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#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
Using her magical middle-grade duology of Big Magic and Magic Awry, Sarah shares her inspiration for these books. She takes students behind the scenes of building the magical world of the series, creating magical characters and the research involved. Along the way, she shares the writer’s life and some super practical writing tips. She describes her journey from ABC journalist to novelist for adults before she found her home writing for kids. And, because Big Magic and Magic Awry are set in the circus, there will be a little bit of circus fun!
#Artist
Sarah Armstrong
Sarah’s first novel for readers aged 9+, Big Magic, is a 2023 CBCA Notable Book. The sequel, Magic Awry came out last year. In a previous life, she was an award-winning ABC Radio journalist before moving to Mullumbimby in northern NSW where she wrote novels including the Miles Franklin shortlisted Salt Rain. She's found her home writing for kids and her next middle-grade novel will be out in 2025. She teaches writing in schools, for writers’ festivals and at university and she co-hosts the podcast: Five Writers Five Minutes.
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