Blurb update? Randa Abdel-Fattah is an academic, former lawyer, mother of four children and award-winning author. Her most recent book is Coming of Age in the War on Terror.
Byron Writers Festival 2021
Byron Writers Festival 2021
Secondary Schools Digital Program
Featuring Randa Abdel-Fattah, Eddie Jaku, Will Kostakis and Nevo Zisin
Byron Writers Festival’s 2021 Secondary Schools Digital Program provides an insight into storytelling, debate, and big ideas, eloquently delivered by some of Australia’s foremost writers and thinkers.
Supported by The Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund and Southern Cross University.
FREE on-demand program available from 23 August
The on-demand program will be available to stream from your classroom for four weeks from Monday 23 August (Book Week). Sessions will be accessible from this page, and can be viewed via YouTube.
See below for author sessions and stage suitability.
Teacher resources will be available to download when the program launches. Resources are available as a PDF and include author information, curriculum links, discussions guides and activities.
Teacher resources are presented in partnership with Southern Cross University.
How to Register and Access Sessions
- Registration is essential. Please click here to register your class or school group.
- From 23 August, all on-demand sessions will be accessible on YouTube via the Byron Writers Festival website.
- Duration of each session will be approximately 20 minutes.
- Stage suitability ranges from stage 4-6.
- Reminder emails will be sent to registered schools when sessions are available.
- Teacher resources will also be available via the Byron Writers Festival website.
ON DEMAND
Secondary School Sessions
Author video sessions available on-demand from 23 August – 17 September.
Coming of Age during the War on Terror with Randa Abdel-Fattah
Stage: 5 – 6
The Happiest Man on Earth with Eddie Jaku
Short blurb required
Stage: 4
Session Title with Will Kostakis
Blurb update? Will Kostakis is a writer of defamatory celebrity journalism, wrestler tweets and award-winning YA novels. He recently applied his trademark style to fantasy novels Monuments and Rebel Gods.
Stages: 4 – 5
Beyond Pronouns with Nevo Zisin
Blurb update? Nevo Zisin (they/them) is a queer, non-binary, Jewish writer, performer, activist and public speaker. Author of award-winning Finding Nevo, and The Pronoun Lowdown.
Stages: 5 – 6
