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Youth Online

The Youth Online (YOL) project is a writing program developed by the New England Writers' Centre to take writing skills to youth in the region—particularly in isolated areas—via video-conferencing and smartboards.

For 2014, the Youth Online Program offers workshops by:

• John Heffernan

For the timetable and full details of the program click here.





John Marsden, takes an interactive creative writing workshop from Melbourne with around 1,000 children in New England and other areas of NSW in the 2010 Youth Online program	Armidale City Public School - taking part in the interactive creative writing workshops in the 2010 Youth Online program	Children at Armidale City Public School, taking part in the Youth Online creative writing program in 2010.

For a list of schools that have participated in the Youth Online Program so far, and to read some of the children’s stories click here.

Benefits of the program to children:

• access to professional writers that would not otherwise be able to visit the area
• specific skills for particular projects
• teachers can incorporate this professional input into class projects
• direct contact with writers inspires and encourages
• provides insight into the life of a writer
• opportunity to learn technical skills in
  • drafting
  • editing
  • publishing
  • developing voice and characters
  • understanding point-of-view
  • how to use dialogue
  • how to turn personal experience into something broader
  • improving the school newspaper
• developing communication skills through interviewing
• encouraging reading, discussion of stories, and extending reading ability





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The New England Writers' Centre is assisted by the NSW Government through Arts NSW.