Huge thanks to Queensland Writers Centre for longlisting my new middle grade mystery project for the 2022 PUBLISHABLE program

EVENT FEEDBACK 

"My students loved your [zoom] workshop. They were very engaged and were chatting (via the chat function in Zoom) throughout the lesson. I think the Zoom workshop was a wonderful alternative to a face to face workshop!"

Eliza Bunston, Year 10  Coordinator, English and literature teacher, Waverley Christian College, Narre Warren South.

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"Katherine Canobi spoke to various groups at our school over our book week. She had a workshop with our Year 9's wherein she inspired the students of the benefits of reading, had them working through the process of publication and shared delightful anecdotes of her own experience in creating a published work (the great and also the challenging moments); she finished this time with a question and answer session. Katherine then spoke to our cohort of Year 7-9 students as one large group where she encouraged imagination and creative writing skills whilst exploring different aspects of her own journey in developing MINDCULL . . . .  thanks again for being so open to share with our students, many of them have really found it invaluable and inspirational" 

Chad Robertson Year 9 Coordinator, Waverley Christian College, Narre Warren South .

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"Thanks Katherine for a totally engaging and interesting talk today. Students and staff found it both informative and amusing. What an inspiring start to our day!"  "Quotes from students:  'It was a great session!', 'I thought she was really cool.'” 

Mary-Jane Boughen, English teacher, Mt. Waverley Secondary College. 

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"The presentation was really interesting, with a great Powerpoint and best of all lots of interactive activities. You left us all feeling inspired for International Women’s Day. We had loads of fun and left feeling very enthusiastic to keep reading!" 

Lisa Burger, Director of Library & Information Services, Haileybury College

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"The final workshop was with a new author to the literary world, Katherine Canobi. She took us on her journey of publishing her newly released book Mindcull and all of the failure and attempts that went into creating the futuristic novel. It was a great experience and it would have been fantastic for any authors in the making, to show where persistence can lead and the fact that what you think is your best, can always be improved further." 

Quote from Year 9 student supplied by Lynn Swannell, Librarian, Mt Eliza Secondary College.

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 I was immediately hooked, not only by the author’s passion for the subject, but also by her warm and refreshing approach. . . . I will definitely reach out to Katherine next year to organise more workshops for my budding writers.”

Irene Treadwell, English teacher, Mt Eliza Secondary College.