Join author Alison D Stegert on a journey back in time to the Nineteeth Century to explore the Victorian Art of Letter Writing. Ali will guide the tour, demonstrating past and present letter-writing conventions and displaying authentic Victorian curios. Winifred Weatherby, the girl genius hero of Her Majesty's League of Remarkable Young Ladies, has written a fascinating letter from the past and awaits a reply from keen present day penpals. Participants will write a letter and take home their handmade custom stationery to continue their snail mail adventure.
This event is a part of our Day Camp.
About the author:
Alison D. Stegert is a Sunshine Coast-based children’s author and longtime letter writer. Her recent mystery adventure novel, Her Majesty’s League of Remarkable Young Ladies, is a 19th-century romp starring a girl genius gadget inventor and featuring a cameo from Queen Victoria herself. Alison’s other titles include Boogie Woogie Bird, a picture book co-created with illustrator Sandra Severgnini. Ali is the state director of the Queensland branch of SCBWI Australia East (the Society of Children Book Writers & Illustrators).
About the book:
At her dull Victorian finishing school, fourteen-year-old Winnie dreams of becoming a top inventor like her father. Then, she’s recruited into a league of young ladies guarding Her Majesty the Queen. Soon, Winnie is not only serving royalty but learning what she needs to save her papa.
