- Jun
- 07
On Thursday 07 June between 11:00am–12:00pm, join our live videoconference:
WordSpace: Fiction
Join Kate De Goldi and Paula Boock in a discussion about fiction. WordSpace is a series of videoconference discussions between secondary school students and leading New Zealand writers, brought to you by the New Zealand Book Council and the Southern Trust. To participate, your school will need to be a member of the Book Council.
This session will consider questions like what makes good fiction writing, and where writers draw inspiration from. The writers will relate their own experiences and provide insight into what makes a good book.
Kate De Goldi
Kate De Goldi
Kate De Goldi writes fiction for readers of all ages. After winning the American Express Short Story Award in 1988, and winning the Katherine Mansfield Short Story Award three years later, De Goldi published a collection of short stories called like you, really (1994). She has written three novels for young adults, and won the New Zealand Post Children’s and Young Adults Senior Fiction Award in 1997 with Sanctuary (1996). De Goldi was named as the Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate in 2001. She has also written three children’s books, with Clubs: A Lolly Leopold Story taking out the Best Book Award in the New Zealand Post Awards in 2005. She is currently working on the third in the Lolly Leopold series. De Goldis’ publication list is as follows:
Like you, really (Penguin, 1994)
Sanctuary (Puffin, 1996)
Love, Charlie Mike (Penguin, 1997)
Closed, stranger (Penguin, 1999)
Clubs: A Lolly Leopold Story (Trapeze, 2004)
Uncle Jack (Trapeze, 2005)
Billy: A Lolly Leopold Story (Trapeze, 2006)
Paula Boock
Paula Boock
Paula Boock writes for young and ‘old’ adults. She is the author of five novels for teenagers, including the bestselling Out Walked Mel and the NZ Post Children’s Book of the Year Dare, Truth or Promise. She works full time writing television drama such as The Insider’s Guide series and bro’Town, and has also published On Make-up and Makeover, part of the Montana Essay Series. She is currently working on a teenage novel called One Light Year and a new time-travel television series called Time Hackers.
Boock’s publication list is as follows:
On Make-up and Makeover (Four Winds Press, 2003)
The Tribe – Power & Chaos (Longacre Press, 2000)
Dare Truth or Promise (Longacre Press, 1997)
Home Run (Longacre Press, 1995)
Sasscat to Win (out of print) (McIndoe, 1993)
Out Walked Mel (Longacre Press, 1991)
The Book Council will be creating a DVD of this session, which will be available for schools to purchase. If your school takes part in the session, please be aware that we will need signed permission forms from all participating students.
To register for this videoconference, email: digitalconversations@cwa.co.nz or telephone: (04) 382 6515 by Tuesday 05 June 2007
