CREATING NON-FICTION BOOKS FOR TODAY'S DIGITAL AGE

This masterclass will provide practioners with practical approaches on how to create impactful non-fiction books for children and youth of today’s digital age. One of the most common issues facing educators is how to engage students with content in a manner that they will be excited by. Award-winning editor Lisa Charleyboy will lead this session with pro-active and practical solutions for the entire production process to achieve these results. An interactive component will bring out the inner creative in all those in attendance!

About Lisa Charleyboy:

Lisa Charleyboy (Tsilhqot’in from Tsi Deldel First Nation) is an award-winning writer, editor, storyteller, and host. She keeps her finger on the pulse of Indigenous issues through projects like the CBC Radio One series New Fire, and the APTN documentary television series Urban Native Girl. Charleyboy also has edited three anthologies with Annick Press, with the award-winning #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women as the latest release.

Ticketing information:

• The 'AFCC 2019 MASTERCLASS - CREATING NON-FICTION BOOKS FOR TODAY'S DIGITAL AGE' ticket entitles the ticket holder admission into the above-mentioned lecture only.

• Tickets to lectures and other festival programmes are sold separately. Please see below for ticketing links.

• Enjoy a 30% group discount with a minimum purchase of 5 tickets.

• Festival Pass holders enjoy 40% off AFCC Lecture and Masterclass tickets. Promotional code is provided in the Festival Pass purchase confirmation email. (The Festival Pass discount applies to regular ticket prices only).

• Sitting at sessions are on a first-come, first-served basis.

Other AFCC 2019 Festival Passes and tickets for purchase are:

• 1 DAY PASS

• 2 DAY PASS (5 & 6 SEPTEMBER), 2 DAY PASS (6 & 7 SEPTEMBER)

• 3 DAY PASS
  

• ALL ACCESS PASS

• Lecture - THE IMPORTANCE OF INDIGENOUS AND MINORITY REPRESENTATION by Lisa Charleyboy

• Lecture - WHY ADULTS REFUSE TO ADMIT RACIST CONTENT IN THE CHILDREN'S BOOKS THEY LOVE by Philip Nel

• Lecture - BEING A TRANSLATOR: CRAZY BUT TRUE by Helen Wang

• Masterclass - FUN译: TRANSLATING CHILDREN'S BOOKS FROM CHINESE TO ENGLISH by Helen Wang

• Masterclass - THE EDITING PROCESS: HOW TO PERFECT YOUR BOOK NOW AND WHAT TO EXPECT FROM YOUR EDITOR LATER by Sara Sargent

• Masterclass - STORIES, STYLE AND SUBSTANCE: ILLUSTRATING CHILDREN'S BOOKS by Aldy Aguirre

• THE 117-STOREY TREEHOUSE by Andy Griffiths

Cancellation:

Once sold, tickets are non-refundable and non-exchangeable.

About The Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC):

AFCC is an annual festival that celebrates and aims to promote the creation, development and appreciation of quality Asian content for children and young adults. Organised by the Singapore Book Council, the festival comprises presentations, panels, masterclasses, lectures and workshops, for literary practitioners and enthusiasts alike.

It is a unique event in Asia that provides an opportunity for academics, writers, illustrators, editors, publishers, agents, distributors, parents, teachers, and librarians to meet, learn, hone their craft, and develop cross-cultural collaborations.

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