By Aaron Cordy
DO you fancy yourself as a creative drawer? Do you love making up little stories and want to see the depth of your imagination on the page with pictures and words? Then join author Aimee Chan and illustrator Chris Kennett at the Nathalia Library and learn how to turn your artworks and ideas into picture books that will inspire and entertain young readers and may even lead your work to the shelves of local libraries and bookstores.
Aimee and Chris will be at the Nathalia Library on Friday, May 31 at 11.30am to explain the process of turning an idea into a picture book. This is an amazing opportunity to discover how to write or illustrate a picture book, learn about the collaboration involved between an author and an illustrator, and find out who has the last say in how the final product looks!
Aimee has written multiple children’s books including The Happy Mask, which was adapted into a stage show, created podcast series including Mother Country for SBS, and has published her work all over the world.
Chris Kennett has been drawing professionally for almost 25 years. His most well-known projects include the popular Australian junior fiction series, The Nerd Herd, Cross Bones and the international hit School of Monsters which has over 1.2 million books in print worldwide.
It doesn’t matter if you are a writer, an artist or both, take the opportunity to learn from people that have been through the process. If you would like to meet Aimee and Chris at the Nathalia Library on Friday, May 31, at 11.30am then book your seat online at https://www.gvlibraries.com.au/events, call the Nathalia Library on 1300 374 765 or email nathalia@gvlibraries.com.au.
