Compelling Characters with Leonard Goulds

Wednesday 28 June | 4.30pm - 6pm | Subiaco Library

Ages 6+

Leonard Goulds is an educator and writers who was a judge with the Tim Winton Award for Young Writers . Leonard will be taking young writers through some ways to create strong characters that can drive successful stories.

This is a part of a writing workshop series for the Craig Silvey Award for Young Writers and aims to develop the skills and techniques of budding authors.

About the Author

Leonard Goulds is an educator and writer who has been part of the Tim Winton (now Craig Silvey) Award judging panel since 2016. As a secondary teacher he specialises in Humanities (particularly History), English and Drama, while also delivering workshops on writing and creativity for groups such as NaNoWriMo and the Fellowship of Australian Writers WA. His short fiction has received highly commended places in the Hadow/Stuart (2014), Stringybark (2014) and Molotov Cocktail Flash Legends (2019) competitions. His work has also featured in Once: A selection of short short stories and Twice not shy: One hundred short short stories, Night Parrot Press’ anthologies of flash fiction.

Additional information

Getting to the event:

Subiaco Library has limited parking bays available at the rear of the building including two accessible parking bays. For more information on getting around Subiaco visit the city’s website.

Access and inclusion:

Subiaco Library is wheelchair accessible for additional information please contact Subiaco Library on 9237 9300.

Ticket information:

You are not required to bring a ticket with you. In the case of a booked-out event, names may be checked at the door.

More information:

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