Writing young adult fiction with award-winning novelist Lisa Fuller.
About this Event
Are you interested in writing Young Adult content but not sure where to start? Perhaps you just want a clearer idea of what YA is and where your own work fits?
Participants will explore what Young Adult fiction is and is not, the pros and cons of writing for this target readership, and how and when YA crosses boundaries into other markets. Using practical exercises informed by experience, Lisa will help drill-down into what the heart of your story contains, and provide tools to help you take the text forward beyond the workshop.
Please Note: this workshop requires attendees bring their own writing to work upon.
About the Expert
Lisa Fuller is a Murri woman originally from Queensland, who has lived in Canberra since 2006. She is currently doing her PhD in Creative Writing at the University of Canberra. Lisa is an award-winning writer, sessional academic and freelance writer/editor. Her debut novel, Ghost Bird, has won multiple awards, including the 2020 Queensland Literary Awards Griffith University Young Adult Book Award. She has previously published poetry and short pieces in several publications. Lisa is owned by an insane staffy, lives in a renovation with a patient partner, and battles her inner critic every day.
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.