{"id":40802,"date":"2025-06-20T14:38:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T04:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/?post_type=article&#038;p=40802"},"modified":"2025-06-20T14:38:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T04:38:52","slug":"author-tristan-bancks-visits-mlc-school","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/article\/author-tristan-bancks-visits-mlc-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Tristan Bancks Visits MLC School"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"elementToProof\">MLC School had the privilege of hosting Tristan Bancks, author of <em>Two Wolves<\/em>, <em>The Fall<\/em>, and <em>Cop and Robber<\/em>, among others. Year 6 students, who have been enjoying his stories as part of our modelled reading program, were thrilled to hear him speak about his books and his journey as a writer.<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\"><strong>Maya Haysom-McDowell<\/strong> (6F) had this to say:<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementToProof\">\u00a0<\/div>\n<p class=\"elementToProof\">&#8216;I speak on behalf of all Year 6 when I say that having Tristan Bancks visit was very exciting. We got to hear about how he wrote of all his books. He confessed that it actually took him quite a long time to finish them, up to ten years. He helped us to understand that he needed the right setting to create his works, using playlists of music to help capture the mood of the scene. He also explained that he got his ideas from holidays, such as the wooden cabin in his book, Two Wolves. He composes book trailers for every novel he makes. Overall, this experience was interesting and educational.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:lpiggott@mlcsyd.nsw.edu.au\"><em><strong>&#8211; Louise Piggott<\/strong><\/em><\/a><br \/>\nHead of Library Services, Extended Essay Coordinator<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-40804\" src=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/IMG_5613-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/IMG_5613-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/IMG_5613-640x480.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/IMG_5613-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/IMG_5613-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/IMG_5613-145x109.jpeg 145w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/IMG_5613-290x218.jpeg 290w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/IMG_5613-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/IMG_5613-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/d1dfwahqlx324v.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2025\/06\/IMG_5613.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MLC School had the privilege of hosting Tristan Bancks, author of Two Wolves, The Fall, and Cop and Robber, among others. Year 6 students, who have been enjoying his stories as part of our modelled reading program, were thrilled to hear him speak about his books and his journey as a writer. \u00a0 Maya Haysom-McDowell [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40804,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","article_category":[5],"article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-40802","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_category-junior-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/40802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_category?post=40802"},{"taxonomy":"article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebuzz.net.au\/mlc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_tag?post=40802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}