Fact to Fiction (Workshop)
Author VisitsJack Wong
21, 22 May (Thu, Fri) Ages 10–12 ENGLISH
In this workshop, Jack presents his bilingual picture book The Words We Share, using the book as a launching-off point to explore concepts and principles in writing fiction based on real life. Jack will discuss how some parts of his story were informed by actual childhood memories, while others were completely imagined, and how these elements were brought together. Students will then participate in a prompt-based writing activity based on these concepts.
Jack Wong (Canada)
Jack Wong (黃雋喬) was born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver. In 2010, he left behind a life as a bridge engineer to pursue his Bachelor of Fine Arts at NSCAD University in Kjipuktuk / Halifax, Nova Scotia; he has called the east coast of Canada home ever since. Working as a children’s author/illustrator, Jack seeks to share his winding journey with young readers so that they may embrace the unique amalgams of experiences that make up their own lives. His debut picture book, When You Can Swim, received a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, a Governor General’s Literary Award, the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, and was a finalist for the Ezra Jack Keats Award. His second picture book, The Words We Share, received an Atlantic Book Award and was shortlisted for the Ontario Library Association’s Blue Spruce Award. His other titles include All That Grows (Groundwood), and forthcoming titles from Scholastic and Abrams Books for Young Readers.
Part of AFCC Author Visits.
Fill up this form for a quotation for school bookings.