Pam Rushby
Pamela Rushby was born in Queensland more years ago than she cares to divulge. She has worked in advertising; as a pre-school teacher; and as a writer and producer of educational television, audio and multimedia.
Pam has written children's books and television scripts; hundreds of radio and TV commercials; multi award-winning documentaries on Queensland dinosaurs, Australian ecosystems, bilbies, the Crown of Thorns starfish and buried Chinese terracotta warriors; short stories; and freelance journalism. She has won several awards, including a Literature Board of the Australia Council grant to work on archaeological excavations in Egypt and Jordan; a Churchill Fellowship to study educational television in Canada; the Ethel Turner Prize in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards; five Notable Books in the Children's Book Council of Australia awards; and a bag of gold coins at a film festival in Iran.
Her historical novels include When the Hipchicks Went to War (Hachette 2009), The Horses Didn't Come Home(HarperCollins 2012), Flora's War (Ford Street Publishing 2013), The Rat-catcher's Daughter (HarperCollins 2014), Sing a Rebel Song (Omnibus 2015) and Lizzie and Margaret Rose (Omnibus 2016).
Pam lives in Brisbane with her husband and six visiting scrub turkeys. She has two children (plus son-in-law and two gorgeous grandchildren).
She is passionately interested in children's books and television, ancient history and Middle Eastern food.
Presenting
26 July 2025 at 12:50:00 am
The Perfect Pitch: pitching your book to publishers
Hands-on workshop aimed at writers who want to pitch their book/script idea effectively to a publisher, editor or agent. Two pitches will be developed in the workshop: a short 'elevator' pitch (for unexpected opportunities!) and a longer pitch to be delivered at the more formal, one-on-one appointments. Participants will become aware of two effective 'formulas' for creating well-organised, succinct, informative and attention-grabbing pitches.
