WHAT IS A THOUGHT LEADER?

Lauren Hockenson, writing for Mashable:

“It’s not enough to be good at what you do; a

thought leader is … someone who is on the

absolute cutting edge of their industry or

making big enough moves to warrant the

distinction.”

Alex Ivanov, for Huffington Post, says:

“I always considered a thought leader to be an

individual or organization that has earned the distinction

through years of experience combined with research,

publications, public speaking, teaching, inventions, and,

possibly, awards. It’s an individual or organization that

has shaped our thinking and practice.”

JENI MAWTER AUTHOR

I have published picture books, junior fiction, young adult fiction,

poetry, non-fiction, verse narrative, song lyrics,

scripts, academic articles, multi-platform stories.

Book Launch

The

Snugglebump

Jump

Wombat Books, 2011

J.A. Mawter is born: 2001

Gender is an issue

“You can’t be Jeni on the cover”

HarperCollins Publishers Marketing Dep’t

The ‘So’ Series (For Reluctant Boy Readers)

HarperCollins Publishers Australia

“Women don’t write those sort of books”

Public Speaking Agency: 2002

“You’re too old

and female

and none of the schools

will want you”

Public Speaker

becomes

Reluctant

Performer

J.A. Mawter

Never invited to speak about ‘Boys and Books’

My competitors in the marketplace:

Andy Griffith

Andrew Daddo

Paul Jennings

Morris Gleitzman

http://www.inismagazine.ie/files/blog/Boys_reading.jpg

Response to Critics?

Publish Critically Thinking

about Humour and Text

Journal Articles + Presentations

on Critical Thinking, Humour and Text

Writing Humour: Why Gross Works for Kids, presented at

the Sydney Writer’s Festival, 2005 Published by ASLA in

Teacher & Librarian.

Critical Thinking, Creativity and Text presented at the 3rd

Global International Conference on Creative

Engagements: Thinking with Children, 2007

University Lecturing

Lecturer to Master’s students

at Sydney University in

‘Writing for Children and

Young Adults’, 2010

Tutor in ‘Creative Writing’

(2002, 2003), then Lecturer

Master’s students at

Macquarie University in

‘Writing for Young Adults’

(2013, 2015)

Founding member of Literature Live!

Connecting authors and illustrators with classrooms, 2011

www.literaturelive.net

‘ICT and

Literature: There’s

a link’

Article in Teacher,

ACER, March

2011, Pp 68 - 72

The Australian Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research, Senator Kim Carr, established the Australian Book Industry Strategy Group in 2010. The group conducted market analysis research, took public submissions and held Stakeholder Workshops in which over 200 industry representatives participated. The BISG delivered its final report to Carr in September 2011.

Invited participant in

Book Industry Strategy Group

Judge and Chair for the

NSW Premier’s Literary Awards

Ethel Turner Prize for

Young Adult Fiction, 2012 - 2014

“What are you writing?”

Is it a book? No

Is it a magazine? No

Is it fiction? No

Is it non-fiction? No

I finally know what I’ve written!

A story with which readers can:

The Future of Story

Telling?Transmedia: Writing for

Multiplatforms

Kiss Kill

by

Jeni Mawter

Really Blue Books, 2012

Kiss Kill makes Top 10

World’s 1st Transmedia Novels

MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI: HOUSE OF LEAVES House of Leaves (2000)

SEAN STEWART & JORDAN WEISMAN, CATHY’S BOOK: IF FOUND CALL (650) 266-8233 (2006)

RICK RIORDAN, THE 39 CLUES: THE MAZE OF BONES (2008)

J.C. HUTCHINS & JORDAN WEISMAN, PERSONAL EFFECTS: DARK ART (2009)

PATRICK CARMAN, SKELETON CREEK: RYAN’S JOURNAL (2009) [hereinafter SKELETON CREEK]

ANTHONY E. ZUIKER & DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI, LEVEL 26: DARK ORIGINS (2009)

SPARROW HALL: TWO BLUE WOLVES and NIGHTWORK (2011)

AMANDA HARVARD: THE SURVIVORS – IMMERSEDITION (2011)

JENI MAWTER: KISS KILL (Really Blue Books, 2012)

MAX GIOVAGNOLI: THE SECRET MESSAGE OF FALLING STARS (Anagramma, 2012)

J.K. ROWLING: WONDERBOOK - BOOK OF SPELLS (2012)

Kiss Kill presented to International

Audience

Presented at the Global

Project on Transmedia:

Storytelling and Beyond

Conference, Sydney

Australia, 2013

Chapter ‘Transmedia Toe-

Dipping: Kiss Kill by Jeni

Mawter’ in eBook, Transmedia

Practise: A Collective Approach,

Inter-Disciplinary Press, 2014,

ISBN: 978-1-84888-261-4

Digital Storytelling in Evolution

Invited participant in

Macquarie University

research study on

“Australian Book

Authors in the

Contemporary

Publishing

Environment” by

Professor David

Throsby, 2014

Contributor to The

Adaptable Author:

Coping with Change in

the Digital Age, by

Sophie Masson, 2014

Kiss Kill launches new platform

Narcissistic Personality Disorders

Interest

Levels

Extraordinary!

My secret? Curiosity and Wonder

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www.jenimawter.com