Q&A with Andrea Rowe
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Join CBCA-award winning picture book author Andrea Rowe (Jetty Jumping, Castle Crashing) for an early evening chat about all things writing for children, with local author and educator Lachlann Carter (Big Trouble).
Topics will include (if Lach sticks to the script):
Creative chaos & working on multiple projects at once
The collaborative process of making pictures books
The plot twist of becoming a ‘series author’
Rejections and connections
Being an involved kid lit literary citizen and how to find that tribe
Early beginnings of manuscripts – from fish & chip wrappers to editing process
Challenges, hiccups and set-backs and finding opportunities though them
This session is open to all, but especially aimed at teachers, parents, and writers and artists interested in working with and writing for young audiences.
Refreshments (alcoholic and non-alcoholic) and snacks will be available at the bar, and we encourage everyone to hang around afterwards for a drink and sharing of sketches and ideas.
Copies of Andrea and Lach's books will be available for purchase on the night, thanks to QBD Cairns.
This event has been made possible through the generous support of Storyfest On the road...
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Andrea Rowe
Andrea Rowe is an award-winning, best-selling picture book author, and Australia’s first library ambassador. Her picture book, Jetty Jumping (illustrated by Hannah Sommerville), was awarded the 2022 CBCA Picture Book of the Year – Early Childhood and the 2023 Australian Speech Pathology Picture Book of the Year. In the Rockpool and Amid the Sand Dunes and Castle Crashing (Hardie Grant) were awarded the 2024, 2025 and 2026 CBCA Notable Picture Books of the Year – Early Childhood. She’s also the author of Audrey Skips, Dogs with Jobs, The Everyday Tutu and On a Bushwalk with 7 more books in production. She’s a May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust Fellow and Writers on the Reef Fellow and has represented Australian children’s authors in the United Emirates and In Italy. A former radio journalist, and writer for media, as well as media manager for government Ministers, and copywriter for trusted Australian charities like the Royal Flying Doctor Service and The Indigenous Reading Project. Andrea loves writing stories where characters explore the great outdoors, ponder big questions and move through tricky feelings, which inspire conversations amongst children, families and educators. Her workshops are filled with energy, inspiration and an invitation to make storytelling both a creative passion and career pathway.
Lachlann Carter
Lachlann Carter is an author, artist and creative learning educator. His junior fiction series Big Trouble with Angry Chairs was shortlisted for the Readings Children’s Prize and praised for its fast pace and riotous humour. A former primary school teacher, Lachlann is co-founder of 100 Story Building in Melbourne, which has supported more than 50,000 young people to create and share their own stories. He has called Gimuy/Cairns home since 2021, and delivers creative programming year-round for schools and communities across the region.
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Storyfest On the road... provides a unique opportunity to the Gold Coast, Brisbane and beyond by providing pop up writing/illustrator workshops in Schools, Early Learning Centre's, and various events throughout the region.
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