January 2010 Archives

From 22 February - 19 March, I'll be doing a publicity tour of Australia and New Zealand.  I'll be visiting a whole bunch of schools, plus Festivals and bookshops and libraries, but here's all the info for events open to everyone, including booking.

25-28 February I'll be at the Perth Writers' Festival .  Details below:

25 February, Perth, I'll be doing two events with Kirsty Murray as part of the Perth Writers' Festival Schools Day.

27 February, Perth, 3.30-4.30pm, I'm on a really cool panel event called "Sex, Drugs and Braces" about controversial topics in teen fiction, with James Roy and Jack Heath.

28 February, Perth, 12.30-1.25pm, I'm doing a solo event as part of Perth Writers' Festival Family Day.

I believe all my Perth Writers' Festival events are free, but you may need to get yourself a ticket!

3 March, Geelong, Victoria, 5.30-7.30pm, an event at the Waterfront Campus Library of Deakin University, Deakin Library, for booking info call 1300 360 436.

4 March, Melbourne, Victoria, I'm doing two events for the State Library of Victoria Centre for Youth Literature with Isobelle Carmody.  Session 1 starts at 10am, Session 2 starts at 1pm.  Details for booking here.

5 March, Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, 10.30-11.45am, I'm doing an event at Ferntree Gully Library & Community Centre.  For bookings, please phone Ferntree Library on (03) 9294 8140.

9 March, Sydney, NSW, 6-7.30pm, University of Sydney, Lecture Theatre 351.  I'll be "presenting".  Not sure yet what form that'll take, but it should be fun.  Details and booking here.

11 March, New Zealand (national), I'll be appearing on TVNZ Good Morning, which looks to be great fun!  Check it out of you're living in New Zealand.

11 March, Wellington, New Zealand, 1.30pm, Scots College, Strathmore.  Mostly schools, but also open to the public for a $5 donation to Haiti relief.  Contact John McIntyre, The Children's Bookshop, NZ: 04 3873905 for bookings.

12 March, Auckland, New Zealand, 7.00pm, St Cuthberts College auditorium, 122 Market Road, Epsom, for bookings contact: Jabberwocky Children's Bookshop, 04 9 524 4781, kidsbooks@jabberwocky.co.nz

15 March, Brisbane, Queensland, 6.30-7.30pm, Queensland University of Technology, Lecture Room N515.  I'll be presenting here as well.  Booking details via ci.publiclectures@qut.edu.au or (07) 3138 5466.

17-19 March I'll be at the Somerset Writers' Festival at Somerset College in Mudgeeraba on the Gold Coast in Queensland.  This is a huge festival for writers for young people, and I'll be doing several events.  Details below:

17 March, Somerset Writers' Festival, I'll be doing a Grades 10-12 event from 10.15-11am.  Details and booking here.

18 March, Somerset Writers' Festival, I'll be doing a Grades 8-10 event from 11.15-12noon and a Grades 10-12 event from 1.45-2.30pm.  Details and booking here.

18 March, Somerset Writers' Festival (adult event), on this day I'll also be doing an adult panel event called "Growns Up or Growing Up" with Markus Zusak, Sofie Laguna, and Sophie Lee, from 4-5pm.  You will need tickets for this one, definitely.  Details and booking here.

19 March, Somerset Writers' Festival, I'll be doing a Grades 8-10 event from 9.15-10am and a Grades 10-12 event from 11.15-12noon.  Details and booking here.

I believe there'll also be other social events throughout the Festival and plenty of great authors, too.  If you're on or near the Gold Coast, I highly recommend checking this one out.

In addition to the Arvon event below, I'll be appearing in London at the LSE Literature Festival on a panel talking about "The Future of Teen Fiction".  It's free, but you'll need a ticket so check out the link!

I'll be teaching on an Arvon Foundation course the week of 14 June 2010.  It's called "Writing for Young Adults" and I'll be teaching with Celia Rees.  Meg Rosoff will be guest writer in the middle of the week.  This is a course for adults only (sorry!) and will be quite rigorous (but fun, too!).  Check it out here for more info.