Tasmanian Writers’ Centre: This month writing …
Tasmanian Writers’ Centre
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Big 5 Story Workshop
Saturday October 17, 10am-3pm
5 hours, 5 topics, all you need to know in one big writing-for-children workshop!
Lots of people have a dream of writing for children but not everyone succeeds. In this practical, fun and interactive workshop, Jane Godwin (author and publisher at Penguin Books) and Davina Bell (author and former senior editor at Penguin Books) will share with you all they know about writing and publishing books for children.
Learn more about the industry, explore different ways to build a strong story and become aware of common pitfalls. With a combination of information sharing, practical exercises and helpful advice, this workshop will assist you in taking your writing for young people to the next level.
The day will be broken down into five sections:
5 things you should know about the children’s publishing industry today – facts and figures, insider knowledge, stats and surprises.
5 ways to approach your story – voice, character, language, plot and format.
5 common mistakes that people make when writing for children – we’ve seen them all! (And we’ve made some, too.)
5 children’s books that teach you more than we ever could – what we recommend and why.
5 ways to make it happen – where to from here.
Workshop cost is $150 TWC members, $170 non-members. Includes lunch. Bookings via Eventbrite here.
Moonah Arts Centre, 23-27 Albert Road, Moonah
Writing Your Memoir with Anita Heiss
Sunday November 1, 10pm-4pm
Dr Anita Heiss is the author of non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial women’s fiction, poetry, social commentary and travel articles. She is a regular guest at writers’ festivals and travels internationally performing her work and lecturing on Indigenous literature. She is an Indigenous Literacy Day Ambassador and a proud member of the Wiradjuri nation of central NSW. Anita is a role model for the National Aboriginal Sporting Chance Academy and an Advocate for the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence. She is an Adjunct Professor with Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, UTS and currently divides her time between writing, public speaking, MCing, and being a ‘creative disruptor’. Anita was a finalist in the 2012 Human Rights Awards and the 2013 Australian of the Year Awards. She lives in Sydney.
Anita’s memoir “Am I Black Enough For You?” was released through Random House Australia and was in Readings’ 50 Great Books by Australian Women in 2012. To read more about why Anita wrote this memoir, click here.
The workshop costs $130 for TWC members, $150 for non-members. Lunch included.
Buy your tickets through Eventbrite HERE, or call the Tasmanian Writers Centre: (03) 6224 0029
An Evening with Anita Heiss
Saturday October 31, 7pm
To make the most of Dr Anita Heiss’ visit, come on down to the Moonah Arts Centre the day before her workshop.
She has performed her works nationally and internationally, and is now coming down to Hobart for a night of readings, questions, and thought-provoking discussion. Not one to miss!
The session costs $10 for TWC members, $15 for non-members.
Buy your tickets through Eventbrite HERE, or call the Tasmanian Writers Centre: (03) 6224 0029
Book Launches at Fullers Bookshop
Thursday October 15, 5.30pm
Plain-speaking Jane with Jane Caro
Written with panache and wit, Plain-speaking Jane is an unflinchingly honest celebration of a perfectly imperfect life.
Thursday October 28, 5.30pm
Living With Jezebel with author Marlene Levings.
From the age of kerosene lamps to solar power, a rollicking good yarn of one family’s life of adventure, love, heartbreak and endurance in, on and around Tasmanian and Bass Strait Island lighthouses.
Fullers Bookshop, 131 Collins Street, Hobart
Silver Words
Thursday October 29, 7.30pm
Held on the last Thursday of each month, Silver Words is a night of spoken word with a smorgasbord of poets, rappers, rhymesters, readers, writers and reciters.
The event is hosted by Max Bladel, a vocalist and DJ from Hobart who began rapping at the age of 14.
To add your name to the line-up, contact Silver Words on Facebook here.
Entry is $5.
Tasman Quartermasters, 132-134 Elizabeth Street, Hobart
Women’s Poetry Oasis
Thursday October 15, 1.30pm-3.30pm
The Women’s Poetry Oasis is a forum for women with an interest in writing and appreciating poetry. It meets at Mathers House on the third Thursday of each month.
Jan Colville will lead this session, focussing on small poems that are not haiku, and what to do with them.
Bring some samples with you to share!
The venue for this Oasis of poetry is the basement at Mathers House (50s and Better Centre), 108 Bathurst St, Hobart.
This venture is supported by the 50s and Better Centre and the Tasmanian Writers’ Centre.
Enquiries to Jan Colville at maddy.colville@bigpond.com
Participants are asked to contribute $5 on the day towards the cost of the sessions.
Mathers House, 108 Bathurst Street, Hobart
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
Wednesday October 28 – Sunday November 1
Michael Chabon, Christina Lamb, Mpho Tutu, and Mohsin Hamid are a few of the names in a rich program of panel sessions, literary lunches, poetry slams, cocktail soirées and walking tours.
Follow: @ubudwritersfest and #uwrf15 – and find out more by heading to ubudwritersfestival.com
Tasmanian Poetry Festival – Open Mic
Sunday October 11, 2-5pm
We hope you had a chance to get down to some of the great events at the Tasmanian Poetry Festival this year.
There is still one more chance to get involved, at the Empire Hotel in Deloraine. Bring a poem to share, or just enjoy the ambience in of this quiet country pub.
Details HERE
Empire Hotel, Deloraine
Slamduggery!
Check the Facebook events page for date and time of events
Slamduggery! is a word slam in Launceston and it wants you, YOU! to slam down your original spoken words. Phwoar! Held monthly. To put your name down for events, contact the organisers via Facebook here. $5 entry.
This slam is open to everyone and anyone who wants to perform, but remember to add your name to the lineup early to book your spot!
Joyce Chinese Cuisine Function Room, 63 Brisbane Street, Launceston
Poetry Pedlars
Monday October 19, 7.30pm
Keen to join a society of poets and wordsmiths for a regular monthly evening of verse and rhyme? Join a group of fellow Launceston lyricists every third Monday of the month.
Note that the Pedlars have moved from the Royal Oak Hotel to the Pioneer Lobby at Albert Hall! They will have a microphone ready and waiting. An entrance fee will be charged, but organisers will no longer be asking for donations for the competition prize.
Come and join in as a reader or audience member.
Entry fee $5.
Albert Hall, 47 Tamar Street, Launceston
It’s a Democracy…Vote!
The People’s Choice Awards
Reading is one of the most important things we can do in life and books can take us on adventures we can’t begin to imagine.
The shortlisted books in the 2015 Premier’s Literary Prizes offer a fascinating and diverse collection of very high calibre writing. They provide a great starting point to read Tasmanian stories or work written by Tasmanian authors.
You can read extracts of all the shortlisted works and vote in the People’s Choice Awards for your chance to win all the shortlisted books and score an invitation to the gala announcement of the prize winners at Government House on Wednesday, 2 December 2015.
Visit: www.tasmanianartsguide.com.au/plp for more information and to vote.
Congratulations!
At the Awgies 2015
A big congratulations to Finegan Kruckemeyer who went home with the award for Children’s Theatre with his play “The Boy at the Edge of Everything”.
He also won the Australian Writers’ Guild 2015 David Williamson Prize in “Celebration and Recognition of Excellence in Writing for Australian Theatre”.
Coming Up…
Sunday November 15th, 1pm
The Comic Art Workshop is going to be held on Maria Island between the 1st and 14th of November for 14 participants who are working on major graphic novels. Tom Hart and Leela Corman, a power couple in the world of comics, are coming all the way from Florida to run the event.
On November 15 they will be presenting at a Tasmanian Writers Centre event at Salamanca Arts Centre to discuss the Maria Island workshop and comics in general.
More information to come. Stay tuned!