Event

Telling Stories Out Loud

Saturday, October 20th, 2007, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Speaker: Richard Tulloch

Richard Tulloch, one of Australia's most popular writers of books, plays, film and television for young audiences, will tell some of his stories and discuss elements that make effective storytelling pieces. Richard Tulloch's television series, which include 150 episodes of Bananas in Pyjamas, have reached audiences around the world. Of his 60 children's books, Danny in the Toybox, Cocky Colin, Freaky Stuff and the Barry the Burglar series were nominated by children in Australia for KOALA awards. His series of Weird Stuff novels for 9-14 year olds are published by Random House and by Walker in the U.S. His 50 plays for young audiences have been performed in many countries. In 1998 he was nominated in America for the prestigious Hollywood Annie award for his screenplay for the animated feature film Fern Gully II: The Magical Rescue, and in 2006 he won his fourth Australian Writers' Guild AWGIE award for his play Stella and the Moon Man. Over the past ten years he has performed his ever-changing show Story Man more than a thousand times in theatres, libraries and schools in Australia, North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. He is a qualified lawyer and teacher and has taught numerous creative writing classes for children and for adults. For more information see www.scbwi.jp or contact info@scbwi.jp

Organization: The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Japan (SCBWI)

Cost: SCBWI Members: 1,000 yen
Non-members: 1,500 yen

Venue: Tokyo Women's Plaza, Conference Room 2, 5-53-67 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo (see www.scbwi.jp/map.htm)

Location: Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan

Contact SCBWI

Holly Thompson, SCBWI Tokyo Co-Regional Advisor

Work phone: 0467-31-6908