Newcastle Writers Festival: Family Fun Day
Sunday 6 April 2025
9:30am - 1:15pm
3 hours 45 minutes
Join us for a day of family fun with Newcastle Writers Festival at the Museum!
Activities include:
Book Launch: I Live Here - Story Hunter Anthology
9:30-10:15am
In 2024, the festival’s Story Hunter program took local authors into primary schools across our region to work with students. Join us for the launch of the latest anthology, which showcases poems and stories from the next generation of Hunter writers. Aged from 8 to 12, the students hail from the Singleton, Cessnock, Dungog, Port Stephens, Lake Macquarie and Newcastle local government areas.
The Tiny Forest with Odette Tonkin and Anna Scobie (Outdoors – weather permitting)
10-11:30am
Delve into the magic of The Tiny Forest with local children’s book author Odette Tonkin and illustrator Anna Scobie. Have fun creating your very own environmental warrior book character, enjoy live readings from the book and let your imagination run wild with watercolour nature-based art activities.
The Long and Winding Road with Jeremy Lachlan
10:30-11:15am
Join best-selling author Jeremy Lachlan for an in-depth chat about his creative life – and what it really takes to write and publish an epic action-adventure novel. Jeremy will talk about the long and winding road to becoming an author, the inception of his epic action-adventure series The Jane Doe Chronicles, his creative process, and how personal triumphs and tragedies have shaped the plots of his award-winning novels.
Draw Along With Me – Dub Leffler.
11:30am-12:15pm
Pencils and paper provided!
Shower Time! with Nat Amoore
12:25-1:15pm
Nat’s new junior fiction series is all about a teleporting shower. But how on earth did she get that idea? Aren’t showers just boring? Not when you’re Nat Amoore. Find out the whacky shower stories behind this hilarious new series and maybe even help Nat create the next Shower Land blockbuster. Don’t forget your shower cap!
MC Jerry Ray
Cost: Gold coin donation
Drop-in event, no bookings required.
Supported by Catfish Foundation and Novoschool
Presented in partnership with Newcastle Writers Festival
Activities include:
Book Launch: I Live Here - Story Hunter Anthology
9:30-10:15am
In 2024, the festival’s Story Hunter program took local authors into primary schools across our region to work with students. Join us for the launch of the latest anthology, which showcases poems and stories from the next generation of Hunter writers. Aged from 8 to 12, the students hail from the Singleton, Cessnock, Dungog, Port Stephens, Lake Macquarie and Newcastle local government areas.
The Tiny Forest with Odette Tonkin and Anna Scobie (Outdoors – weather permitting)
10-11:30am
Delve into the magic of The Tiny Forest with local children’s book author Odette Tonkin and illustrator Anna Scobie. Have fun creating your very own environmental warrior book character, enjoy live readings from the book and let your imagination run wild with watercolour nature-based art activities.
The Long and Winding Road with Jeremy Lachlan
10:30-11:15am
Join best-selling author Jeremy Lachlan for an in-depth chat about his creative life – and what it really takes to write and publish an epic action-adventure novel. Jeremy will talk about the long and winding road to becoming an author, the inception of his epic action-adventure series The Jane Doe Chronicles, his creative process, and how personal triumphs and tragedies have shaped the plots of his award-winning novels.
Draw Along With Me – Dub Leffler.
11:30am-12:15pm
Pencils and paper provided!
Shower Time! with Nat Amoore
12:25-1:15pm
Nat’s new junior fiction series is all about a teleporting shower. But how on earth did she get that idea? Aren’t showers just boring? Not when you’re Nat Amoore. Find out the whacky shower stories behind this hilarious new series and maybe even help Nat create the next Shower Land blockbuster. Don’t forget your shower cap!
MC Jerry Ray
Cost: Gold coin donation
Drop-in event, no bookings required.
Supported by Catfish Foundation and Novoschool
Presented in partnership with Newcastle Writers Festival
