School visits
Author visits can be booked through
Booked Out bookings@bookedout.com
I am also available for Writer’s Festivals and Conferences
Workshops
Duration: 60 minutes
Year levels: Year 5 to year 10
In the workshops students are encouraged to relax about writing and have fun with language. They will draw on memory and imagination to create descriptions using metaphor, simile and concrete images. The aim is for writers to produce short, sharp, original works.
Author Talks
Duration: 45 minutes
Year levels: Year 5- Year 10
Topics
- The Life and Times of Gracie Faltrain
- Gracie Faltrain Takes Control
- Gracie Faltrain Gets it Right (Finally)
- Chasing Charlie Duskin
- Ideas for writing
- The writing process
- Description in writing
- Storytelling techniques
- Writing for young adults
- Imagination in writing
All talks encourage students to participate
“Just a word of thanks and appreciation for Cath Crowley’s visit - she was terrific. Sessions were engaging and stimulating. The girls responded extremely well to her bright manner. The material delivered was appropriately pitched and professionally delivered. We will certainly look at using her again next year.”
- Rhonda Linnell, St Margaret’s School.
Curriculum Support
Teacher’s Notes on These Titles - Then select the title you want
Lesson plans for creative writing classes can be purchased by contacting Cath.
Tips for young writers
Read as much as you can. And read what you enjoy
Listen to stories - all of them - this means the stories of family and friends, the stories told in film, theatre, television, song and the visual arts
Start a journal and record words that you love, stories that stay with you, thoughts about the world, dreams, details about people and events that you come into contact with. You can use these details in your writing
Write without worrying about whether your story is ‘right’ or ‘wrong’
Spend time writing for fun
Edit your work when it is finished. The first draft is hardly ever the final draft
Be brave enough to share your work with the world. Enter competitions, read stories to friends and family
Don’t worry about being rejected. This happens to most writers. The important thing is to keep creating.
