The Write Around the Murray Schools Program is an opportunity for students to meet and work with some of Australia’s most established authors and illustrators in an intimate, welcoming and creative environment.
All bookings for WAM Schools Program are via email. Please include in your email: Session date/time, Session Name, Year group, Numbers, School, Teachers contact.
Early bird bookings for Write Around the Murray Schools Program are available Wednesday 14 May until Wednesday 25 June, 2025. During this period, bookings are limited to 200 places per school.
General bookings open on Thursday 26 June 2025 and are unlimited (schools can book as many places as they like).
All sessions are free unless otherwise indicated and take place at various locations across Albury Wodonga as shown in the program (see below). Click here for downloadable print version.
Groups must commit to attending the entire session. Early exiting of groups is not permitted.
Write Around the Murray can accommodate specific accessibility requirements including Auslan interpreters (with at least 7 days’ notice).
Limited bus travel subsidies are available to schools that may be otherwise unable to attend WAM. These subsidies are supported by Riverina Murray Local Council of the Australian Literacy Educators’ Association (ALEA). Please note your interest in the travel subsidy when making your booking.
events

Albury LibraryMuseum
Yr 2, Yr 3, Yr 4
Get Zapped! with Nat Amoore
Talk
Albury LibraryMuseum
Yr 7, Yr 8
The Secret of Storytelling with Danielle Binks
Workshop
Retro Lane Cafe
Yr 10, Yr 11, Yr 12
Writing Romance with Melanie Saward
Workshop
Albury LibraryMuseum
Yr 5, Yr 6
Chaos Kid with Nat Amoore
Talk
Albury LibraryMuseum
Yr K, Yr 1, Yr 2
Meet the Author with Deborah Frenkel
Workshop
Lavington Library
Yr K, Yr 1, Yr 2
Our Wiradjuri Dance with Taylor Hampton
Workshop
Hyphen – Wodonga Library Gallery
Yr 8, Yr 9
Slam Poetry with John Englezos
Workshop
Albury LibraryMuseum
Yr 5, Yr 6
Create Your Own Superhero with Shane McCarthy
Workshop
Albury LibraryMuseum
Yr 2, Yr 3, Yr 4
Get Zapped! with Nat Amoore
Talk
Lavington Library
Yr 5, Yr 6
The Secret of Storytelling with Danielle Binks
Workshop
Albury LibraryMuseum
Yr 3, Yr 4
Imagination Factory with Charmaine Ledden-Lewis
Workshop
Hyphen – Wodonga Library Gallery
Yr 7, Yr 8
Create Your Own Comics with Shane McCarthy
Workshop
Lavington Library
Yr 10, Yr 11, Yr 12
Writing Romance with Melanie Saward
Workshop
Retro Lane Cafe
Yr 5, Yr 6
Drawing With Thoughts and Emotions with Dub Leffler
Workshop
Albury LibraryMuseum
Preschool, Yr K, Yr 1
Meet the Author with Deborah Frenkel
Workshop
Lavington Library
Yr 7, Yr 8
The Secret of Storytelling with Danielle Binks
Workshop
Albury LibraryMuseum
Yr 5, Yr 6
Imagination Factory with Charmaine Ledden-Lewis
Workshop
Albury LibraryMuseum
Yr 5, Yr 6
Chaos Kid with Nat Amoore
Talk
Retro Lane Cafe
Yr 7, Yr 8
Drawing With Thoughts and Emotions with Dub Leffler
Workshop
Albury LibraryMuseum
Yr 2, Yr 3, Yr 4
Meet the Author with Deborah Frenkel
Workshop
Albury LibraryMuseum
Yr 3, Yr 4
Worst Week at WAM Ever with Matt Cosgrove & Eva Amores
Workshop
Retro Lane Cafe
Yr 7, Yr 8
How to Write a Murder Mystery with Kate Emery
Workshop
Albury LibraryMuseum
Yr 5, Yr 6
Drawing With Thoughts and Emotions with Dub Leffler
Workshop
Murray Art Museum Albury
Yr 7, Yr 8
Create an Art Poem with Kate Smith & Lachlan Brown
Workshop
Albury LibraryMuseum
Yr 3, Yr 4
Imagination Factory with Charmaine Ledden-Lewis
Workshop
Albury LibraryMuseum
Yr 3, Yr 4
Worst Week at WAM Ever with Matt Cosgrove & Eva Amores
Workshop
Retro Lane Cafe
Yr 8, Yr 9
How to Write a Murder Mystery with Kate Emery
Workshop
Lavington Library
Yr K, Yr 1, Yr 2
Our Wiradjuri Dance with Taylor Hampton
Workshop
Albury LibraryMuseum
Yr 5, Yr 6
Create Your Own Superhero with Shane McCarthy
Workshop
Murray Art Museum Albury
Yr 7, Yr 8
Create an Art Poem with Kate Smith & Lachlan Brown
Workshop
Hyphen – Wodonga Library Gallery
Yr 10, Yr 11, Yr 12
Journalism 101 with Antoinette Lattouf
TalkBarry Young River of Stories Awards
The Barry Young River of Stories is a writing competition for Primary and Secondary school students who reside in the Albury Wodonga region. It has been brought to the region by the Albury Hume Rotary Club since 2003.
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