K-Publishing: Korean Art and Book Making for All Kids

Korean language and culture are becoming part of Australian kids’ everyday lives – from K-Pop artists at the Rod Laver Arena, to the new Koreatown on Healeys Lane and the global film sensation ‘K-Pop Demon Hunters’ … 

The K-Publishing workshop series covers all this and more! Talented local artists will guide children in super fun dance, food, puppetry, language and dress-ups activities. 

Kids' Own Publishing love making books by kids, for kids. Julie Choi brings unique expertise in ‘translanguaging’ – the way children naturally draw on all their languages to communicate and make meaning. The K-publishing workshops will offer a fluid language space in which children can be language learners, language sharers, or both! 

The artwork, writing and photographic record produced by kids in each session will become content for a picture book that will be shaped collaboratively by the participants throughout the program. 

There will be seven fortnightly workshops in total. 

The sessions will be open to children aged 7 to 12. 

We encourage participants to attend all seven workshops or as many as practicable to enjoy the experience of co-creating a publication. 

The book will be launched on the 25th of July. 

K-Publishing: Korean Arts and Publishing for All Kids is presented in partnership with the Immigration Museum with support from the Australian Government and The University of Melbourne.