Frances Whiting Travels from QLD
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Frances Whiting's Biography
Frances Whiting is one of Australia’s best known writers.
Her highly anticipated debut novel, Walking on Trampolines, released to critical and popular acclaim in 2013 is a best seller in Australia, the United States and Canada, and is currently optioned for film rights.
In 2015, Walking on Trampolines was translated into Italian, German, Spanish, Slovenian and Czechoslovakian.
Frances’s second book, will be released by Pan Macmillan in November, 2019.
A senior feature writer for Queensland's premier weekend magazine, Q Weekend in the Courier Mail, Frances is also a much loved columnist for the Sunday Mail, and other Sunday newspapers around Australia, with her weekly column now in its 21st year.
She is an Associate Editor of the Courier Mail and the Books Editor of Q Weekend Magazine.
As a former school teacher, Frances's keen interest in children is reflected in her charity work. Queensland Patron for Kids Help Line, and Queensland Ambassador for Hummingbird House, she also lends her support to many other charities throughout the year.
Speaking Topics Include
Writing for columns, for features, for novels - how to get
started, how to stay on track
Working motherhood - getting the balance right
Women's role in the media
Mothers and daughters
Mothers and sons
Stories from the trenches - a journalist's life