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You’ve always thought about it…

By elise | Published: September 29, 2011

Writing for children with Elise Hurst 11 October 2011 Whether you have a story you have already written or if you are just considering writing for children, this session will be full of practical advice. Elise will talk about the process of crafting your work right through to presenting it to a publisher. 7.00pm – [...]

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No short course in 2010

By elise | Published: November 22, 2009

I have decided not to run the RMIT short course in 2010 as I expect to have other teaching commitments not to mention a whopping book to do (the epic). However, I may not be able to resist running some course or other – this year I ran a drawing workshop for kids, an illustration [...]

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more workshops

By elise | Published: October 2, 2009

How brilliant are these artists? I taught a cat-drawing workshop at the East Melbourne Library yesterday – we had so much fun. Here are some of the wonderful creations by the kids, a great group of 12, playing with watercolour and pencils. Have a look at these beauties! Hey kids – If I’ve missed putting [...]

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Memories

By elise | Published: September 29, 2009

I really envy people their good memories. I don’t have one. I have a terrible one really. And I think I’ve lost so much of my childhood which, being a children’s writer, it would be really good to access! We were talking about memories on the weekend during the session on Grand Final day. One [...]

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short course & MWF

By elise | Published: August 22, 2009

Wednesday night was the last night of my writing for children Short Course at RMIT. I have to say it was such a pleasure to teach – I had a wonderful class of people with varied imaginations and ideas. And they’d better keep me in the loop! I don’t doubt that there will be some [...]

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So you always wanted to write a picture book…

By elise | Published: February 13, 2009

Later this year – from Wed 15 Jul to Wed 19 Aug 2009 I’m running a six week Short Course in writing for children. We’ll be looking at all sorts of things from picture books to chapter books – and the many styles within this genre. It’s a fascinating area! There’s a lot to talk [...]

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