Developing Your Picture Book
Date:
With:
Maxine Beneba Clarke
Rating:
EMERGING
Summary:
Writing picture books seems deceptively easy. In this workshop, you will explore successful children’s picture books and analyse what makes them “work,” examine and workshop different narrative techniques for picture books, develop your own picture book text or concept, explore appropriate illustrators or illustration styles, and learn how to pitch your book to a publisher.
Details
You will learn:
- How to use simple, evocative language that appeals to young children
- How to form a story arc, or introduce an interesting concept with minimal words
- Choosing a suitable illustrator or illustration style
- Explore the Australian picture book market
- Learn how to pitch your picture book project to potential publishers.
About Maxine Beneba Clarke
Maxine Beneba Clarke is the author of the ABIA and Indie award winning short fiction collection Foreign Soil, the poetry collection Carrying the World, which won the 2017 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Poetry, and the critically acclaimed memoir The Hate Race. Her picture books include The Patchwork Bike, a 2017 CBCA Honour Book, Wide Big World, and Fashionista. She is the resident poet for The Saturday Paper.
Venue:
Registration for this event ended on 18 October 2019 - 4:00