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SWIMMING WITH SKELETONS (Penguin, August 2009) is Robert's latest book. The follow up to THERE'S MONEY IN TOILETS, join Peter and Nick as they dig their treasure hunting obsession down to new depths! When they end up trapped in an underwater cave with a skeleton for company, can they dig themselves out of this hole? |
Robert's first book for the Aussie Chomp series was THERE'S MONEY IN TOILETS (Penguin 2008). How can a toilet bowl save your life? What if there were a hundred year old rubbish dump under your school oval? Our narrator, Nick, and his best mate Peter, might just find out the answers in their first adventure.
Robert has also written for two Nickelodeon Playstation games ATTACK OF THE TOYBOTS and GLOBS OF DOOM starring SpongeBob Squarepants.
See more about:
Attack of the Toybots
or
Globs of Doom
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Rob's debut novel, THE GREEBLIES |
THE GREEBLIES (illustrated by Peter Viska), a collection
of 5 gross, funny and strangely compelling stories
about the secret life of bedbugs, dustmites, lice
and blowflies was published by Penguin in
March 2006.
Robert wrote for The Age before
becoming a storyliner on Sons and Daughters,
a scriptwriter on Prisoner and a script
editor on The Flying Doctors. But all that
serious soapie stuff wasn't for Robert. He discovered
children's television. And children's television
discovered it had an award winning writer.
Robert has written for LIFT
OFF and SKYTRACKERS,
both of which won AFI awards, developed the ATOM
award winning series HORACE
AND TINA and WORST
BEST FRIENDS and won an Australian Writers
Guild Award for his writing on the internationally
popular series ROUND THE
TWIST. |
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He's also written for two little
television series, LI'L ELVIS
JONES AND THE TRUCKSTOPPERS and LI'L
HORRORS as well as THE
LEGACY OF THE SILVER SHADOW and THE
KANGAROO CREEK GANG.
Robert gives talks and runs workshops for the general public on creating and writing drama series for children and has given talks and run workshops for the Singapore Government. He consults to the Australian Government’s children’s broadcasting regulatory authority, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) and was recently invited to judge the children’s section of the International Emmy Awards.
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2003 was his proudest year.
His daughter was born and he was awarded a Centenary
Medal for his contribution to the writing of Australian
children's television.
He was script producer on the 26 part animated series for the BBC and Channel Nine called DOGSTAR and ROCK IT! a pre school series for the Ten Network and Pixel Pinkie, an animated series for Channel Nine.
Robert loves inspiring children
to write their own stories. From explaining how
to use the 'yuk factor' in their own writing,
to getting children to think in pictures, Robert's
approach is enthusiastic and knowledgeable.
Possible
topics include:
- The Yuk Factor and how to use it in your writing
- Brainstorming to get ideas
-How to structure a story
- Turning Prose into Pictures
To watch a short clip of Robert click here.
To visit Robert's
website click
here.
Read an extract of The Greeblies.
Read an extract of There's Money in Toilets.
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"One of the things I look for from an author visit is someone that is adaptable and can present to a varied audience. Robert did this extremely well, firstly talking with a large group of year 7 students on the elements of a good story, then in a later session about script writing with a group of year 11 & 12 VCAL students"
-Mark Macnamara, Sebastopol College.
"His cheeky sense of humour left us hanging on the edge of our seats... He made the children see how much he loved writing and during our follow-up small group focus for our talented writers, he gave some great expert tips for the students to try in their writing. A very inspiring talk!"
-Mel Douglas, Marlborough Primary School.
"Thank you so much for a great start to Book Week, the children have raved about you and are eager to read your book, which I will have to buy numerous copies of."
- Helen Schiele, Ballarat Grammar School.
"Robert Greenberg
was fantastic yesterday. He had the students' attention
within the first 2 minutes and held it for the whole
2 hours. The girls were just buzzing when it came time
to start writing. Thanks so much for setting this up
for us - Robert was just the person we needed for this
activity!"
-Mardi Holland, Korowa Anglican Girls' School
"I was really impressed with
how user-friendly the website was, how friendly and
helpful the telephone staff were and how fantastic the
speaker was. It was a teacher's dream! All the children
really enjoyed Robert's informal and informative style
and he inspired many. I really enjoyed the speaker and
would definitely rebook next year."
- Catherine Gebbett, Lumen Christi College.
"Many students
were familiar with 'Round the Twist, so they were very
attentive when Robert showed excerpts from the series
on DVD. Drawing on personal experience to create interesting
characters was well illustrated by Robert in his presentation.
Students also responded well to 'The Yuck Factor' which
is so apparent in works like 'Round The Twist."
- Leah Downey, Deer Park Secondary College. |
