Author
Katrina Nannestad is a multi award-winning children’s author. She grew up in country New South Wales in a neighbourhood stuffed full of happy children. Her adult years have been spent teaching, raising boys, perfecting her recipe for chocolate-chip bickies and pursuing her love of stories.
Katrina celebrates family, friendship and belonging in her writing and loves to create stories that bring hope and joy to others. Katrina’s books include Silver Linings, Waiting for the Storks, Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief, We Are Wolves, The Girl Who Brought Mischief and Bungaloo Creek. Her series include The Travelling Bookshop, The Girl, the Dog and the Writer, Lottie Perkins, Olive of Groves, and Red Dirt Diaries.
Katrina now lives on a hillside in central Victoria (in a house, not just in the grass!) with a very silly whippet called Olive and a sensible husband called Bloss.
Student Sessions (these will be adjusted according to the students in the sessions)
Having Fun With Story (Grades 3-4 and 4-6)
A fun, fast-paced, interactive session during which Katrina will share her rocky journey to becoming an author, her passion for writing and some easy-to-use techniques that will help students when writing their own stories. There will be dress-ups, readings and giggles involved!
Books focused on (Grades 3-4) – The Travelling Bookshop series, Olive of Groves
Books focused on (Grades 4-6) – The Travelling Bookshop series, The Girl, the Dog and the Writer in Rome, We Are Wolves.
Bringing History Alive (Grades 5-6 and 4-6) (Grade 4 teachers, please note that there is serious content in my historical novels and in this talk.)
During this interactive session, Katrina will talk about the true stories that have inspired her historical novels, and the exciting but sometimes tricky process of researching and writing. Students will participate in activities designed to bring aspects of each novel alive.
Books focused on – Silver Linings, Waiting for the Storks, Rabbit Soldier Angel Thief, We Are Wolves.