1. A Presentation By Jessie Buckley

2.   Background  Books  Themes & Influences  Awards  Quiz Time!  Short Video  Handouts and Evaluation Forms Introduction Photo by Marco Del Grande

3.   Born in 1982  Grew up on an orchard in Dwellingup, W.A.  Lives in Fremantle  Singer/songwriter for band The Nancy Sikes! Background

4.  Books  Rhubarb  Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2004  The World According to Warren  Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 2007  Jasper Jones  Allen & Unwin, 2009

5.   Western Australian settings  Emphasis on characters and setting.  Compared to Harper Lee and Tim Winton.  Southern Gothic fiction (Harper Lee, Mark Twain, Truman Copote) Themes & Influences ©GrahamBaker.com By Denise Finch

6.   Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist, 2005  Jasper Jones:  Australian Independent Booksellers, Fiction Book of the Year and Book of the Year 2009  Indie Book of the Year Award 2009  Australian Booksellers Choice Award 2010  Australian Book Industry Awards, Literary Book of the Year and Book of the Year 2010  West Australian Premier's (Fiction) Award 2010 (shared with JM Coetzee) Awards

7.  Q1. Where did Craig Silvey grow up? Q2. Where does he live now? Q3. In what year was his first book published? Q4. What’s the name of the guide dog in Rhubarb that also stared in Silvey’s children’s book? Q5. What two authors has Silvey been compared to? Q6. What was the first award Silvey received? Quiz Time!

8.  Jasper Jones Trailer