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illustration by Jacqui Young

At CReATe a kids' book we help people write stories for children. We can nurture your writing and lead you in the right direction. We do this through workshops, e-courses, mentoring and by assessing manuscripts.

CReAte a kids' book was started by Dr Virginia Lowe and artist, Jacqui Young in 1997.

Virginia, who has lectured in English, children's literature and creative writing at university, been a Judge for the CBCA annual awards, written extensively on children's responses to books, and been around children's books for many years, sees herself as something of a clearing house for people interested in the world of books for kids. A pubished author in the field of chidren's litrature, Stories, Pictures and Reality: Two children tell studies children's perceptions of reality and imagination in the context of the written and pictured text. It uses a detailed case study of a boy and a girl from infancy to eight.

Jacqui now illustrates full time, and regrets having to leave us as we regret losing her. If anyone wishes to contact Jacqui her e-mail address is jacqueline.young@bigpond.com

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Jessica’s Box written and illustrated by Peter Carnavas (New Frontier) and The Incredibly Boring Monotonous Family by Philip Barry (Pan Macmillan), both 2008, are the latest works to reach publication with the help of Create a Kids’ Book. More details on the Successes page.

Workshops: Would you like to create a book for children? Possibly a picture book? Or perhaps a novel for older children or adolescents?

CReATe a kids’ book offers a one-day workshop, under the guidance of two experienced and enthusiastic children's book people, Dr. Virginia Lowe (words) and Jo Thompson (illustrations). They will work with you on the creation of your story and advise on presentation for submission to a publisher.

Workshops on novel writing (fantasy, YA and short “chapter books”) with Virginia and novelist Jennifer Dabbs are also available.

Between them, our tutors have a wealth of knowledge about the history of children's literature and contemporary literary theory, as well as a solid understanding of the Australian publishing scene.

Previous participants have found the workshop is conducive to creativity and have acknowledged the value of sharing stories and techniques with others, as well as benefiting from the individual attention of the tutors. Many of them return time and time again (see the successess).

Book your place in a workshop today.

Manuscript assessments: Written for all levels of children, tots to teens - assessed with every page read and commented on.

American Manuscripts: Our assessor Marlo Garnsworthy is currently living in the USA. She has had several books accepted for publication there, and will be assessing manuscripts for all ages of children, bringing to the task her knowledge of the US market

E-Courses: Sign up for one of our e-courses (10 modules) on creating picture books or writing chapter books and novels, either with personalised feedback from the tutors, or as documents only.

E-Bulletin: Virginia writes a monthly bulletin on writing for kids, and children’s literature generally. Contact Virginia to be added to the list – it’s free! Australia-wide details of events and competitions, opportunities, and publisher details for all children’s writers and illustrators, can be found at Pass it On This is contributor-run, and many well known authors read it and give replies.

See the books that have been published with the help of CReATe a kids’ book , and the words of their satisfied authors and illustrators at successess.

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