Family Sunday: Write and illustrate fact-based books with Dan Marshall
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Family Sunday: Write and illustrate fact-based books with Dan Marshall

Dan Marshall teaches participants how to write and illustrate fact-based books during Family Sunday!

By State Library of New South Wales, Learning Services

Date and time

Sunday, May 18 · 12 - 1pm AEST

Location

State Library of New South Wales

1 Shakespeare place Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

  • Event lasts 1 hour

Come along to this hands-on session, where Dan Marshall will share the creative process behind some of the visual facts in No Way! and Eww Gross.

Discover how to turn facts into fantastic illustrations and bring your own facts to life visually!

Recommended for ages 8–12.

Children must be accompanied by an adult.

This event is in addition to our other Family Sunday workshops with Sydney Writers’ Festival!

Join us also for workshops with Jacqueline Harvey and Jade Goodwin, or for a FREE family library tour to discover fascinating stories about the building and its collections (10:30am and 12pm from the Mitchell Vestibule).

Seperate bookings are required for each Family Sunday workshop.


About Dan Marshall

Dan Marshall is a graphic designer, illustrator and writer who has been drawing since he was young. His clients have included Facebook, Sydney Opera House and Australian Museum. Dan has had five books published: Mind Blown, Look Book, No Way!, Super Duper and Eww Gross. No Way! was listed as a Notable Book in 2022 by the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA). In 2024 Eww Gross was shortlisted for the Eve Pownall Award for information books by the CBCA. Dan’s books have been licensed internationally in Germany, Greece, South Korea, Russia, China, Poland and Turkey. His new illustrated book, False Versus Facts is out in October 2025.


This event is presented in partnership with Sydney Writers’ Festival.

A$0 – A$10