Write Your Children’s Book Workshop
WRITE YOUR CHILDREN’S BOOK!
Saturday June 19th, Kitchen Garden Cafe, Kings Heath, 10-4pm. £30 (£25).
Email sara[at]birminghambookfestival.org to book.
Children’s author Leila Rasheed leads a fun, practical one-day workshop. We’ll use writing games and exercises to focus on the skills of writing for children and young people. How do you get the story right for the age range? How do you create a gripping plot and characters that come alive on the page? What’s a hook and do you need one? How do you prepare a submission to an editor or agent? Come along for inspiration, information and motivation! And if you’ve got a work in progress, bring along the first page for fast, friendly feedback from a professional.
Complete beginners and those with some experience are both welcome.
Leila says….
I’m the author of three novels for 8 – 12 year olds, the first of which was Chips, Beans and Limousines (shortlisted for the Explore Book Award, longlisted for the Waterstone’s book prize, a Red House ‘Read of the Year’). Most recently, I’ve written a Young Adult novel, The World Turned Upside Down, as a commission for the Stratford-Upon-Avon Literary Festival 2010. My qualifications include an MA in Children’s Literature and an MA in Writing. I also have several years of experience as a children’s bookseller. In 2009 I was Honorary Teaching Fellow on the University of Warwick’s Writing MA.