Book Week celebrations at Holy Trinity included a visit from local author, illustrator, podcaster, card designer and recent jigsaw queen Tania McCartney.

Tania had two sessions with the children, a Kinder – Year 2 school session and then a Year 3 – 6 school session. Both were fabulous and well received by the children.

This was Tania’s first school visit in over a year and she was thrilled to be at Holy Trinity. She now has over 50 books published and 15 publishing houses after her work. In 2020 Tania has published over 10 books – so far.

Tania’s presentation was very interactive and included lots of books (both hers and other authors). She discussed the book creation process, the target market, the drafting and editing process, the extensive list of those involved in getting a book published, illustration tools and how to make a great book. Ninety percent of Tania’s work is now done on her Ipad and she highly recommended the drawing app ‘Procreate’.

Tania also shared with us books she is currently writing and told us about a secret deal she has signed with an international publishing house.

Tania encouraged the children to read, read, read – ‘if you read, you can do anything in life you want’. She also encouraged kids to keep drawing after 8 years of age as you will only get better at illustrating if you work at it for a long time. During the writing process Tania suggested to flip character roles and make the characters quirky and memorable.

If you would like to order some of Tania’s books please send you child around to the library to collect a form.

Check out Tania’s blog, books published, and podcast on… http://taniamccartney.blogspot.com/