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Writing Fiction for Young People (CWRI90009) // Further information
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Semester 2
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- Texts
Prescribed texts
Mary Kole, Writing Irresistible Kidlit: The Ultimate Guide to Crafting Fiction for Young Adult and Middle Grade Readers
Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, Scholastic Australia, 2009
Aunty Joy Murphy & Andrew Kelly, Wilam: A Birrarung Story, Black Dog 2019
There will also be readings available through the LMS electronic site for this subject.
Recommended texts and other resources
- P Hunt, Children’s Literature: the Development of Criticism, Routledge, 1990.
- K Reynolds, Radical Children’s Literature: Future Visions and Aesthetic Transformations in Juvenile Fiction, Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
- J Kristeva, Powers of Horror, Columbia University Press, 1982.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours) Course Master of Creative Writing, Publishing and Editing Course Graduate Diploma in Arts (Advanced) - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Additional information for this subject
Subject coordinator approval required
Last updated: 31 January 2024