School Holiday Creative Writing
October 2024 Workshops Now Booking
Creative writing workshops for young people aged 6–15, face-to-face at Sydney Olympic Park (Field Studies Tower in the Education Centre, Bicentennial Park) and online via Zoom.
Our October 2024 school holiday program is now booking.
All times are for Sydney, Australia. Prices are in Australian dollars.
October 2024
Monday 7th October
Myths and Legends creative writing workshop for 8-13 year-olds. Face-to-face at Sydney Olympic Park.
Come face to face with the lion who sleeps with open eyes, create legendary wings of wax, out-stare Medusa, and return from the Underworld. Create and activate your own mythologies in this fabulous and fantastical all-day workshop. Two breaks for recess and lunch. Bring a hat, lunch, snack (no nuts please), and drink.
Monday 7th October 10.00am - 3.30pm. $170. We accept NSW Creative Kids vouchers.
Places available. Book now.
Tuesday 8th October
Write Your Own Book creative writing workshop for 8-13 year-olds. Face-to-face at Sydney Olympic Park.
How to set, plan, build and finish your own extended story. Create atmospheric settings, memorable characters and gripping plots. This full day will give you all the skills and inspiration you need to write your own book. Two breaks for recess and lunch. Bring a hat, lunch, snack (no nuts please), drink, and your curiosity!
Tuesday 8th October 10.00am - 3.30pm. $170. We accept NSW Creative Kids vouchers.
Places available. Book now.
NEW Wednesday 9th October
Skilled Writers: World-Building - Past, Present and Future workshop for 10-15 year-olds. Face-to-face at Sydney Olympic Park.
This workshop is the most advanced offering in our holiday programs (material covered changes each holidays). Learn how to create new worlds across a range of genres, and to people them with deep, realistic characters. Discover the authors’ secrets which will unlock new strategies for creative writing. Two breaks for recess and lunch. Bring lunch and a snack (no nuts, please), a drink, and hat.
Wednesday 9th October 10.00am - 3.30pm. $170. We accept NSW Creative Kids vouchers.
Places available. Book now.
NEW Thursday 10th October
Mystery Writing: Thrillers, Enigmas, and the Case of the Peculiar Plot creative writing workshop for 8-13 year-olds. Face-to-face at Sydney Olympic Park.
Who is that figure in the town square? Is that house truly abandoned? Why is the one patch of grass so strikingly green? Create your own gripping literary puzzles. Cliff-hangers welcome. Two breaks for recess and lunch. Bring lunch, a snack (no nuts, please), a drink, and hat.
Thursday 10th October 10.00am - 3.30pm. $170. We accept NSW Creative Kids vouchers.
Places available. Book now.
Friday 11th October, Morning
Animal Tales workshop for 6-9 year-olds. Face-to-face at Sydney Olympic Park.
Impossible adventures, exaggerated exploits, and almost believable characters. A morning of writing your own stories and inventing tall tales. One break for recess. Bring a snack (no nuts, please), drink, and hat.
Friday 11th October 10.00am - 1.00pm. $1o0. We accept NSW Creative Kids vouchers.
Places available. Book now.
100,000 participants, thousands of workshops, focused on each child
The Writing Workshop began in 2006. Since then we've inspired over 100,000 participants – from five years old to school-leavers – and read over half a million pieces of imaginative writing. Surely this is a record!
We want each child to develop skills in and enjoyment of writing. We aim to make it fun.
"Thank you for all the positive energy you put into the writing course. You really have a talent for engaging young writers. My son had a great time and it's great to see him write outside of the realms of his comfort zone. He has come home writing and already I can see some development in the area of characterisation and plot formation. He has asked to do another course which is fantastic. It was wonderful seeing so many children with a passion for writing in the same room." - Year 2 Parent.
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The Writing Workshop takes COVID-19 seriously and will always prioritise the safety of participants, staff and our community. We are registered with the NSW government as a COVID-Safe business and follow NSW Health rules and venue (Sydney Olympic Park Authority) requirements.