Where do stories begin?

Sometimes a character barges into your mind, insisting you take down their story. Or a place gets under your skin. A headline or an overheard conversation sparks a “What if?” Or a found object seems to hum with an idea.

Story Seeds is a new Bookneck event series about the beginnings of things: where and when do ideas start tugging at an author or artist’s sleeve? What makes one take root? Can we summon ideas, or must we wait for them to appear?

For our first Story Seeds, we’re joined by Rebecca Stewart, comics author and artist, for a conversation about ideas, living a creative life, and understanding how words and pictures work together to tell a story.

We’ll talk about where Rebecca’s stories begin, the things she notices and squirrels away, how an idea changes once she starts working with it, and what happens between this might be something and an actual finished work.

There’ll be plenty of time for questions, chai, bookish nattering and browsing too, with Rebecca’s work available on the night and Pippi, Bookneck’s tiny travelling secondhand bookshop, joining us at Caravan Chai.

Choose your ticket

General - $45
Join us for Story Seeds with Rebecca Stewart.

Premium - $85
Valued at $103
Includes admission, a 250g take-home pack of Caravan Chai and a copy of Rebecca’s Infernal Regions.

Collector (only 8 available) - $115
Valued at $143.
Includes admission, a 250g take-home pack of Caravan Chai, Infernal Regions, a "Just one more chapter" cat pin, plus an A4 Rebecca Stewart art print. Three designs will be available on the night (in limited quantities) and offered on a first-come, first-choice basis.

Friday, 20 November
6.30pm-9.00pm
Caravan Chai HQ
(2/27 Concord Crescent, Carrum Downs)

Arrive from 6.30pm for a chai and a browse. Our conversation with Rebecca will begin at 7pm.

No writing experience required. You don’t even need to be a writer. Just bring your curiosity about where stories come from.

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