****SOLD OUT Please contact [email protected] to be added to a waitlist.**** The Teen Writers Club is a place for young writers to make new connections, be inspired, and develop their writing. We provide a safe, fun and engaging program for passionate high school writers of all interests, ages and abilities.

Term 4 dates: Oct 16, 23, 30, Nov 6, 13, 20, 27, Dec 4

The Club meets on Saturdays during school term, and is guided by Writers SA staff, mentors and a guest teacher. The program is shaped by the interests of the group, and they’re supported to set and achieve their own writing goals. We provide creative workshops, information on the industry and careers, mentoring, and the opportunity for support for school-based writing projects.

Rounding out a stellar year for the group is facilitator Dan Thorsland, editor, writer, video and film producer, who contributed to Superwoman, Wonder Woman and Star Wars comic series when he worked for DC and Dark Horse.

Dan works with the teen writers to help them understand the basics of how to tell stories using words, pictures and interaction. Members of the Club will be treated as the author and inspiration of building settings, backstories and characters that can work within the mediums of comics, games and episodic TV. The written word is still the core of the workshops, but the power of story to create experience beyond the page is the goal.

About Dan Thorsland

In 2001 Dan Thorsland migrated to Adelaide from New York, and began his second career as a video game and visual effects producer. Here he has worked as a producer at KOJO, Ratbag, Krome, Rising Sun Pictures and most recently was General Manager of Mighty Kingdom, Australia’s largest independent game studio. As a 35 year veteran of the industry, Dan has written and contributed to every medium a teenage storyteller can imagine.

This event has a strict cap on numbers due to Covid-19 venue regulations. You must purchase an individual ticket for every person intending to come to the workshop. Unfortunately no exceptions can be made.

*Writers SA will continue to adhere to all government advice related to the pandemic. This means our physical workshop locations could change or move online, if necessary. If health advice changes and alters the delivery of this session, ticket holders will be notified immediately.

Price: $200

Venue: City Library, Rundle Mall, Adelaide, SA