Australian Writers Week: A conversation between bestselling authors

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Saturday afternoon saw an interesting conversation between bestselling Australian children's author Morris Gleitzman and his Chinese counterpart Zhou Rui.

Along with a number of fans in the seats, they exchanged views on how to write from a child's perspective.

For successful children's literature authors, writing from a child's point of view is a fertile fictional approach.

The two talents discussed their experiences seeing from a child's eye, and the ways in which this vantage point has afforded them unique insights into storytelling.

Morris Gleitzman is the current Australian Children's Laureate. His titles include Two Weeks with the Queen, Doubting Thomas and the series Once, Then, Now After, Soon and Maybe.

Morris Gleitzman (C) is in conversation with Zhou Rui (R). /CGTN Photo

Published in more than twenty countries, his books have won, among other awards, all of the Australian Readers Choice Awards voted by children.

He says his works are often centered on love and happiness, teaching young readers how to go through the worst to the best of their lives.

Zhou Rui, winner of France's Annecy Educational Animation Prize, is an adorable children's literature writer. He explains that to be a good writer for children, one should be like "a frog with a tail."

Held by Australian Embassy in China, the program is one session of the 12th Australian Writers Week in Beijing, which runs from March 20 to 27.