Goldie Alexander
Author and literary expert
Fee Range
$3,000Travels From
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Goldie Alexander
Biography
Melbourne author, Goldie Alexander has 60 books published both here and overseas for readers of all ages, plus many short stories and articles. Her work has won national and international awards. She has taught Creative Writing for over a decade, lectures at Universities and Tertiary Institutions and speaks in libraries, clubs and schools. She feels fortunate to have such an absorbing career and enjoys talking about her books and sharing her writing experiences.
Her books for adults include: "Body and Soul": fiction set in 1938. And the two contemporary culinary murder mysteries "Unjust Desserts" and "UnKind Cut".
Her best known book for children is the story of the First Fleet:" My Australian Story: Surviving Sydney Cove". Her most recent fiction for children includes "Shape-Shifters" and "Bridging the Snowy" both aussieschoolbooks. Her two collections of short stories for children include "KillerVirus and other stories" and "My Horrible Cousins and other stories."
Her most recent nonfiction are the mega-books the "Health and Understanding" series
Her speaking topics include: Fictionalising History. Writing Murder Mysteries. Getting Kids Interested in Reading. So You Want to Write for Kids! You can find out more about her on www.goldiealexander.com
Topics: Business
Writing fiction, non fiction and your memoirs
Encouraging kids to read.
Travels From: Victoria
Goldie Alexander
Featured Keynote Programs
Writing for seniors.
Everyone has a history that is both individual and interesting. However recording these memories for future generations can often seem too difficult. Where to begin? How to involve your reader and not just write lists of dates and names? Goldie will help you set down your life and shape these events so you will be proud of what you have achieved and your records of these.
Encouraging your kids to read and become more literate
In an age of texts and emails, our language can feel corrupted. What makes things harder for parents is that children often seem more interested in images and less in the written word. But reading and writing are integral to our well being. Reseatch porves that stories often force us to empathize with characters who are quite different from us, and this ability could help us better understand the many kinds of people we come across in the real world.
Goldie will show how fiction can facilitate a love of reading and the written word and help your child to mature.
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