| Elaine Forrestal is a West Australian author whose
work has been published in Australia, the UK and America. Her novels,
The
Watching Lake (Puffin Australia 1991 and Fremantle Arts Centre
Press 2002) Someone like me (Puffin
Australia, 1997 and Puffin UK 1997) Straggler's
Reef (Fremantle Arts Centre Press , 1999) and Graffiti
on the Fence (Puffin Australia, 1999) , Leaving
no Footprints (Puffin Australia , 2001) and the newly released
Winning(Puffin
Australia 2002), are stories for children in the 9 to 15 years age group.
A
Glassful of Giggles (Fremantle Arts Centre,
2002) is a collection of short stories for reading or telling to children
0 - 8 years and for emerging readers to tackle on their own.
Elaine is a full time writer. However, she was
a teacher and has had many years of experience presenting literature to
children in classrooms. Because of this experience she is able to
offer stimulating workshops, author talks and storytelling sessions for
children of Primary and Lower Secondary age and professional development
for adults.
Sessions can be tailored to the individual needs of
your class or group and can cover a range of topics.
Using some of her own early drafts with the students,
Elaine Forrestal will demonstrate the drafting process, encourage the students
to re-draft their own work and comment on their developing writing.
Other aspects of writing such as how to make your ideas
work on paper; which competitions to enter or publishers to approach; and
how best to present your work will also be covered.
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