Laugh Lines

With Vicki Grant

(Workshop for adults writing for children)

Workshop

Saturday, November 1

1:00PM – 3:00PM

BMO Room, Halifax Central Library

$30.00

Description

Award-winning author Vicki Grant will share the tips and tricks she’s used to write over twenty funny middle-grade and young adult novels, like how to use humour to illuminate serious subjects. How to amp up a comic scene through punctuation, word choice and/or brutal editing. How to understand what makes your young audience laugh. And—perhaps most importantly—how to get yourself writing on those days when even regrouting the shower is more appealing.

Speakers

Vicki Grant

Vicki Grant’s novels have been translated into twenty languages, won The Red Maple, The Arthur Ellis and Young Canada Reads and been shortlisted for The Edgar, CLA Children’s Book of the Year and many Forest of Reading awards. Her MG novel, A Green Velvet Secret was named a White Raven Notable Book by The International Youth Library. Her latest book, Death by Whoopee Cushion -- a middle-grade mystery about science, murder and flatulence – was recently chosen as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection. Vicki lives in Halifax.