Celebrating Books! Primary Author Talk

This highly entertaining session covers the stories behind the stories, family inspiration, life as an author and the creative writing process from ideas and research to publication.  Belinda discusses writing some of her books from The Sun Sword Trilogy, a fantasy adventure series written for her own three children, her Pippa’s Island series about friendship, families, diversity and coping with change to her award-winning Australian historical, time-slip series including The Ivory Rose, The Forgotten Pearl and The Lost Sapphire. More recently, The Golden Tower and The Silver Sea are time slip adventures set in an Italian Renaissance inspired world. Fun stories, photographs and lively Q&A encourage kids to get excited about books and reading. 

• Stories behind the stories
• The creative writing process including research, planning, plotting, drafting and editing
• Where do ideas come from? Ideas and inspiration including real life, memories and family experiences
• Key elements of narrative including setting, character, themes and plot
• Reading from The Golden Tower
• Design and development of book covers with visual examples
• Writing Tips
• Student Q&A