Laurine Croasdale

Laurine Croasdale has written fiction and non-fiction for major publishers including: Penguin, Pan Macmillan, and ABC Books. She has also written television scripts for Hi5, reviewed books for ABC Radio and worked in publishing as an editor and consultant. Red Golf Balls, about the Sydney bushfires, received a CBCA Notable Book in 1999 and her latest books, Surf School and Surf Sisters focus on strong, positive friendships between girls with the increasingly popular surf culture as a backdrop. Her latest book, iHarry, will be published by Penguin in May 2011.

“Literature Live! lets me connect with kids about books and writing. I love it when teachers tell me how much the kids enjoyed their workshop and are busily writing stories with their newly created characters.”

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	How a Silly Idea became an Aussie Chomp Most ideas come from everyday events and occurrences and iHarry is no exception. But one day that regular event sparked an idea and that idea became a book. This presentation takes students through the spark process, the research and development,...	$100.00
	The Story Game The Story Game is a fun, interactive exercise between participating schools. It involves creating a character, brainstorming complications and pitching the perfect place for a story. Students then use these components to write a story with an...	$100.00
	The Australian Museum Dinosaur Hunt The Australian Museum Dinosaur Hunt is fun, interactive story play between participating schools. Using simple thumb-nail prints students will create their own dinosaur character and then develop a story using mystery items from the Australian...	$100.00
	Book Covers and Persuasive Text From its eye-catching images, arresting design and evocative blurb, the book cover is a potent selling document. It convinces the reader that this is the story for them. Students will break down the components of a cover and discuss how each...	$100.00
	Superheroes & Villains Workshop One $200.00 TOTAL FOR BOTH WORKSHOPS $200 per 30 students for Workshops one and two. By night Laurine Croasdale is the mild mannered mother of two, quietly preparing dinner and worrying about feeding the fish but by day she morphs into the champion of...	$100.00
	Superheroes & Fantastic Worlds Workshop Two It is all very well to have a super pumped, lycra-clad, handsome superhero but they need somewhere appropriate to live – like their own planet for example, or a specially designed eco system to assist their powers or a super fortified underwater...	$100.00
	Creating Persuasive Characters Some characters stand out in a story more than others. They can lead the action or be in the background yet both have the ability to change the direction of the story or influence other characters. Persuasive characters have attitude, secrets, hopes...	$100.00
	Developing and Writing your HSC English Major Work Coming up with an idea, and developing it into a fully fledged story with structure, strong characters and believable dialogue can be a daunting task. In this six-part program, students can discuss how to develop their ideas and characters, learn...	$120.00
	Finding Ideas and Making Stories This is the most frequently asked question of all writers, yet it is the easiest and most fun part of a writer’s work! Ideas are all around us and this workshop helps children develop their observation skills to discover ideas and turn them into a...	$100.00
	From Idea to Story This is the most frequently asked question of all writers, yet it is the easiest and most fun part of a writer’s work! Ideas are all around us and this workshop helps children develop their observation skills to discover ideas and turn them into a...	$100.00
	Meet an Australian Author Australian author, Laurine Croasdale, talks about the Australian culture, environment and interests that are reflected in her books. Red Golf Balls relives the terror of bushfire which swept through the street where she grew up and Surf School and...	$80.00
	The First Paragraph and How to Hook Your Reader The first paragraph of a story is make or break - when you convince the reader that your story is for them. Children’s writer, Laurine Croasdale, deconstructs the first paragraph, and with help from the students, analyses why some work and some...	$100.00

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