Adventurous Writing With & For Young Blokes 

AIM: Encouraging adventurous males to write and read about local subjects or aspirations.

Suitable for a Library session or for Year 9-12 or as PD for educators.

1 hour period/session  'behind' YA Fact and Fiction covering how to research, writing hints and why it's worth writing.

Covers co-writing travel adventure memoirs,collaborating on fiction and how to use adventurous 'stuff you know'.

Participant observation such as Antarctic expedition for 'Antarctica's Frozen Chosen' or Darwin for 'Outback Ferals'.

Mother & son co-writing of 'Trail Magic:Going Walkabout for 2184 Miles on the Appalachian Trail' And 'Cycling Solo: Ireland to Istanbul.'

Co-writers on controversial YA fiction 'f2m:the boy within'. 

Also includes non-boring writing techniques.

Autographed, participant copies included.

TALK-Adventurous_Blokes.pdf (1.15 MB)