Patrice Lawrence
Type of Artist:
Talk
Workshops
Large group talks for Year 4 to Year 11 groups, though not all together. The talks focus on how I became a writer – and how feeling like an outsider in many ways fuelled my determination to tell stories. Q&A
Workshops:
Years 1 – 3, Is That Your Mama? Storytelling and a drawing activity involving a star.
Years 4 – 6 – Workshops centred around Elemental Detectives and creating a fantasy beast
Years 7 – 10, Workshops centred on creating characters or mystery writing
Details
Preferred age range:See above
Maximum number in any one session:
Talk – don’t mind, but from experience, mixing Years 9 and 10, can be disastrous! Workshops – a maximum of 20 with active staff support.
No of sessions per day:
Maximum of 4, including working lunches!
Session Length:
Talk – maximum of 60 minutes including Q&A
Workshops – 45 to 60 minutes
Areas prepared to travel to:
I’m flexible, but I live in Hastings so will often require overnight expenses
Fees:
Titles include:
Orangeboy
Needle
Rose, Interrupted
Eight Pieces of Silva
Is That Your Mama?
Granny Came Here on the Empire Windrush
Our Story Starts in Africa
Toad Attack
Diver’s Daughter
The Elemental Detectives series
People Like Stars
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