News & Views

I Loved the class very much. I learnt a lot of things from you and loved socialising with the other kids. I can’t wait until the next time I come here! (Roisin) Meow. Love it! Meow! Wanna do it next term Meow (Jessica) It was fun and I liked the food (A) I got better...

Congratulations to Jess Black for being long-listed in Australian Book Industry Awards for Mr Walker. Kids can do her Mr Walker based workshop, Dogs With Jobs, on Tuesday 16 April, 10am-1pm.

This week we were stoked to do our first international workshops for the teachers and students of Royal Institute Colombo. On Tuesday afternoon Ed held a workshop for 50 teachers on how to create character in narrative writing. Then on Wednesday and Thursday we held workshops for Years 8, 9 and 10, a total of...

We’ve really enjoyed branching out into a new country, teaching some workshops to the teachers and students at the Royal Institute family of schools in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Congratulations to illustrator Liz Anelli for winning in the 2018 Educational Publishing Awards for Ten Pound Pom. Liz is running a fantastic workshop for the kids these holidays, Drawing Maps to tell a Tale on 2 October.

We really enjoyed returning to St Brigid’s and running a Speculative Fiction Writing Workshop with Year 9, who had some really cool ideas for stories. Thanks to Mr Evans for organising and the other English teachers. The feedback was positive too. Student and Teacher Feedback: “I thought it was very helpful” “Yes I found it...

Really enjoyed going to talk Year 9 at St Brigid’s, Lake Munmorah, about how to write Speculative Fiction Here’s some of the feedback from the teachers and students I thought it was very helpful” “Yes I found it helpful because I got some great tips from him.” “What if the sun disappears?  What if we...