One woman's pioneering journey exploring unchartered territory in the areas of writing humour, audio-visual linking of classrooms, multi platform (transmedia) storytelling, and narcissistic personality. AKA The Hotch Potch Approach to Life :) www.jenimawter.com

2. 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.”

3. 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.”

4. 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

6. J.A. Mawter is born: 2001
Gender is an issue
“You can’t be Jeni on the cover”
HarperCollins Publishers Marketing
Dep’t

7. The ‘So’ Series (For Reluctant Boy Readers)
HarperCollins Publishers Australia
“Women don’t write those sort of books”

8. Public Speaking Agency: 2002
“You’re too old
and female
and none of the schools
will want you”

9. Public Speaker
becomes
Reluctant
Performer

10. 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

11. Response to Critics?
Publish Critically Thinking
about Humour and Text

12. 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

13. 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)

14. Founding member of Literature Live!
Connecting authors and illustrators with classrooms, 2011

15. www.literaturelive.net

16. ‘ICT and
Literature: There’s
a link’
Article in Teacher,
ACER, March
2011, Pp 68 - 72

17. 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

18. Judge and Chair for the
NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
Ethel Turner Prize for
Young Adult Fiction, 2012 - 2014

19. “What are you writing?”
Is it a book? No
Is it a magazine? No
Is it fiction? No
Is it non-fiction? No

20. I finally know what I’ve written!
A story with which readers can:

21. The Future of Story
Telling?Transmedia: Writing for
Multiplatforms
Kiss Kill
by
Jeni Mawter
Really Blue Books, 2012

22. 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)

23. 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

24. 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

25. Kiss Kill launches new platform
Narcissistic Personality Disorders

26. Interest
Levels
Extraordinary!

28. My secret? Curiosity and Wonder
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29. www.jenimawter.com