| Home | ACT Writers Centre Festivals 2009  In 2009 the ACT Writers Centre will be involved in three festivals: Scribble: young readers, young writers Canberra's Literary Long Weekend The Spring Poetry Festival |
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Scribble: young readers, young writers festival Friday 6 - Saturday 7 February 2009 Despite being smack in the middle of this year's Heat Tsunami (the aggressive older brother of your typical heat wave) we had a fantastic time at our Scribble: young readers, young writers festival. After kicking things off with our school holiday program Write Club for 6-12 year olds (27-30 January) we were definitely in the young-reader mind-frame. We followed up with a schools day, where high school and primary school students got to meet some popular young adult and children's book authors and hear them talk about their latest projects, and how they turned their ideas into page-turners. Aspiring writers got to take part in one-on-one manuscript consultations with well known former publisher, Mark MacLeod, and those who braved the heat to come to our workshops and free seminars picked up knowledge and advice from the pros. We were very proud of our members who were willing to bear 40+ degrees for a chance to pick the brains of the experts, and we hope they got as much out of it as we did. | ||
Canberra's literary long weekend Friday 10 - Sunday 12 July 2009 This
year five organisations combined to offer ACT region readers and
writers a fabulous long weekend of literature. Three day-long events
took place: A Working with your publisher seminar (program here), Words change worlds (program here), and Readers, Writers, Critics (program here). The events were presented by the Australian Society of Authors, the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House, the Association for the Study of Australian Literature and the ACT Writers Centre and supported by the National Library of Australia, Olims Hotel, The Canberra Times, Festivals ACT, artsACT and the Australia Council. To read Out in Canberra's featured article on the event, click here. | ||
Spring Poetry Festival Friday 13- Saturday 14 November 2009 The ACT Writers Centre’s Spring Poetry Festival will be held at Olims Hotel (Braddon) over 13-15 November and will include the announcement of the ACT Writers Centre Poetry Award, the Poets Lunch, The Grand ACT Lit Quiz, workshops, panel sessions, launches and readings. Guests include Terry Jaensch (VIC), Kylie Johnson (QLD), Emily Ballou (NSW), Paul Kooperman (Vic), Lizz Murphy (NSW), Harry Laing (NSW), Alan Gould, Geoff Page, Paul Hetherington, Sarah Tiffen, Jeanine Leane, Steve Kelen, John Foulcher, Amelia Fielden, Kathy Kituai, Paul Magee, Susan Hampton, Leon Trainor and many more. Most of the events are free and do not require bookings. Those that do require booking and payment are: The Grand ACT Lit Quiz 7.30pm Friday 13 November Prizes include a weekend for 12 to a country retreat, cinema tickets, theatre tickets, books, book vouchers, wine, stationery, manuscript assessments, Writers Centre memberships and even more books. $10 for members, $15 for non-members Booking on 6262 9191 or admin(at)actwriters.org.au Annual Poets' Lunch 12.30-3.30pm Friday 13 November $50 for members, $60 for non-members, which includes meal, wine, tea/coffee and a copy of the booklet (valued at $10). Earlybird bookings made before 30 October will cost $40 for members, $50 for non-members. Booking on 6262 9191 or admin(at)actwriters.org.au Workshops Conspire to inspire: Topical Topics poetry workshop with Lizz Murphy 9.30-11.30am Saturday 14 November $30 for members ($24 concessional members), $50 for non-members Using the Personal workshop with Terry Jaensch 9.30–10.45am Saturday 14 November $15 for members ($12 concessional members), $30 for non-members Poetry workshop with Emily Ballou 11am-12.15pm Saturday 14 November $15 for members ($12 concessional members), $30 for non-members Fine-tuning poetry workshop with Steve Kelen 10am-12pm Sunday 15 November $15 for members ($12 concessional members), $30 for non-members Workshop information and bookings on 6262 9191 or online here. The complete Spring Poetry Festival program can be downloaded here. Information about the poets performing at the Spring Poetry festival can be downloaded here. | ||
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