Writing workshop with Peter Carnavas

Come Along for Peter Carnavas's Top Tips for kids to become better writers. Peter Carnavas will be running a writing workshop for 8-12 year olds with elements drawn from his book My Brother Ben. Peter's writing has a strong sense of place, his characters are gentle, strong and complex and the families he creates have rich dynamics. Chances are we'll finish off the afternoon by drawing a picture of a favourite bird - owl, seagull, or those ridiculous-looking secretary birds from Africa.

Where the Wild Things Are Bookshop
191 Boundary St, West End QLD 4101

Time
1pm to 2pm

Tickets
Single ticket $10.00
Book + family ticket (1-5 people) $14.99
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Peter Carnavas writes and illustrates books for children. He has made many picture books, such as The Children Who Loved Books, Last Tree in the City and A Quiet Girl. His novel The Elephant won a Queensland Literary Award and was shortlisted in four other national awards. He has won an Australian Book Industry Award and a SCBWI Crystal Kite Award, and his books have been published widely across the world. Peter's latest book, My Brother Ben, won the 2022 Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, was shortlisted at the 2022 Speech Pathology Book of the Year Awards, longlisted for the 2022 Australian Book Industry Award's Book of the Year for Younger Children, and was a 2022 CBCA Notable. Peter lives on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, with his wife, two daughters, a dog and a cat.

My Brother Ben
Luke and his big brother Ben spend the summer on the banks of Cabbage Tree Creek. Quiet Luke sketches birds, while Ben leaps off the Jumping Tree. The boys couldn’t be more different but they share the same dream: winning a boat so they can explore the creek properly.

Then Ben starts high school and the boys drift apart. When Luke catches Ben sneaking out at night, he knows his brother’s up to something, but what?

A timeless story of birds and boats, and of brotherly love that is bigger than a wedge-tailed eagle, bigger than the sky.