Genre is a great way of communicating what type of story a novel, film or text is. Understanding different genres - the structure and style, tone and mood, and how a particular text conforms to or challenges the generic conventions, helps us to analyze the text and draw out themes. Australian authors Amra Pajalic, Angela Savage, Gabrielle Wang and Tony Wilson discuss the genres they write within.

Originally released by Video Education Australasia, 2016. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on January 19, 2017.

Genre: Introduction --(1:38) -- Genre Conventions -- (1:10) -- Satire Literature -- (2:21) -- Magical Realism -- (0:38) -- Coming of Age -- (1:23) -- Structure and Style -- (4:42) -- Evolution of Genre -- (3:17) -- Credits: Genre: The Writers' Workshop -- (0:07).