The Power of Picture Books and Poetry for Young People - Maxine Beneba Clarke

Sat Jun 06 2026 at 05:00 am to 06:00 am UTC+10:00

Woodend Community Centre, Forest Street, Woodend Victoria 3442 | Macedon

Woodend Winter Arts Festival
Publisher/HostWoodend Winter Arts Festival
The Power of Picture Books and Poetry for Young People - Maxine Beneba Clarke
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Maxine Beneba Clarke takes us through some of her beloved books for younger children, including the CBCA Honour Book and Boston Globe Horn Prize winning picture book The Patchwork Bike, her ode to local book stores We Know a Place, her fashion anthem for young people, Fashionista, and her poetry collections It’s the Sound of the Thing:100 new poems for young people, and Stuff I’m (NOT) Sorry For: 99 new poems for young people.
Suitable for ages 5-12.
Maxine Beneba Clarke is the author of over fifteen books for adults and children including the short fiction collection Foreign Soil, the memoir The Hate Race, and the picture books Fashionista, We Know a Place, Wide Big World, When We Say Black Lives Matter and The Patchwork Bike. Her poetry collections include It’s the Sound of the Thing: 100 new poems for young people, Stuff I’m (NOT) Sorry For: 99 new poems for young people, How Decent Folk Behave, and the recently released Beautiful Changelings.
VENUE: Woodend Community Centre, Forest Street, Woodend Victoria 3442
Tickets are free, but must be reserved in advance using the ticketing system.
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Woodend Community Centre, Forest Street, Woodend Victoria 3442, Woodend Library, Forest St, Woodend VIC 3442, Australia, Macedon

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