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SUMMARY:Presentation: Writing for a Young Adult Audience
LOCATION:Torquay Library\nTorquay Library
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DESCRIPTION:Mark and Miranda will draw on their own experience in navigati
 ng the YA market to provide advice and to explore opportunities to get you
 r writing noticed. .\nhttps://grlc.libnet.info/event/6816008
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>How is YA writing different from other gen
 res? What themes are relevant or acceptable to YA writers? Who is<br />pub
 lishing YA in Australia? Who are the gate-keepers and how much influence d
 o they exert in getting your book in front of young readers?</p>\n<p>This 
 presentation will include plenty of time for audience questions.</p>\n<p><
 strong>Miranda Luby</strong> is an award-winning fiction writer\, journali
 st and copywriter. Her debut YA Novel<em> Sadie Starr&rsquo\;s Guide to St
 arting Over</em> was published by Text Publishing in August 2022.</p>\n<p>
 <strong>Mark Smith</strong> is the author of four novels including his mos
 t recent\, <em>If Not Us</em>\, published in 2021. He was awarded the 2018
  Australian Indie Book Award for YA and he is also an award-winning writer
  of short fiction.</p>\n<p>This session is designed for new and emerging w
 riters (16+) who want to write for the Young Adult market.</p>\n<p>Tickets
  &ndash\; $30/$20 for GRLC Members/$10 Concession</p>\n<p><a href="https:/
 /www.grlc.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/GRLC019%20Local%20Word%20A3%20Pro
 gram_LR_V08.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Download the full program 
 (A3 pdf)</a></p>\n<p><a href="https://www.grlc.vic.gov.au/sites/default/fi
 les/GRLC019%20Local%20Word%20%20A4%20Program_LR_V11.pdf" target="_blank" r
 el="noopener">Download the full program including presenter bios (A4 pdf)<
 /a></p>\n<p>Check out our other Local Word sessions -&nbsp\;<a href="http:
 //www.grlc.vic.gov.au/localword" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.grlc.v
 ic.gov.au/localword</a></p>\n<p><strong>This session is sponsored by</stro
 ng></p>\n<p><img src="https://events.grlc.vic.gov.au/frontend-images/edito
 r/grlc/Borrowboxscreen.jpg" width="244" height="110" alt="" /></p>\nhttps:
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