Friday 5 April 2pm
AGES 8-12
Join debut author Anton Clifford-Motopi for a writing workshop built out of his novel To and Fro. In this writing workshop Anton will guide you through using different types of humour to make stories funny and engaging. Anton will read funny scenes from his new book To and Fro. Kids will talk about why they think the scene is funny, discussing different types of humour which kids will then use to write their own funny scenes.
Anton Clifford-Motopi enjoys writing stories that make children laugh. His stories explore themes of self-identity, family relationships and friendship, drawing from his experiences of being mixed race, growing up in a large adoptive family and raising four children. Anton first became interested in writing for children while teaching Health & Physical Education and English at a high school in Mount Isa, but it would be many years before he put pencil to paper. That day arrived when he was shopping for a book to buy his daughter for her birthday. Browsing through children's books, he decided it was time he followed his heart. Over the next decade, Anton wrote three children's books while completing postgraduate studies in public health, working as a university lecturer and raising four children - phew! Alas, none of these books were published, but they developed Anton's love for storytelling and were important steps to him becoming a published children's author. At the moment, Anton's other job is a health researcher at a university. The job involves a lot of thinking, reading and writing, but his passion is writing funny and thought-provoking stories for children. To and Fro is his debut novel. www.antoncliffordmotopi.com
This event is a part of our Reading and Writing Day Camps that feature two different authors - you can book into either of their individual sessions as a family or individual, or children can book into the Day Camp - to meet both authors and play bookish games in between their workshops!
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