Storytelling from Television to Books
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The Edge Auditorium, slq
Years 7–8 / Word Play / Years 9–12
WP020
#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
Please note the following age categories for the two sessions:
10am–11am: Years 7–8
1pm–2pm: Years 9–12
Nova will talk about her path to publication through the land of television. She will discuss how she starts with characters, struggles with plotting and writes books that are very firmly set in contemporary Australia. She will demonstrate how starting with character can generate story and show character creation for her books.
In the 10am session for Years 7–8, the books Nova will discuss include Sick Bay and the Secrets trilogy. In the 1pm session for Years 9–12, the books she will discuss include Everything is Changed and Frankie and Joely.
#Artist
Nova Weetman
Writer of 16 books for children and young adults, including Sick Bay, The Edge of Thirteen and The Jammer. Her books are CBCA notables and have been shortlisted for the NSW Premier's History Award, the Readings Children’s Prize, the ABIA Awards, the Speech Pathologist Awards, the YABBA Awards and the Sakura Medal in Japan. She has won an ABIA Award for The Edge of Thirteen, and YABBA and Koala Awards for Sick Bay. Writer of Film Victoria short films Ripples and Mr Wasinski’s Song (AWGIE nomination and winner Best Australian Short at MIFF). Short fiction published in Overland, Mslexia, Kill Your Darlings, Wet Ink and Island and articles in The Guardian, Island and Fairfax Media. Nova is a regular on ABC Radio Melbourne talking about historic children’s books in Australia.
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