URSULA
DUBOSARSKY
Ursula Dubosarsky was born and grew up in
Sydney. She wanted to be a writer from the age of six. Now
having published a number of award-winning books for children
and young adults, Ursula is regarded as one of the most talented
writers in Australia.
Her
books for younger children include Maisie and the Pinny
Gig, Honey and Bear and Special Days for
Honey and Bear (illustrated
by Ron Brooks), three Aussie Bites - The
Strange Adventures of Isador Brown, The
Even Stranger Adventures of Isador Brown and Isador
Brown's Strangest Adventures of All, as well as
four Aussie Nibbles - The Two Gorillas, Fair
Bread, The Magic
Wand, and The Puppet Show. For upper primary readers she
has written High Hopes, Zizzy Zing, The
Last Week in December,
The White Guinea Pig, The First
Book of Samuel, My Father
Is
Not A Comedian, How to Be A Great Detective, and The
Game of the Goose, a haunting and imaginative story
of three children's adventures inside a very unusual board
game. Her books for
young adults are Black Sails, White Sails, Bruno
and the Crumhorn,
Theodora’s Gift, Abyssinia, and most recently, The
Red Shoe.
      
Ursula's
work is recognised overseas as well as in Australia
and she has won many awards for excellence, including the
1994 Victorian Premier's Literary Award and the NSW Premier's
Literary
Award for The White Guinea-Pig. In 1995 she won the NSW
Premier's Ethnic Affairs Commission Award for The First
Book of Samuel which was also named an Honour Book in the 1995 CBC Book
of the Year Awards. In 2004 she won the Adelaide Festival
Award
for Literature for Abyssinia. In 2006 Ursula won both the
NSW and Victorian Premier’s Award for Theodora’s
Gift and the Queensland Premier’s Award for The
Red Shoe.
Magpies
Magazine has written about her work: 'Ursula Dubosarsky is
one of the few truly original and talented
voices speaking
to children through literature today.' In Stephen Matthews'
book, The Eye of the Soul (interviews with 17 Australian
writers for children and young adults), Ursula speaks
as follows: 'Storytelling
is as natural, as vital maybe, as breathing ... Whenever
I do creative writing workshops with children, there's
a tumbling
need for each child to tell a story.'
Ursula
is available for writing workshops and for general talks about
her work
and is very happy to address infants,
primary
and high school students as well as adults. Ursula
has three school aged children of her own, and a number of
guinea pigs,
many of which feature in her books!
  
Comments
on Ursula's school visits:
'She
was great fun; even our very sophisticated and world-weary
Year 6s were cracking up' ...
'warm, interesting and
funny' ... 'a terrific speaker'. Another teacher
commented ...
'I thought she was wonderful. She enthused students
in their
writing and made the whole experience of a writing
camp come alive.'
'Children
and teachers enjoyed Ursula's talks and workshop very much.
She was well prepared, energetic
and connected
well with the children through her humour
and personal stories.'
'Great
interest and attention from students of all ages groups' ...
'Ursula's books have now all been borrowed
(and bought from the bookstall!)'
...
'We had a very enjoyable day. Thank you Ursula!'.
More information
available at her web
site.
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