My August Kids' Book eNewsÂ ðŸ˜ŠÂ ðŸ“š

10 top tips for the best Book Week ever. Help name the next My Life book and WIN! Events in Byron Bay and Sydney. Supercharge your writing! Best slime recipe. Change the World in Children's Book Week.

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Welcome to August, the busiest and most enjoyable time of the literary year – Children's Book Week, lots of school visits, writers festivals and events.

In this edition of my eNews:

- 10 top tips for making it the best Book Week ever.
- Help name the next My Life book and WIN!
- Upcoming events in Byron Bay and Sydney.
- Supercharge your mornings with morning pages!
- Best slime recipe in the world.
- Change the World in Children's Book Week.

Hope you enjoy it!

Tristan.

TOP 10 TIPS FOR MAKING 2017 THE BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK EVER

This is the most popular post on my website this year.

Lots of ideas and links for tapping into 2017's Children's Book Week theme, Escape to Everywhere.

I'm in Melbourne for Book Week this year. It's my favourite time of the year.

Enjoy!

BYRON WRITERS FESTIVAL

It's Byron Writers Festival week and I'm touring Northern NSW with Zac Power author Hilary Badger. Today was a big day in Murwillumbah with 650 local kids.

On Sunday I'll be joined in the Kids Big Day Out tent by Morris Gleitzman, Sally Rippin, Hilary Badger (H.I. Larry), Lucas Proudfoot, Richard Roxburgh and Peter Helliar.

Hope to see you there. Click here for more details on the fest and my sessions!

EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT WRITING FOR KIDS & TEENS

Next Saturday I'm running a workshop for adult writers at NSW Writers Centre, Sydney. I believe there are still a couple of places left. In the morning, learn ways to connect deeply with your audience and write prose that keeps your audience turning pages while exploring big ideas. In the afternoon, gain tips on working with agents, publishers, editors, publicists, booksellers and educators to survive and thrive in the world of children’s literature.

BEST SLIME RECIPE IN THE WORLD EVER

No Book Week is complete without slime. And slime, for some reason, seems to be making a comeback with kids.

If you're in the market to slime your siblings, best friends, children or students, you need this recipe.

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NAME THE NEXT MY LIFE BOOK AND WIN!

I've written ten brand new short stories for the next book in the My Life series starring Tom Weekly and I need a title.

If you come up with the title, you'll win a signed copy when the new book hits shelves in March 2018 and you'll be the first person I thank in the acknowledgements at the back of the book!

Leave your ideas here!

HOW MORNING PAGES CAN SUPERCHARGE YOUR DAY

Every morning, I wake up and put the date at the top of a page and complain for a bit about how cold it is and I describe where I'm sitting and the smells and sights and sounds and tastes, then I’ll write, ‘My story is about…’ and I’ll tell myself the story, even though I might’ve been working on it for three years. In that free-associating headspace, I... more

THE FALL ON RN BOOKS & ARTS

I was lucky enough to speak about my new thriller novel The Fall with Sarah Lestrange on ABC Radio National Books and Arts program. Here's the interview if you'd like to have a listen.

HELP CHANGE THE WORLD IN BOOK WEEK AND ON INTERNATIONAL LITERACY DAY WITH A GOLD COIN DONATION

This Book Week, join dozens of schools around Australia in engaging students to give the gift of literacy to kids in developing countries through amazing charity Room to Read! More here.

FREE TOM WEEKLY MASK FOR BOOK WEEK!

In the My Life & Other Weaponised Muffins book trailer I was savagely attacked by a masked, muffin-wielding fiend claiming to be Tom Weekly.

You can now download and print your own Tom Weekly mask and stage your own devilish muffin attack or wear it to your school book parade. Just click the image.

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