Location recce for a shoot next week - a series of Two Wolves novel study videos for educators. Love the places we found. #recce #location #loveozmg #edutech

Two Wolves Online Video Book Study Course for the Classroom. Coming 1 September. Register interest at the link & I'll let you know when I've shot it & it's up. Love you to share with educators you know who use the book. Thanks! youngwritersstoryschool.com #novelstudy #edutech

An interesting article about the current state of publishing in Australia…

This timer is my best friend on days when the words won’t flow or my mind is all over the place. 30-minute timer. Anyone can write for 30 minutes, right? Hope you’re feeling the flow where you are today. #amwriting

Scar Town Inspiration, Reading & Book Trailer In celebration of Book Week, please feel free to share this 5-min vid about my CBCA-shortlisted book Scar Town with educators or librarians you know. tristanbancks.com/2024/07/scar-t… #bookweek #cbcabookweek Curtis Brown AUS The CBCA CBCA NSW Branch

Up early, doing morning pages, trying to get my chapters done before my brain wakes up and makes things difficult. Hope you can find a moment today, even five minutes, to make something. #amwriting #flow #morningpages

Get Voting! The YABBA Awards & KOALA Awards NSW children's choice awards shortlists are up. Kids can have their say & vote their favs. Check out the lists at yabba.org.au/2024-shortlist (Disclaimer:'Scar Town' is on the Older Readers list. Don't be shy about reading it 😁) #yabbaawards

Join Australia's favourite troublemaker, Tom Weekly, in this uproarious sixth instalment where disastrous adventures and hilarious antics abound, penned by bestselling author Tristan Bancks. Listen on #BorrowBox now!

Announced next week! Still time to read the shortlist... #cbcaawards #cbcabookweek #bookweek #loveozmg @cbcansw

If anyone’s up, I’m on abctv Weekend Breakfast at about 7.40am AEST talking writing, reading, Children’s Book Week and Scar Town at the Book of the Year awards. ✌🏽⚡️📚 #bookweek #cbcabookweek #mglit #loveozmg The CBCA CBCA NSW Branch Penguin Books Aus

So cool to see awesome author Tristan Bancks on abctv Weekend Breakfast this morning, brandishing the shiny, well-deserved The CBCA Book Of The Year award medal for his gripping Younger Reader novel ‘Scar Town’. Go Tristan!! 🤩🥇📗

To celebrate the third annual Australian School Library Day, we look at why we need school libraries, and how to advocate for them in your community. #ASLD2024 ALIA Students Need School Libraries australiareads.org.au/news/school-li…

YABBA Awards voting is open for students to vote their fav books of the year. Voting closes 20 September. Full shortlists at yabba.org.au/2024-shortlist. So happy to have Scar Town shortlisted! #loveozmg #mglit #yabba #realawards

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Nice to have a morning to write after a couple of days video editing. Hope you find time to get your thoughts down or to make something today. #amwriting #coffeetime

Writing an essay about reading for an anthology & listening to the audiobook of this magnificent collection. If you love books, it's highly recommended, with contributions by Michael Ondaatje, Alice Pung, Roddy Doyle, Sisonke Msimang & Markus Zusak. #reading #bookishlife #books

New Two Wolves online video novel study coming next week, 1 October. Here's the trailer. I've been working on this project for months and so happy to share it. I'd love you to share or tag educators who might be interested! More info here: tristanbancks.com/2024/09/new-tw… #twowolves

My new Two Wolves Novel Study resource is now available with free lesson youngwritersstoryschool.com 📷It's 8x4-min vids + transmedia tools based on my CBCA Honour Book Two Wolves. Inspiring even reluctant readers to enjoy classroom novel study. Perfect for grades 5-8 #mglit #edtech

Scar Town won the South Australian Literary Awards Children’s category this week! 😊 I was lucky enough to be there alongside fellow nominees Fiona Lloyd & Maryam Master. If you haven't read the book, you can get it here: penguin.com.au/books/scar-tow… Penguin Books Aus State Library of South Australia #mglit

I haven't tweeted / X'd in a while, but hope to still connect with you in other places in 2025: Insta: instagram.com/tristanbancksb… FB:  facebook.com/tristanbancks StorySchool: youngwritersstoryschool.com YouTube:  youtube.com/tristanbancks Site / Blog:  tristanbancks.com Happy new year!