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'Morris Gleitzman is one of Australia’s leading children’s writers, beloved by children and adults alike. More than perhaps any other Australian children’s author he has pushed the boundaries with his content and our children are the richer for it. From the humour of some of his early books and his collaborations with Paul Jennings to his harrowing series of Once, Then, Now, After, Soon and Maybe, Morris Gleitzman is a writer of courage and enormous talent. ' (Introduction)

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Unit Suitable ForAC: Year 7 (NSW Stage 4)

DurationSix lessons plus one rich culminating assessment task

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Themes

creativity, friendship, humour, identity, imagination, perspective, truth

General Capabilities

Critical and creative thinking, Ethical understanding, Information and communication technology, Literacy, Personal and social

Notes

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Show notes
- Morris discovered the Just William series of Richmal Crompton when he was 8, and she inspired the Felix series (Once, Then, Now, After, Soon and Maybe).
- He attended the College of Advanced Education in Canberra and completed, the first vocationally-based, undergraduate professional writing course in Australia – the same course Garth Nix (another writer interviewed on The Garret) enrolled in two years later.
- Morris credits his experience on as a scriptwriter for The Norman Gunston Show for training him for the rest of his literary career.
- And finally, Morris refers to Elie Wiesel, the Holocaust survivor who fought for the memory of those who perished in the Holocaust. Elie was influential in Morris decision to write the Felix series.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

2017 .

Link: 23462400Access online Sighted: 18/11/2021

Extent: 31 min 19 secsp.

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Posted 12 October 2017

Series: y The Garret : 2017 Nic Brasch (interviewer), Melbourne : Bad Producer Productions , 2017 14750868 2017 series - publisher interview podcast Abstract
A literary podcast and transcript by writers for writers about writers.