Since the 1980s, Nadia Wheatley has been giving talks and workshops at festivals, conferences, universities and schools across Australia. These include:

Plenary and panel talks at writers’ festivals and at conferences of teachers and librarians
Lectures at tertiary institutions
Professional development days for teachers
‘In conversations’
Book talks to primary students (years 2-6)
Writing workshops for both children and adults

VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS

Since 2021, Nadia has been giving an annual ZOOM WEBINAR about her book MY PLACE and ITS television series adaptation. Hosted by the Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) and facilitated by the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), these webinars are offered FREE to students.

You can access the Webinars for 2023 and 2022 on my Media page.

The 2023 webinar attracted 347 total registrations, representing 22,140 students and 953 teachers drawn from 258 Australian schools. The majority of registered schools were from Victoria (27%), Western Australia (27%) and New South Wales (24%), with schools from the remaining states and territories accounting for the remaining 22%. Schools in metropolitan areas represented 59% of registrations, while 41% were located in regional or remote areas. All education sectors were represented in the audience, with students from government, Catholic, independent and home schools attending.

The 2022 webinar received 297 registrations, representing 15,569 students, 871 teachers and 256 schools.

In 2021, over 150 schools joined in to this event organised in tandem with the Victorian branch of the Australian Literacy Educators Association (ALEA). As this was a time of Covid Lockdown, I was honoured to be able to connect with children and families in their homes.

ONGOING VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS

If you would like to book a virtual session with Nadia for your school, organisation, reading group, festival or whatever, please get in touch via the Contact page. The talk can be tailored to your needs, in terms of topic and length. All talks are illustrated with examples from Nadia’s books, but you can choose a particular book as the focus. Australian Society of Authors rates and conditions apply. Nadia has a current Working With Children Check.

Writing workshop topics (suitable Years 3-12 and adults) include:

Writing from place, using mapping as a first draft (focus on My Place, illustrated Donna Rawlins)
Going Bush in the City (focus on Going Bush, illustrated Ken Searle)
Making History (focus on Australians All)
Making your Circle Story (over a number of weeks)
The Gold Rush (focus on A Banner Bold; Australians All)
Refugees (Focus on Flight; Australians All)
Professional Learning Sessions for educators include: