Simmone Howell: Artist in Residence
Recently we were privileged to have author Simmone Howell with us for three days. She was here as the ISC/English Department's 2011 Lorna Sparrow Artist in Residence.She ran creative writing workshops with Year 7 and 8's and spoke to Year 9's about how her writing is heavily influenced by pop culture. The students really enjoyed her sessions and created some great writing in a very short space of time.Year 7 and 8 English teachers also picked up some interesting strategies to encourage the creative writing juices.
Simmone lives in Castlemaine and is a full time writer.She writes realistic teenage fiction, plays, short stories and scripts for TV. She also uses social media as a platform for her writing and you can read what she has to say about her visit to Gippsland Grammar in her latest blog post
Our last years artist in residence, author Cath Crowley has been shortlisted in the Victorian Premier's Literary Prizes for 2011 with her new young adult novel 'Graffiti Moon'. This novel is available to borrow in the ISC along with multiple copies of the other short-listed books. Come to the ISC to check them out!
•The winner of the literary prize will be announced on September 5th, 2011.
