Here’s my wrap on Children’s Book Week 2012. It’s been a busy few months on the road talking books with kids, bringing stories alive and, hopefully, inspiring people to create. I have spoken about myself far too much, driven way too many kilometres and eaten an insane amount of cake with librarians at morning tea but I pronounce the adventure a success.
Now to settle in for a long spring and summer of writing so that I have new stories to share next year. I am finishing up a sixth or seventh draft of a book I’ve been writing for a couple of years, writing the follow-up to My Life & Other Stuff I Made Up and, in the background, developing an exciting new digital project with Ben Train, my Story Scrapbook collaborator. Lots of new possibilities for 2013 and beyond.
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| Story Scrapbook workshop. Was great seeing students in a state of flow on their stories. |
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| A demo of Story Scrapbook on the Smartboard. |
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| A student created these notes on her laptop in Story Scrapbook as I spoke to the class. I love the look. |
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| I have been scaring students with Star-Nosed Moles, introduced to me by the girls at Brisbane Girls Grammar. Hideous creatures (the Star-Nosed Moles). |
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| Chill-out room in a library. That’s a picture on the wall in the b/g. |
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| Mmmm. Cake. Librarians, in general, are fine bakers of tasty morsels. |
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| My friend’s DeLorean model. Spent some time during Book Week dreaming on story ideas in his studio. |
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| Extreme Reading. A fine school that I visited put together a collection of images of teachers and students reading in extreme situations. |
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| Gathering images for story inspiration in a hands-on workshop. |
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| The iPad is an extraordinary stool for story-gathering and creation. |
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| So, too, the pencil. |
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| Fun seeing kids getting inspired and excited about stories. |
