Grades 7 - 12
Welcome to Dystopia
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Multiple Venues
Word Play: Selling Fast
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#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
SELLING FAST
Gather your courage and enter the world of a YA dystopian thriller, as Mark Smith exposes the writing process that lies behind The Road to Winter (Text Publishing) and its upcoming sequel.
In a world where a deadly virus, and the ensuing violence, wipes out the population of a small coastal community, Finn is forced to survive on his own. His isolation is shattered with the arrival of an unexpected guest, and Finn must face these new challenges to survive in a post-apocalyptic world.
#Artists
Mark Smith
Mark Smith's debut novel, The Road To Winter, was published in 2016. The sequel, Wilder Country, won the 2018 Australian Indie Book Award for YA. The third book in the trilogy, Land Of Fences was released in 2019. His fourth novel, If Not Us, was published in September, 2021. Mark is also an award winning writer of short fiction, with credits including the 2015 Josephine Ulrick Literature Prize and the 2013 Alan Marshall Short Story Prize, and his work has appeared in Best Australian Stories, Island, Review of Australian Fiction, The Big Issue, The Victorian Writer and The Australian.
Mark Smith
Mark Smith's debut novel, The Road To Winter, was published in 2016. The sequel, Wilder Country, won the 2018 Australian Indie Book Award for YA. The third book in the trilogy, Land Of Fences was released in 2019. His fourth novel, If Not Us, was published in September, 2021. Mark is also an award winning writer of short fiction, with credits including the 2015 Josephine Ulrick Literature Prize and the 2013 Alan Marshall Short Story Prize, and his work has appeared in Best Australian Stories, Island, Review of Australian Fiction, The Big Issue, The Victorian Writer and The Australian.
