This resource contains a video interview with Randa Abdel-Fattah in which she talks about her reasons for writing, plot development, themes and characterisation, and gives advice to help you develop your writing skills.
Randa also reads from her novel, Where the streets had a name.
Laptops presents tasks for you to complete using your laptop.
For more interviews with writers who participated in the Sydney Writers’ Festival in 2009, go to Writers Talk 2009, available via:
www.tale.edu.au and www.cli.nsw.edu.au