Welcome to the inaugural Brisbane Children’s Writers Festival
QWC is excited to announce the inaugural Brisbane Children’s Writers Festival for the young creative writers and readers of Brisbane. Fitting the occasion, the theme for the new festival is "Beginnings". Become a Youth Member of Queensland Writers Centre to claim your free ticket today.
This one-day festival will be jam-packed with awesome workshops, competitions, prizes, and loads of fun and creative activities to inspire the creativity of young writers and readers. With a mix of social, solo, and more hands-on activities, everyone will have their chance to try something new and share their creativity in a fun, supportive, and creative environment.
Workshops:
Write Your First Poem - Let's hit the ground running and write our first line. Once you’ve discovered an opening sentence, you’ll be surprised at how your imagination takes you places you never thought you’d go.
Into the Unknown - Explore fantasy/science fiction writing and unlock the secrets of creating magical adventures, whether they involve dragons or aliens (or both!)
Playing with Playwriting - Re-imagine the worlds and characters you create and learn new ways to tell your stories by bringing them to life for the stage.
Bring Along:
Writing Utensils
Lunch and water bottle
Admission:
Admission to the Brisbane Children's Writers Festival 2021 is FREE for QWC Youth Members. If your child is a member, please contact us at admin@qldwriters.org.au for a 100% off promo code to claim your free ticket. One Year Youth Memberships can be purchased through our website.
Schedule
Check out the full day’s schedule here!
Presenters:
TESS ROWLEY
Tess has been writing poetry since she was knee high to a grasshopper. From the time she was a poet in residence at Brisbane World Expo in 1988, she has published multiple titles, including poetry, children's books, and short stories. She has won awards for her work across all genres, and is a crowd favourite and multi-month winner at Brisbane Ruckus Slam Poetry events, which she took first place in 2019.
CLAIRE CHRISTIAN
Claire Christian tells stories; a writer, theatre maker and facilitator. Her first novel, Beautiful Mess won the Text Publishing Text Prize in 2016 and was released in 2017. She has had the great joy of directing Michelle Law’s smash hit comedy Single Asian Female since 2017. Her second next novel, It’s Been A Pleasure, Noni Blake was released in 2020. Her Plays Lysa and the Freeborn Dames, Talking to Brick Walls, Hedonism’s Second Album and The Landmine is Me are available through Playlab. She is a proud member of the Mama’s Boys theatre collective.
SEB & CONNOR
Seb & Connor are an imaginative duo - two wordy wizards if you like. Together, they tutor creative writing at the monthly Youth Writing Saturdays workshops at Queensland Writers Centre. They write across many different genres but remain deeply fond of the fun, fantastical, and futuristic worlds that exist together in the realm of boundless imagination.
Sponsors & Partners
The Queensland Writers Centre is proudly supported by the Queensland Government through Arts Queensland.
This project is funded by the Gambling Community Benefit Fund.