October 15, 2018

Event: Workshop at Brimbank Writers’ and Readers’ Festival 2018

I’m looking forward to running a workshop with forty lucky kids as part of the Brimbank Writers’ and Readers’ Festival 2018 in Victoria. It’ll be happening on Saturday, 10 Nov 2018 starting at 2pm.

Here’s the gist:

Matt Shanks presenting a workshop

Do you want your own personal letter from Matt’s CBCA Notable award-winning character, Eric the Postie? Matt will spend this session guiding children and parents in the lost art of letter writing (one of Eric’s favourite activities ever!)

Kids will end the session by ‘posting’ their own letter to Eric. Then, a few weeks later, Eric will send individual letters out with a personal reply! All replies include a Wattleford Post letterhead, a signature of Eric, all hand-typed on a typewriter. Parents and children will be notified when they can collect their letters from Deer Park library a week or so after the event.

For more information and to reserve your place, visit the Brimbank Writers’ and Readers’ Festival website.

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