kids and creativity Archives

Tristan November 2, 2020

Young Writers’ StorySchool Trailer

Young Writers’ StorySchool launches mid-November! An online video writing masterclass for kids and teens to supercharge writing in the classroom and at home. It’… View Post

Tristan May 18, 2018

Creative Writing Competition for Young Writers

Young writers aged 7-12 are invited to write a 500-word story for a chance to win amazing prizes, mentorship by a professional author and … View Post

Tristan May 18, 2018

New Tom Weekly Teaching Resources

Teachers are using the revamped and redesigned Tom Weekly book series as short story readalouds in the classroom and also as a way to … View Post

Tristan March 9, 2017

Guinea Pig Hostage Story

In every My Life book I include a story that I’ve brainstormed with kids as I travel around to schools and festivals. I … View Post

Tristan September 17, 2015

WINNER of the MY LIFE Short Story Competition

Finally… I can announce the WINNER of the My Life Short Story Competition! After much deliberation, reading and re-reading the many brilliant stories submitted, … View Post

Tristan May 14, 2015

Inspiring Kids and Teens to Read and Write

How do you get teenagers interested in reading and writing things other than text messages? This is the question posed to me by ABC … View Post

Tristan June 26, 2014

Story Scrapbook Instructions

New, easy-to-follow instructions for Story Scrapbook, our transmedia brainstorming tool. The site, www.storyscrapbook.com allows you to bring video, images, music, maps and … View Post

Tristan December 7, 2013

Beginner’s Mind

‘I’m a musical scientist.’ – Bjork I remember hearing Bjork say this in an awards speech years ago and I thought she was just … View Post

Tristan May 26, 2013

Outdoor Writing

I am a big fan of writing outdoors, as regular readers of this blog will know. I am also a fan of feeding creativity … View Post