Bookmaking with Children- PD workshop for Adults! (SOLD OUT)
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Are you a community, education, or creative professional interested in learning how to publish children’s books?Join Kids Own Publishing for an engaging, hands‑on workshop that introduces the essentials of co‑designing and co‑creating books for children.
Participants will be guided through the process of developing an 8-to-12-page children’s book, while exploring how co‑creation can be used to support specific learning goals.
The session will also examine how collaborative book‑making can be applied in community and educational settings, aligning to the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework.
This is a hands-on, creative capacity building workshop suitable for:
- Artists
- Community leaders
- Early-childhood educators
- Primary school teachers
- Education support workers in early childhood and primary school settings
- Librarians
- Early years professionals
- Family services staff
Wednesday April 15, 2026
6pm - 8pm
Community Workshop Meeting Room 1 - Mount Waverley Community Centre.
About the Instructor Ailsa:
Ailsa worked as a teaching artist for Kids’ Own Publishing for 12 years, then became a lead trainer and mentor for new artists. She has facilitated over 30 innovative publishing initiatives with a diverse range of communities. Ailsa has a Masters of Creative Media (creative writing) from RMIT and has been a member of the Women’s Circus since the year 2000. In her life outside Kids’ Own Publishing, Ailsa is a much published and much loved author of children’s books including two junior fiction series: ‘Squishy Taylor’ and ‘The Naughtiest Pixie’ (Hardie Grant Egmont), is the lead writer of Small Friends Books (CSIRO Publishing and Scale Free Network) and has authored non fiction titles for older readers – The Care Factor: a story of nursing and connection in the time of social distancing and You’ll be a Wonderful Dad!
Location
Mount Waverly Community Centre
47 Miller Cres, Mount Waverley 3149
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Bookmaking with Children- PD workshop for Adults! (SOLD OUT)
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