Zart Book Week 2026

Enjoy art-rich literacy experiences, Creative Response Video Activities, downloadable templates, Zart materials starter box, and exclusive bonus content.

For the first time in 30 years, Zart’s celebrated Book Week program has been reimagined, now completely online, richer than ever, and designed to support teachers with even greater flexibility and creativity.

Your favourite activities, resources, and creative provocations are all still here, amplified, expanded, and delivered in an exciting new digital format. 

Program includes:

• 16 Creative Response Video Activities
• Free supplementary online activities
• Downloadable PDFs and printables
• Invite to Live Online events with Kirli Saunders and Briony Stewart
• Access to our Podcast series with authors and illustrators
• Adaptable activities for Early Childhood, Picture Books, Older Readers and Eve Pownall texts
• Zart materials starter box

Key Course Takeaways

• Video-led Creative Responses linked to literature and visual literacy
• Ready-to-use templates, printables and supplementary tasks
• Curriculum-aligned strategies for comprehension, interpretation and making
• Author and illustrator inspiration through podcasts and Live Online events
• Resources are yours to revisit and reuse beyond Book Week
• Inclusive strategies and differentiation for diverse classrooms

Art Skills in Focus

• Narrative artmaking through drawing, painting and collage
• Visual conventions to build meaning from texts
• Symbolism, texture, pattern and composition
• Creative responses that strengthen student voice and language

Online Structured Video Courses

Skill-Based, Supported Learning

• Step-by-step video courses to build confidence and capability.
• Includes access to a dedicated online platform for questions and feedback.
• Encourages ongoing professional dialogue and collaboration beyond the videos.

A materials starter kit is automatically included for this workshop and will be delivered to you*

*standard freight charges apply