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Author: Professor Kim Wilkins (Professor, University of Queensland, Australia) ,
Dr Helen Marshall (Senior Lecturer of Creative Writing, University of Queensland, Australia) ,
Dr Lisa Bennett (Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, Flinders University, Australia)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9781350359253
ISBN 10: 1350359254
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 20 February 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
Fusing accessible scenarios drawn from the canon of fantasy and science fiction with creative writing, tabletop gaming, teambuilding, professional development, and hands-on real-world problem solving, Story Thinking and the Real-world Applications of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Writing is an essential handbook for the student-focused, active-learning classroom of the 21st century. * Gerry Canavan, Marquette University, USA and the former president of the Science Fiction Research Association *
Author Information
Helen Marshall is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at The University of Queensland, Australia. She researches genre fiction, modern and medieval publishing cultures, worldbuilding, franchise writing and the application of creative arts methodologies for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary ideation. She has won the World Fantasy Award, the British Fantasy Award and the Shirley Jackson Award and her debut novel The Migration was one of The Guardian’s top science fiction books of the year. Kim Wilkins is a Professor of Writing at the University of Queensland, Australia. She is a recognized expert on creative practice, genre fiction and the publishing industry. She is the author of more than thirty full-length works of fiction and her work is translated into more than twenty languages globally. Her scholarly research centres on creative communities, such as writing groups and fan cultures. She is most recently the author of Genre Worlds: Popular Fiction and 21st-Century Book Culture (2022, with Beth Driscoll and Lisa Fletcher). Lisa Bennett is an Associate Professor in Creative Writing at Flinders University, Australia, where she researches Viking Age literature, genre fiction and popular culture. Her speculative fiction has won four Aurealis Awards, an Australian National Science Fiction Award and has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award. She facilitates fantasy and horror fiction workshops for Writers SA, regularly reviews for the ABR and is a recurrent guest on ABC Radio’s ‘Book of the Week’ segment. With Kim Wilkins, she is the author of Writing Bestsellers: Love, Money, and Creative Practice (2021).
