed
Leave the city behind and write an adventure of the four hoofed kind! Camping and horses in the wild, what could possibly go wrong? This workshop is for lovers of…
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July 6, 2021

10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Cost: $150 (eligible for Creative Kids Voucher; earlybird before 15 June; $130; bring a friend $250)

Ed Wright

The Dream (11-16 )

Ed
Dreams are what we experience each night while we are asleep. They can also be what we hope for when we are awake.  They can be what we strive towards…
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July 7, 2021

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80 (earlybird by 16 June: $70; bring a friend or do two workshops: $130)

Ed Wright

Crazy Explorers (6-12)

Ed
Travel to the far ends of the world and beyond. Create exciting stories about adventures to places real and imagined by characters who are larger than life.
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July 9, 2021

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80 (earlybird by 16 June: $70; bring a friend or do two workshops: $130)

Bess Kenway

Underground Cities (8-14)

Ed
What could lie beneath the everyday streets we walk on? Underground pools, rainforests, theatres, gardens, dessert palaces full of secret delicacies? What kind of underground city would you design and who would…
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April 27, 2021

8:00 am - 9:00 am

8 weeks

Cost: $160 (eligible for Creative Kids Voucher)

Tighes Hill Public School

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Learn new writing skills, and expand the scope of your imaginative writing in our fun before-school writing club at Tighes Hill PS. This is designed for years 3-6 and runs…
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April 28, 2021

7:45 am - 8:45 am

8 weeks

Cost: $160 (eligible for Creative Kids Voucher)

Ed Wright and Jess Black

Newcastle East PS

Ed
Learn new writing skills, and expand the scope of your imaginative writing in our fun before-school writing club at Tighes Hill PS. This is designed for years 3-6 and runs…
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April 29, 2021

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

8 weeks

Cost: $160 (eligible for Creative Kids Voucher)

Ed Wright and guests

Thursday Writing Club – Wickham Studio

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Learn new writing skills, expand the scope of your imaginative writing and make new friends at our weekly Writing Club for kids aged 8-13 years old. New themes and exercises…
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April 7, 2021

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80 (earlybird by 20 December: $70; bring a friend or do two workshops: $130)

Bess Kenway

The Places You’ll Go Poetry (5-9yo)

Ed
Using the Dr Seuss classic Oh The Places You’ll Go, kids will get to enjoy the thrill of rhyming, onomatopoeia and word invention, while playing with the shape of their…
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February 20, 2021

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $120 (max 8 students) SOLD OUT

Ed Wright

Selective Schools and ACER Tests Writing Workshop (year 5&6 2021)

Ed
This hands-on workshop helps students prepare for the short writing tasks that are part of the Selective Schools Entry and ACER scholarship tests. Students practice both narrative and persuasive writing…
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April 14, 2021

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80 (earlybird by 21 March: $70; bring a friend or do two workshops: $130)

Ed Wright

Powers of Persuasion (7-13 years)

Ed
Delve into the arts of persuasion and learn how to write words that get people to believe in your ideas. Learn about humour, reasoning, features, benefits, and a host of…
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February 24, 2021

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

4 weeks

Cost: $120

Ed Wright

Young People’s Writing Club @The Base

Ed
Young People’s Writing Club with Ed Wright from The Creative Word Shop @The Base Cafe Space.  Is writing your thing? Or would you like to find out if it is?…
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January 5, 2021

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80 (Bring a friend or do two workshops: $140) Eligible for Creative Kids Voucher

Ed Wright

Animal Tales (6-10 yo)

Ed
Write stories about your favourite animals and invent amazing mythical beasts in this fun workshop.
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April 13, 2021

10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Cost: $150 (eligible for Creative Kids Voucher; earlybird before 21 March; $130; bring a friend $250)

Ed Wright

We Can Be Heroes (High School)

Ed
What’s it take to be a hero or heroine? Are the people who want to be heroes the true heroes? How do unlikely heroes become heroes? Using settings that can…
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April 15, 2021

10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Cost: $150 (eligible for Creative Kids Voucher; earlybird before 21 March; $130; bring a friend $250)

Ed Wright

Angry Happy Numb Excited Nervous Cruisy Glum Delighted (8-14)

Ed
In this nuts and bolts writing workshop, we explore the different ways we can create feelings in our writing. We’ll describe characters with an eye to shoving their emotional states.…
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January 7, 2021

10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Cost: $150 (eligible for Creative Kids Voucher; earlybird before 20 December; $130; bring a friend $250)

Ed Wright

The Quest (High School Writers)

Ed
Is your protagonist a likely or unlikely hero? What is their quest about? And what obstacles will stand in their way? Are they solo adventurers or do they have the…
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January 8, 2021

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80 (Bring a friend or do two workshops: $140) Eligible for Creative Kids Voucher

Ed Wright

Immortal Beings (8-14yo)

Ed
The Gods of Ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and Scandinavia feature in the ingenious novels of Rick Riordan. In this workshop, we’ll think of our own tales to tell about these…
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January 14, 2021

10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Cost: $150 (eligible for Creative Kids Voucher; earlybird before 20 December; $130; bring a friend $250)

Jess Black

Wonderland (8-13yo)

Ed
You have unlimited funds to design and create your own version of Wonderland. Five lucky children are chosen to road test it. What could possibly go wrong? Jess Black is…
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January 15, 2021

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80 (Bring a friend or do two workshops: $140) Eligible for Creative Kids Voucher

Jess Black

Fortune Cookie (7-12yo)

Ed
Out to dinner at your favourite Chinese restaurant you can’t wait to break open the fortune cookie. But instead of a message you receive a riddle. Can you solve the…
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February 20, 2021

3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Cost: $120 (max 8 students) SOLD OUT

Ed Wright

Selective Schools and ACER Tests Writing Workshop (year 5&6 2021)

Ed
This hands-on workshop helps students prepare for the short writing tasks that are part of the Selective Schools Entry and ACER scholarship tests. Students practice both narrative and persuasive writing…
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January 19, 2021

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80 (Bring a friend or do two workshops: $140) Eligible for Creative Kids Voucher

Ed Wright

Crazy Holidays (7-12yo)

Ed
The bags are packed and everyone is ready to go. But things don’t work out as planned. Use your imagination to invent stories about holidays where strange events or even…
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January 21, 2020

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80 (Bring a friend or do two workshops: $140) Eligible for Creative Kids Voucher

Ed Wright

The Gang (High School Writers)

Ed
The Gang is three or more of your favourite characters. Each has their own quirky personality, but despite their differences (or even because of them) they make a good team.…
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September 30, 2020

10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Cost: $150 (eligible for Creative Kids Voucher)

Ed Wright

Surviving Dystopia (9-14)

Ed
Create a hero and then test their talents and resilience by putting them into a difficult dystopian environment where it will take all their skills and resilience not only to…
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October 7, 2020

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80

Jess Black

Zero to Hero (8-13)

Ed
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes and their journey to becoming a hero isn’t always an easy one. In this writing workshop students will learn how to transform a…
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October 8, 2020

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80

Jess Black

Kitty is not a Cat (6-12)

Ed
Join Jess Black in celebrating the release of her new series Kitty is Not a Cat. Kitty is a little girl who believes she can be anything, even a cat!…
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July 10, 2020

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80

Ed Wright

High School Revolutions (12-17yo)

Ed
Write stories about what happens when the order of a school has been upended. What are the new rules when the teachers are overthrown? Or how do things change when…
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January 22, 2020

10:00 am - 3:30 pm

Cost: $130 Eligible for Creative Kids Voucher

Mark Giblin

An Introduction to Animation Writing (8-12 yo)

Ed
What’s your favourite cartoon? The Simpsons? Sponge Bob? They all started with someone’s imagination.  And that someone could be you! Learn how to create an animation idea, write the script…
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July 15, 2020

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80

Jess Black

The Enchanted Forest (Wickham Studio)

Ed
The forest contains equal parts magic and danger. Just how will you break the ancient enchantments to make your way safely from the forest? What kind of creatures will help…
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July 7, 2020

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80

Ed Wright

Murder Mysteries (Wickham studio)

Ed
Create your own detective and put them to work solving a fiendish crime of your own invention in this thrilling narrative-based workshop. NB Social distancing will be operating with a…
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July 6, 2021

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80 (earlybird by 21 March: $70; bring a friend or do two workshops: $130)

Ed Wright

Strange Weather (7-13)

Ed
What kinds of stories can you write using cyclones, storms, droughts and deluges? What happens when a solar eclipse lasts for a month? Or when the ice comes early and…
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October 20, 2020

5:15 pm - 6:15 pm

8 weeks

Cost: $150 (eligible for Creative Kids Voucher)

High School Writing Club (12-17 years old)

Ed
Welcome to our new Writing Club for High School Students. Designed for people who love to write, this club will give you a chance to built your creative writing skills,…
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January 3, 2020

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80: earlybird (by 23 December) $65: do 2 courses or bring a friend: $70 ($60 earlybird)

Ed Wright

Playing with Poetry (9-14 yo)

Ed
Poetry is fun. In this workshop we get to play with different kinds of poetry such as haiku, limericks and sestinas and put words together in surprising ways to make…
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July 16, 2020

10:00 am - 11:30 am

Cost: $40 (per household - single login

Jess Black

Postcard from the Future (ZOOM workshop)

Ed
Ever wondered what your life will be like in the future? Now you can travel in time and write about it! You receive a postcard written by yourself from the…
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July 9, 2020

10:00 am - 11:30 am

Cost: $40 per household (single login)

Ed Wright

I Believe in Magic (ZOOM workshop)

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Your magician faces a crucial test that will demand the use of all their magical ability. Who are they? What are their powers? And what are the consequences
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April 14, 2020

9:30 am - 11:00 am

Cost: $40 per household (single login)

Ed Wright

ZOOM HOLIDAY WORKSHOP: Animal Tales (6-10)

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What would it be like to be a bear? Or an eagle? Or a horse? In this fun workshop, we’ll write stories where get to pretend to be animals and…
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April 16, 2020

9:30 am - 11:00 am

Cost: $40 per household (single login)

Jess Black

ZOOM HOLIDAY WORKSHOP: The Magic Door (8-14)

Ed
There’s never been a better time to escape through a portal into another world. What surprises lie behind the magic door? In this workshop kids will explore the fantasy genre, they will…
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April 23, 2020

10:30 am - 12:00 pm

Cost: $40 per household (single login)

Ed Wright

ZOOM HOLIDAY WORKSHOP: Alien Adventures (7-13)

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Being stuck at home is the perfect time to travel into space. Invent your own alien and send them on an adventure into worlds previously unknown. We’ve had to cancel…
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April 24, 2020

9:30 am - 11:00 am

Cost: $40 per household (single login)

Jess Black

ZOOM HOLIDAY WORKSHOP: Loud Macaws and Muddy Paws (6-10)

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Using The Tales of Mr Walker as a jumping off point, this workshop involves creating stories about our favourite furry and feathered friends! Animals can help us to inject humour,…
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January 10, 2020

2:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Cost: $100 (max 10 students)

Ed Wright

HSC Creative Writing (year 11 &12)

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In this workshop we take a look at the Craft of Writing and Reading to Write components of the HSC syllabus and think about fresh, innovative and practical ways to…
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January 13, 2020

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80: earlybird (by 23 December) $65: do 2 courses or bring a friend: $70 ($60 earlybird)

Jess Black

Fairy Tale Feasts (6-12 yo)

Ed
Write your own modern day fairy tale! Beauty and the Beast, Rapunzel and Jack and the Beanstalk are all fairy tales involving magical beings in faraway lands. In this workshop…
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January 7, 2020

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80: earlybird (by 23 December) $65: do 2 courses or bring a friend: $70 ($60 earlybird)

Ed Wright

Crazy Holidays (7-12 yo)

Ed
The bags are packed, everyone is ready, the destination has been chosen. What could possibly wrong? Absolutely everything. In this comedy writing workshop we’ll explore how humour can be made…
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January 20, 2020

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80: earlybird (by 23 December) $65: do 2 courses or bring a friend: $70 ($60 earlybird)

Jess Black

The Strangest Zoo in the World (7-13yo)

Ed
It’s the future. Genetically modified animals are everywhere. People have them as pets, they run wild and the strangest of them all are held in a special zoo.  You are…
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October 3, 2019

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80 (bring a friend or do 2 classes, 2 for $140; Earlybird until 16 September, $65; 2 for $120)

Bastian Fox Phelan

Zine Workshop (10-16 years)

Ed
Zine legend, Bastian Fox Phelan, explores what zines are and how to make them. Learn how to make an 8-page mini zine from one A4 sheet of paper, and how…
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October 10, 2019

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80 (bring a friend or do 2 classes, 2 for $140; Earlybird until 16 September, $65; 2 for $120)

Ed Wright

Alien Adventures (7-12 years)

Ed
On distant planets in remote galaxies, in space ships travelling at the speed of light, with hitchhikers on asteroids headed for mother earth, aliens are everywhere. This kids’ creative writing…
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July 11, 2019

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80 (bring a friend or do 2 classes, 2 for $140; Earlybird until 24 June, $65; 2 for $120)

Ed Wright

I Fell Into My Favourite Book (6-12 years)

Ed
Ever wanted to go to Hogwarts. Or play a role in Bad Guys. In this Fan Fiction workshop you get to put yourself or your own characters into your favourite books,…
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July 16, 2019

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80 (bring a friend or do 2 classes, 2 for $140; Earlybird until 24 June, $65; 2 for $120)

Jess Black

Do You Dare

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We’ll be turning out the lights in this spooky workshop as we dare to scare. Learn tips for injecting tension and suspense in your scary story and we guarantee you’ll…
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July 19, 2019

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Cost: $80 (bring a friend or do 2 classes, 2 for $140; Earlybird until 24 June, $65; 2 for $120)

Jess Black

My Perfect Pet

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Create the perfect pet. Just what is your perfect pet like? Do they have the head of a lion, the feet of a duck and the tail of a tiger?…
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Our Workshops

Holiday workshops $80; Term Time $130 (8 weeks) and eligible for Creative Kids Voucher

We encourage kids to grow their imaginations at the same time as they expand their vocabularies and story-telling skills. Our workshops are fun and educational and tailored to suit the different age groups. We offer in school classes, after school classes, holiday workshops and individual mentoring. Check here for regular classes and holiday workshops at our Newcastle premises. Use our enquiry form or call us to find out how to bring workshops to your school .

HSC workshops

Creative Writing is compulsory for the HSC but many students don’t know where to start. Our HSC level creative writing workshops are designed for years 10-12, and will focus on the current Area of Study (Discovery) as well as Extension 1 elective themes. Our workshops help students gain the skills and techniques to think on their feet and approach their creative writing with confidence and flexibility.

Tutoring and Mentoring

(HSC and other)

Need expert feedback on your Extension 2 Major Work?  Or just worried about the Creative Writing components of the HSC English papers?  We offer one-to-one mentoring for students who feel they need a bit of extra help getting ready for this part of the HSC. Professional guidance is available for all print medium major works – including poetry, criticism, short story and script writing. We can also help with preparing for the English exam and with essay writing in general. Contact us to discuss.

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