READING QUEENSLAND BOOK CLUB
facilitated by Professor Stephen Torre
About the book
From the bestselling and multi-award-winning author of Lenny's Book of Everything comes a magical tale about a girl who saves a dragon and rescues her family.
How to save a dragon:
1) Assemble equipment. Water, Weet-Bix, sugar, syringe, sticky tape, scissors.
2) Believe in everything.
Pip never wants to go home. She likes to sit at the waterhole at dusk and remember Mika, her best friend. At home her mother's not the same since her boyfriend moved in. They don't laugh anymore and Pip has to go to bed early, turn off her light and pretend she doesn't exist. When she finds a half-dead creature at the waterhole, everything changes. She knows she has to save this small dragon and return it to where it comes from. But how?
A story about surviving and saving those you love, by the multi-award-winning author of Lenny's Book of Everything.
(Source: Allen & Unwin)
Connect with the author, Karen Foxlee
As a feature of Reading Queensland, we will host an online Q&A session with the author every month. This tie-in event is your chance to put forth your questions to authors like Karen Foxlee directly, and gain valuable insight into their writing.
Q&A's are FREE to members of the Reading Queensland Book Club.
"A book club for writers"
Reading Queensland is a monthly book club showcasing new releases by Australian authors. We meet on the first Wednesday of every month from 6-8pm at Queensland Writers Centre to discuss the techniques and the elements of craft used in the monthly reading. Led by Professor Stephen Torre, we will examine our own responses as readers and writers, craft questions to the author, and gain a better understanding of genre and contemporary market conventions. Wine will be provided.
Learning Outcomes
This course is suitable for writers and readers of all levels.
You will learn how to:
Improve your intuitive understanding of the craft of writing by learning how to Read with Intent.
Analyse works through the lens of both a reader and a writer.
Identify genre and contemporary market conventions through practical exercises and discussions.
Engage thoughtfully with a broader range of works in a variety of genres.
Time and date(s)
1 December (Q&A on 5 December)
Stephen Torre
The 2021 facilitator of Reading Queensland is Professor Stephen Torre, former Professor of English, writer, and executive director of the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies.
Get a Reading Queensland membership
Join us in December with a 1-month Reading Queensland membership:
Get free access to the monthly Reading Queensland Q&A events with leading Australian authors.
Have the ability to pre-submit your questions to the author before the event.
Get free access to the monthly Reading Queensland book club facilitated by Professor Stephen Torre.
Enjoy a glass of wine at the book club sessions (it's on us)
Get 20% discount on select readings through the SLQ Bookshop.
Queensland Writers Centre members can purchase a Reading Queensland membership at a discounted price.
Source: Allen & Unwin