Create engaging and compelling characters with Isobelle Carmody.
About this Event
Join a master of rich and nuanced writing to delve deep into the critical elements of making your own loved (or loathed) characters! Isobelle will start by exploring genre and analysing hero and villain archetypes. There will be three exercises throughout the morning that will empower participants to construct both a hero and a villain. This will be followed with a world building exercise, and ultimately culminate in producing a layered piece of writing in which these new characters act, moving through a unique and specific character arc in order to both drawing upon and transcend archetypal limitations.
About the Expert
Isobelle Carmody is a well known Australian author who has written many novels and short stories for children and adults and has a host of award winning novels to her credit. She began the first of her highly acclaimed Obernewtyn Chronicles while she was still at high school and worked on it while completing a Bachelor of Arts and then a journalism cadetship. The series and her short stories have established her at the forefront of fantasy writing in Australia and many of her works have been published overseas.
Isobelle recently completed her PhD at the University of Queensland and is currently working on editing a new book for Allen and Unwin called Comes the Night, and the final book in The Kingdom of the Lost series, The Velvet City, which she also illustrated will come out with Penguin Random House in July.
About the Venue
The Harry Hartog ANU store is located just beside the Kambri Precinct. There are an array of cafes serving coffee and lunch options close by, and they are all open on Saturdays (tea, coffee, hot water, milk and biscuits are provided by the ACTWC.) The Harry Hartog team are happy to have you place some food in their fridge, and use their microwave, should you wish to bring your lunch. Toilets are located just outside the Harry Hartog store, just a few metres away in the Kambri building.
The closest parking to the store is an underground carpark directly below Harry Hartog (with stairs or public lift access to ground level. Staff at Harry Hartog can provide swipe-pass lift access from ground level to the upper level of their store, where the workshop will be held.) To find the underground parking, drive down Kingsley Street (off Barry Drive) and follow signage to the Drill Hall Gallery/Drill Hall Gallery parking. Follow Kingsley Street straight down to its culmination in an underground carpark and you will have the correct one. We recommend this parking option for people who cannot or do not wish to cover much ground to the workshop venue. It costs $5 for the whole day on a Saturday. Parking at Llewellyn Hall is a short stroll away.