{"id":23397,"date":"2026-08-28T15:32:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T05:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/?post_type=article&p=23397"},"modified":"2026-08-28T15:32:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T05:32:04","slug":"book-week","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/article\/book-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Years 7 and 8 celebrated Book Week on Tuesday 25 August with an inspiring and engaging talk from award winning author and editor, Sue Whiting.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sue writes for many age groups, from picture books through to Young Adult, including the best selling novels, \u2018Missing\u2019 and, \u2018The Book Of Chance, \u2018 as well as \u2018Promises And Other Lies.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n

Sue talked about the importance of being an idea collector. She talked about ideas as lego blocks, imagining how they interconnect. She also asked the girls to begin world building, creating tension and suspense with a menacing and eerie setting atmosphere.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Wednesday 26 August Years 9 and 10 were treated to a thought provoking and hugely informative talk about the craft of writing by author, Allison Tait. Allison is a multi genre writer, journalist, creative writing teacher and speaker, writing many Young Adult novels including \u2018The Mapmaker Chronicles,\u2019 \u2018The Maven and Reeve Mysteries\u2019 as well as \u2018Danger Road.\u2019 Allison is co- founder of the \u2018Your Kid\u2019s Next Read,\u2019 podcast and community as well as former co- host of the top rating \u2018So You Want To be A Writer,\u2019 podcast.<\/span><\/p>\n

Allison spoke to the girls about making as much trouble for your character, when writing, as possible, and making them uncomfortable. She encouraged the girls to be observant in daily life; If it makes you ask \u2018Wow\u2019 or if it makes you ask, \u2018Why?\u2019 – Write it down!<\/span><\/p>\n

Wednesday also saw some interesting book characters lurking about! Our dress up day was a sight to behold with creative and imaginative characters everywhere, all raising money for the CWF (Catholic Charitable Works Fund).<\/span><\/p>\n

Student Reflection: This week we had an amazing talk with a book writer and publisher. We learnt about creating ideas and how to build a feeling by the little details. This was a great experience. (Antonella, Year 8).<\/em><\/div>\n
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Mrs Nicole Harada, Teacher\/Librarian<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Years 7 and 8 celebrated Book Week on Tuesday 25 August with an inspiring and engaging talk from award winning author and editor, Sue Whiting. Sue writes for many age groups, from picture books through to Young Adult, including the best selling novels, \u2018Missing\u2019 and, \u2018The Book Of Chance, \u2018 as well as \u2018Promises And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-23397","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/23397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23397"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/domremy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}