#Performances
#About the event
Duration: 60 minutes
SELLING FAST
Unearth insights into Australia's past as Jackie French presents tips to budding young writers about using histories to inspire story.
Jackie’s period novels are critically-acclaimed, emotionally-charged, and a wonderful framework for young readers to interrogate events of the past through a fictional lens. They include the Secret History Series (created with Mark Wilson), Hitler’s Daughter, A Rose for the Anzac Boys, Birrung the Secret Friend, and recently Miss Lily’s Lovely Ladies (Harper Collins). This tale of espionage, love and passionate heroism is inspired by the true story of how society’s ‘lovely ladies’ won a war.
Join Jackie as she invites students and teachers to investigate why history matters, where to find truth, and tips to turn these explorations into stories worth sharing.
#Artist
Jackie French
Jackie French AM is an award-winning writer, wombat negotiator and was the Australian Children's Laureate for 2014 - 2015 and the 2015 Senior Australian of the Year. In 2016 Jackie became a Member of the Order of Australia for her contribution to children's literature and her advocacy for youth literacy. She is regarded as one of Australia's most popular children's authors, and writes across all genres - from picture books, history, fantasy, ecology and sci-fi to her much loved historical fiction. Share a Story was the primary philosophy behind Jackie's two-year term as Laureate.
Her books include The Diary of William Shakespeare, Gentleman, Fair Dinkum Histories (with Peter Sheehan), Miss Lily’s Lovely Ladies and Millie Loves Ants.
