Youth Week - Writing Workshop with AJ Betts (Ages 12-18)

How do stories work? And how do you make them both authentic and compelling? In this practical workshop with award-winning author AJ Betts, you'll learn how to infuse your writing with heart and tension.

About the author
A.J. Betts is a Fremantle-based author, speaker, teacher, columnist and cyclist. Her latest work is a contemporary young-adult novel called ONE SONG, about a teenage band trying to record a song to enter into the prestigious Triple J Unearthed High competition. Her earlier books include the two-book speculative fiction series comprising HIVE and ROGUE, ZAC & MIA (which was adapted into an Emmy Award-winning Hollywood television series), WAVELENGTH and SHUTTERSPEED. In 2019, A.J. was awarded a PhD on the topic of wonder (Edith Cowan University), and won the inaugural Western Australian Premier's Fellowship. A.J. has worked in secondary schools as a teacher for over twenty years, and has also taught creative writing in universities. She is originally from Queensland but has lived in Western Australia since 2004. 

Bookings essential. Afternoon tea provided.