In-person VCE Twilight Seminars are back for 2021, with more authors to inspire and educate.

Running after school on Thursday afternoons in March, our program directly connects students to the authors of the books they’ll be studying, providing a unique opportunity to deepen their understanding, meet the authors and ask all their burning questions.

Now is the time to register your interest and stay tuned for the full announcement of the program details in early Term 1 2021.

Taking place in a convenient central city location, all seminars will be Covid-Safe and welcome to all.

Please share this news far and wide — works by these authors appear on the VCE English and Literature curriculum and will be studied by thousands of students in 2021.

Feedback for previous seminars:

“My students were very positive about the experience of meeting Maxine, and her presentation was very useful to them as they start their Creative SAC. I was particularly pleased by the way Maxine gave the students useful and concrete strategies for starting their own writing which we will use in our classroom, and I was grateful at how generous Maxine was in signing books, and taking photos after the session.”
​– Nossal High School, 2018

“Cate Kennedy was excellent!  She was engaging, warm and suggested useful, practical strategies that the students can use in their own writing. The students said they found her presentation really interesting … the kids were really engaged for the full hour.”
– Camberwell High School, 2018

Confirmed authors for 2021

• Maxine Beneba Clarke — Foreign Soil
• Cate Kennedy — Like A House On Fire
• Rosalie Ham — The Dressmaker
• Toni Jordan — Nine Days
• Ceridwen Dovey — Only The Animals (online)

Register your interest by emailing us and we will be in touch in early 2021 with further details of the program.