Write a Book in a Day

August 21, 2017

Book in a Day is a team writing competition for Year 5 to 12 . The book has to be completed withing 12 hours using unique set of writing parameters. Completed books are given to children in hospitals.

Write a Book in a Day was the brain-child of Chris Oakeley, Murray Barton, Frank Mackie and Lara Mackie of the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre (KSP), the oldest writers’ centre of its kind in Australia. The Centre encourages and facilitates writers’ readings, workshops, writers in residence and other services, all designed to help and encourage writers at all levels of the craft in Western Australian.

Funds raised by Write a Book in a Day teams go toward childhood cancer research to improve treatments and find a cure.

Mrs Cunningham and her budding authors began the process of Making a Book in a Day at 7:30 this morning and will finish at 7:30 pm.

Story ideas are first written on the white board wall before the story writing begins.

 

 

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