Kirsty is the award-winning author of four Young Adult novels. She is currently writing the screenplay for the movie adaptation of Raw Blue.
Kirsty works with stories, telling her own, and helping others tell theirs. Each year, she speaks to thousands of students, inviting them to create, not just consume, and choose action over distraction.
She sees storytelling as an essential life skill, a powerful force for connection and change, improving empathy and creative thinking.
She believes storytelling is best learned by doing.
With that in mind, Kirsty is sharing her knowledge in online courses and workshops for students, based on her ten years of experience teaching story and writing.
They are fun, fast and get results.
9 years and up
STORY SMART FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL
STORY SMART FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL
Time commitment — 5 hours (plus time to draft and edit)
Online
13 years and up
STORY SMART FOR HIGH SCHOOL
STORY SMART FOR HIGH SCHOOL
Additional study material and workbook provided.
Online Zoom Workshop with Kirsty
kirsty is a registered nsw creative kids provider
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Latest blog posts
White Horses out now
View this post on Instagram Hey, I've got a piece in the latest @whitehorsesmag . It's a short profile on a man called Dennis, and it was the hardest thing
Summer Skin in the US and Canada Spring 2018
View this post on Instagram (Shout out to @librariankaren who prompted me!) Summer Skin is going to be published in the States and Canada by Feiwel & Friends in Spring
Opportunities for young writers (Australia)
I had an email recently that asked me about publishing/editing opportunities for young writers. I wanted to share my reply in case it helps others. If you know of other opportunities,
Happy Friday – breathe the cool air
I’m putting this up because I really loved it and you might too:
10 Things I Hate About You – From a “Virtuous Girl” to her YA “Bad Boy”
This is something I came up with when I was on a panel at the Sydney Writers’ Festival earlier this year. I’m putting it up here as requested by Saffron *waves*:
Uni of Qld Alumni This is Your Life Kind of Thing
Actually, that whole heading is a massive exaggeration … but I am Uni of Qld Alumni, and I did do an interview with the irrepressible Katie Rowney for their online