Play & Replay: How to Prepare Your Creations for Multiple Platforms & Adaptations
Play & Replay: How to Prepare Your Creations for Multiple Platforms & Adaptations

Creative Storymaking: A Masterclass Taster
Creative Storymaking: A Masterclass Taster

Enhance your knowledge and develop your skills by participating in our masterclasses. 

Each masterclass session is ticketed individually.

  • Early bird rates available for AFCC Masterclasses.
  • AFCC Festival Pass holders enjoy a 40% discount off regular prices for AFCC Masterclass tickets. Purchase an AFCC Festival Pass and receive the discount code in your confirmation email. 

Purchase 1-Day PassPurchase 2-Day Pass (5-6 Sep)Purchase 2-Day Pass (6-7 Sep)Purchase 3-Day PassPurchase All Access Pass

Masterclasses

10.00am - 1.00pm
B1, Multi-Purpose Room Masterclass

Fun译: Translating Children’s Books From Chinese to English

Featuring: Helen Wang

Led by award-winning translator Helen Wang, this masterclass provides participants with a hands-on opportunity to translate children's books from Chinese to English. Participants will get to explore different ways of telling the same story by looking at language and content. An exercise in flexibility and creativity, experimentation is highly encouraged for this session!

Purchase Masterclass Tickets

Add to Calendar 09/08/2019 10:00AM 09/09/2019 01:00PM Asia/Singapore Fun译: Translating Children’s Books From Chinese to English

Led by award-winning translator Helen Wang, this masterclass provides participants with a hands-on opportunity to translate children's books from Chinese to English. Participants will get to explore different ways of telling the same story by looking at language and content. An exercise in flexibility and creativity, experimentation is highly encouraged for this session!

Purchase Masterclass Tickets

B1, Multi-Purpose Room
L5, Imagination Room Masterclass

The Editing Process: How to Perfect Your Book Now and What to Expect from Your Editor Later

Featuring: Sara Sargent

This masterclass from Sara Sargent, Senior Executive Editor at Random House Children’s Books, offers an in-depth look at the editing process and on how writers and editors collaborate in shaping the narrative of stories. Sara will touch on the technical side of editing and share developmental techniques across genres and age groups. 

Purchase Masterclass Tickets

Add to Calendar 09/08/2019 10:00AM 09/08/2019 01:00PM Asia/Singapore The Editing Process: How to Perfect Your Book Now and What to Expect from Your Editor Later

This masterclass from Sara Sargent, Senior Executive Editor at Random House Children’s Books, offers an in-depth look at the editing process and on how writers and editors collaborate in shaping the narrative of stories. Sara will touch on the technical side of editing and share developmental techniques across genres and age groups. 

Purchase Masterclass Tickets

L5, Imagination Room
L5, Possibility Room Masterclass

Creating Non-fiction Books For Today’s Digital Age

Featuring: Lisa Charleyboy

This masterclass will provide practioners with practical approaches on how to create  impactful non-fiction books for children and youth of today’s digital age. One of the most common issues facing educators is how to engage students with content in a manner that they will be excited by. Award-winning editor Lisa Charleyboy will lead this session with pro-active and practical solutions for the entire production process to achieve these results. 

Purchase Masterclass Tickets

Add to Calendar 09/08/2019 10:00AM 09/08/2019 01:00PM Asia/Singapore Creating Non-fiction Books For Today’s Digital Age

This masterclass will provide practioners with practical approaches on how to create  impactful non-fiction books for children and youth of today’s digital age. One of the most common issues facing educators is how to engage students with content in a manner that they will be excited by. Award-winning editor Lisa Charleyboy will lead this session with pro-active and practical solutions for the entire production process to achieve these results. 

Purchase Masterclass Tickets

L5, Possibility Room
2.00pm - 5.00pm
L5, Imagination Room Masterclass

Stories, Style and Substance: Illustrating Children’s Books

Featuring: Aldy Aguirre

You'll just be illustrating for children; how hard can that be, right? 
Join in for this half-day masterclass by award-winning illustrator Aldy Aguirre and discover what it takes to create engaging illustrations for children's books, while exploring your own unique illustration style along the way. Get a better grasp of industry practices and learn more about what it means to be an illustrator for children's content.  

Purchase Masterclass Tickets

Add to Calendar 09/08/2019 02:00PM 09/08/2019 05:00PM Asia/Singapore Stories, Style and Substance: Illustrating Children’s Books

You'll just be illustrating for children; how hard can that be, right? 
Join in for this half-day masterclass by award-winning illustrator Aldy Aguirre and discover what it takes to create engaging illustrations for children's books, while exploring your own unique illustration style along the way. Get a better grasp of industry practices and learn more about what it means to be an illustrator for children's content.  

Purchase Masterclass Tickets

L5, Imagination Room