Anna Ciddor
Anna Ciddor inspires audiences with her passion for uncovering historical secrets and turning them into gripping narrative, and her lively presentations are filled with ‘show-and-tell’ and audience participation. In 2021, Anna won the Nance Donkin Award for Children’s Literature. Her newest book, A Message Through Time is coming out in April 2023. It is a gripping adventure that immerses readers in a world filled with excitement, laughter, and amazing (and accurate) historical detail about life in Gaul in ancient Roman times – and also brings a Roman girl into the present! It is a stand-alone companion to The Boy Who Stepped Through Time which was short-listed for the Aurealis Award and long listed for the AHA Historical Novel Prize. Anna has written and illustrated nearly 60 books, including the best-selling Runestone, a historical fantasy, The Family with Two Front Doors, a story based on her grandmother’s childhood in 1920s Poland, and 52 Mondays, inspired by Anna’s childhood memories of 1960s Australia.
Read more at www.annaciddor.com
Meet the Speaker
What other jobs have you had?
Believe it or not, my first career was as a senior school maths teacher, but I always had a creative side as well, (my maths was a bit creative too!). When I had kids, I took a break from teaching and decided to have a go at getting a book published. The rest is history…
What themes are recurring in your work?
I love research, so my books are always based on some amazing truth I have uncovered – usually about another time or place because I am obsessed with the past.
What have been the highlights of your career?
It’s been an unreal and exciting joy to have several of my books chosen by kids for children’s choice awards, to win three Notable Book Awards from the Children’s Book Council and be shortlisted twice for the Speech Pathology of Australia Book of the Year. It’s a thrill every time I receive emails from readers telling me how much they love something I’ve written, or how my books have set them on the path to reading and enjoying books.
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From fact to fiction
Using various examples, Anna Ciddor reveals her process of transforming dry facts into historical fiction – or interesting...
Bring scenes to life like a professional
This is a fun, practical and inspiring creative writing workshop. Students will be led in an easy exercise that approaches...
Bloopers and secrets
Using photographs, writing drafts, illustrating drafts and finished artwork, Anna Ciddor takes her audience on the journey...
The dreaded 'p' word (planning)
Anna was thrilled when she came up with a gripping time-change plot for her newest novel, but she relied on tight and...
Online Adventure
This entertaining, interactive session is as close as possible to a live event with plenty of opportunities for questions and...
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