Events
Patrick Ness discusses his award-winning Chaos Walking trilogy - The Knife of Never Letting Go and The Ask and the Answer.
Award winning writers Patrick Ness and Isobelle Carmody talk about literature and imagining the future. The session will also include performances of scenes from the books.
Patrick Ness is the author of The Knife of Never Letting Go and its sequel The Ask and the Answer, two compelling novels. The story of teenagers Todd and Viola fighting for survival in a totalitarian post-holocaust future raises complex moral questions. The Ask and the Answer won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and the Booktrust UK Teenage Book Prize. Patrick has also taught creative writing at Oxford University.
Isobelle Carmody is Australia’s international queen of fantasy literature. Carmody began writing Obernewtyn aged 14-years-old. Obernewtyn is an adventure story set in a dystopic future. Twenty two years later, Obernewtyn comes to its climax with The Sending. (Released March 2010)
Presented by the Centre for Youth Literature, supported by Walker Books Australia
Highly acclaimed and international award-winning author PATRICK NESS will be presenting a lecture at this FREE event. Author of the CHAOS WALKING trilogy including The Knife of Never Letting Go and The Ask and the Answer, Patrick has won the Costa Children's Book Award 2009, the Guardian Fiction Prize & Booktrust Teenage Prize 2008.
Seats are limited - bookings essential.
The Somerset Conference for Librarians and Teachers is an academic forum for national and international research on the promotion of reading. The Somerset Writers' Festival follows the conference. The theme 'Reading Locally, Learning Globally: creating a universal experience' will provide an excellent opportunity for delegates to hear and learn from international library professionals and literary specialists. The conference Monday will be held on 15 March 2010 at Conrad Jupiters Hotel, Broadbeach on the Gold Coast. Workshop Tuesday will be held at the Somerset College Library on 16 March 2010. Presenters at the 2010 Somerset International Conference include: Dr Carol Gordon; Janet DeNeefe; James Moloney and Anthony Eaton; Kevin Hennah; Keith Webster; Marj Kirkland and Maggie Garrard.
The Somerset Conference for Librarians and Teachers is an academic forum for national and international research on the promotion of reading. The Somerset Writers' Festival follows the conference. The theme 'Reading Locally, Learning Globally: creating a universal experience' will provide an excellent opportunity for delegates to hear and learn from international library professionals and literary specialists. The conference Monday will be held on 15 March 2010 at Conrad Jupiters Hotel, Broadbeach on the Gold Coast. Workshop Tuesday will be held at the Somerset College Library on 16 March 2010. Presenters at the 2010 Somerset International Conference include: Dr Carol Gordon; Janet DeNeefe; James Moloney and Anthony Eaton; Kevin Hennah; Keith Webster; Marj Kirkland and Maggie Garrard.
The Somerset Conference for Librarians and Teachers is an academic forum for national and international research on the promotion of reading. The Somerset Writers' Festival follows the conference. The theme 'Reading Locally, Learning Globally: creating a universal experience' will provide an excellent opportunity for delegates to hear and learn from international library professionals and literary specialists. The conference Monday will be held on 15 March 2010 at Conrad Jupiters Hotel, Broadbeach on the Gold Coast. Workshop Tuesday will be held at the Somerset College Library on 16 March 2010. Presenters at the 2010 Somerset International Conference include: Dr Carol Gordon; Janet DeNeefe; James Moloney and Anthony Eaton; Kevin Hennah; Keith Webster; Marj Kirkland and Maggie Garrard.
Lit Fest - Storylines is a Festival of Young Adult and Children's Literature open to all schools in Western Australia as well as interested members of the community. There is a community program in the lead up to the Festival as well as opportunities for Teacher's PD during the Festival.
The Somerset Conference for Librarians and Teachers is an academic forum for national and international research on the promotion of reading. The Somerset Writers' Festival follows the conference. The theme 'Reading Locally, Learning Globally: creating a universal experience' will provide an excellent opportunity for delegates to hear and learn from international library professionals and literary specialists. The conference Monday will be held on 15 March 2010 at Conrad Jupiters Hotel, Broadbeach on the Gold Coast. Workshop Tuesday will be held at the Somerset College Library on 16 March 2010. Presenters at the 2010 Somerset International Conference include: Dr Carol Gordon; Janet DeNeefe; James Moloney and Anthony Eaton; Kevin Hennah; Keith Webster; Marj Kirkland and Maggie Garrard.
Lit Fest - Storylines is a Festival of Young Adult and Children's Literature open to all schools in Western Australia as well as interested members of the community. There is a community program in the lead up to the Festival as well as opportunities for Teacher's PD during the Festival.
The Somerset Conference for Librarians and Teachers is an academic forum for national and international research on the promotion of reading. The Somerset Writers' Festival follows the conference. The theme 'Reading Locally, Learning Globally: creating a universal experience' will provide an excellent opportunity for delegates to hear and learn from international library professionals and literary specialists. The conference Monday will be held on 15 March 2010 at Conrad Jupiters Hotel, Broadbeach on the Gold Coast. Workshop Tuesday will be held at the Somerset College Library on 16 March 2010. Presenters at the 2010 Somerset International Conference include: Dr Carol Gordon; Janet DeNeefe; James Moloney and Anthony Eaton; Kevin Hennah; Keith Webster; Marj Kirkland and Maggie Garrard.
Lit Fest - Storylines is a Festival of Young Adult and Children's Literature open to all schools in Western Australia as well as interested members of the community. There is a community program in the lead up to the Festival as well as opportunities for Teacher's PD during the Festival.
