#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
From soundtracks to storyboarding, movie trailers to animation, writing a book can be a totally 3D experience. See author Tristan Bancks’ Vision Board, which helped him create his crime–mystery novels Two Wolves, The Fall, Detention, Cop & Robber and Scar Town. Learn how you can fuse TV, the web, video, music, maps, apps and old-fashioned books to write your own extraordinary stories. Tristan’s background is in acting and filmmaking and this talk brings his stories to life in exciting ways, taking you on a transmedia tour behind the scenes of the writing process for his award-winning books. Full of laughs and inspiration to read and create.
#Artist
Tristan Bancks
Tristan Bancks is an author for kids and teens. His latest book, Scar Town, is a suspense-thriller (age 10+). His other books include Two Wolves, The Fall, Detention, Cop & Robber, Ginger Meggs and Tom Weekly. His books have won and been shortlisted for many awards, including the CBCA, Prime Minister’s Literary Awards and YABBA children’s choice. Tristan is an author-advocate for literacy non-profit Room to Read. He is working with producers to develop his books for the screen.