4 on-demand webinars exploring key texts included in the 2022 CBCA Book of the Year shortlist

PETAA's webinar series frequently features conversations with Australian children's authors and illustrators. During the webinars, they will discuss their work, their creative process, share key insights on their texts, and offer advice for young readers, writers, and illustrators.

Below, we've rounded up 4 webinars that are available to view on-demand and feature texts that are on the CBCA Book of the Year Shortlist for 2022 in the Younger Readers, Picture Book, and Eve Pownall Award for Information Books categories. 

Many of these webinars are exclusively available for PETAA members.

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Explore Iceberg by Claire Saxby and Jess Racklyeft in Inside a picture book

• Open and free to view
• Join us for a conversation with author/illustrators Claire Saxby and Jess Racklyeft, as we talk about how the book came to be and gain some insights into the writing, illustrating and creating process
• We also discuss how picture books can help young people develop a sense and love and care for our precious — and rapidly changing — natural world

Explore The Encylopaedia of Peculiar Pairs in Nature by Sami Bayly in Inside illustrated encyclopaedias

• Available exclusively for PETAA members
• In this webinar with author and illustrator Sami Bayly, we talk about the process of creating a non-fiction text for children that’s lively and engaging
• We also explore how children’s texts can help to spread important messages about nature conversation and respecting the world around us. 

Explore Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief by Katrina Nannestad in  Creating new and imaginary worlds

• Open and free to view for a limited time
• In this webinar with author Katrina Nannestad, we talk about her writing process and what she keeps in mind when writing for young people
• It also includes her tips for teachers and students when it comes to reading and writing, including developing student writing in five-minute exercises

Explore The Boy and the Elephant by Freya Blackwood in Exploring picture book illustrations

• Available exclusively for PETAA members
• In this webinar, we speak with author and illustrator Freya Blackwood, 2010 Kate Greenaway Medal recipient and two time winner of the CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award, about creating new worlds through illustrations
• Then, Freya walks us through The Boy and the Elephant page by page, explaining how the pictures make story and meaning