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This calendar of public readings, writers' workshops and other events is brought to you courtesy of the Tasmanian Writers' Centre. Please read the disclaimer at the bottom of this page. Looking for a great read? Then Read Tasmania. Go to www.tasmanianwriters.org/read_tasmania then buy the books at the Hobart Bookshop. Wherever you are phone 03 6223 1803 to order your copy. ~~~~~~~~~~ May 15-18, 2008: WordStorm is an established and much-anticipated NT literary event, and is unique in Australia for its strong commitment to supporting and broadcasting Indigenous Australian and South East Asian voices. Writers and performers from Australia, Indonesia, East Timor, West Papua, Singapore and New Zealand will converge on Darwin for an explosive and entertaining cultural festival. Among some of the well-known writers coming to WordStorm in 2008 are Alexis Wright, Dorothy Porter, Anita Heiss, Terri Janke, Terri Whitebeach, Helen Garner, Goenewan Mohamad, Gideon Haigh, Morganics, The Chasers War on Everything Team, and William McGuiness, to name just a few. Prior to the Darwin festival, from May 8-14, WordStorm will also be traveling to Alice Springs and Tennant Creek. Sunday 18th May 10-4pm, 12 Weld St, South Hobart (Room 5, Adult Education Building): One day Writing and Yoga Workshop: A Day to Balance, Rejuvenate and Stimulate. With Lynn Romeo, Gita Yoga teacher with a passion for writing and Gina Mercer, creative writing teacher with a passion for yogaProgress at your own pace with … gentle stretches & writing exercises, relaxation & creativity, simple meditation & abundant words. $80 ($60 concession). Wear comfy clothes that will stretch with you, bring a blanket, pens/pencils and hardcover note-book/clipboard & paper, yoga mat if you have a favourite one. Bring lunch to share, leave your shoes and worries at the door…Free tea, organic coffee, fruit & nuts provided, To register please contact LYNN ROMEO on 6227 9302 romeolynn@yahoo.com.au. Limited spaces. Payment due by Wednesday May 14th. Sunday 18th May, 2.00pm, Fullers Bookshop, Collins St, Hobart: Jodi Picoult will be once again at Fullers, with the release of her new novel, Change of Heart. For more info: (ph) 03 6224 2488 Monday 19th May, 5.30pm, Hobart Bookshop, Salamanca Square, Hobart: Pete Hay launches John Biggs’ new novel “Tin Dragons”, a tale of revenge, romance and redemption in the tin mines of NE Tasmania. For more info: 6223 1803 hobooks@ozemail.com.au May 19-25, 2008: Sydney Writers' Festival. www.swf.org.au Thursday 22nd May 5.30, Hobart Bookshop, Salamanca Square, Hobart: Launch by Max Angus of Helene Chung's Ching Chong China Girl. For more info: 6223 1803 hobooks@ozemail.com.au Sat 24 May, 9.30 - 12.30, Adult Education, 51 York St, Launceston: Proofreading Workshop with Alison Savage.
Queries: info@tas-editors.org.au, Contact for the day: 0414 535 715; Information/booking form: http://www.tas-editors.org.au/
Your document has been written, edited and is about to go to print - but has it been proofread? Proofreading is the final stage of the editing process. This important step focuses on surface errors such as mistakes in spelling, grammar and punctuation, and consistency. This course provides an introduction to proofreading, whether for business documents, reports or fiction writing. Participants will learn how to proofread their own and other people's work, use in-house style and style sheets, and use proofreading marks.
Alison Savage is a qualified and experienced editor, as well as a teacher and trainer. Since moving to Tasmania from Sydney in 2003, Alison has worked extensively with Australian businesses and government departments and has delivered a number of workshops on proofreading and editing for the Society of Editors over the past few years. She delivers regular workshops for Adult Education and The Training Consortium where her students comment on her professionalism and thoroughness, and the usefulness of her courses to their many and varied needs.
Course fee: Society of Editors Tasmania members $45, non-members $75. Fee includes morning tea and course notes. Please book early. Sunday 25th May 2.00pm at Fullers Bookshop, 140 Collins Street Hobart: Book launch of Nic Haygarth – The Wild Ride: Revolutions that Shaped Tasmanian Wilderness Black-and-White Photography. An extraordinary collection of pioneering images from the late 1800s and early 1900s – a very different wilderness photography book. For more info: (ph) 03 6224 2488 1 June: Republic Readings, Republic Bar & Café, Elizabeth St, North Hobart, 3-5pm: Winter Open Reading with Literary Prizes. Book in on day, judge Karen Knight. Conditions: 5 min time limit, any genre, must be own work which has not won any prizes/competitions previously. Launch Poets’ Republic #26 Free event Contact Liz Winfield: 62729324 or ewin4692@bigpond.net.au Sunday 1st June 2.00pm at Fullers Bookshop, 140 Collins Street Hobart: Book launch: Gary Fettke – Tasmanian surgeon, author of Inversion – one man’s answer to global peace. For more info: (ph) 03 6224 2488 Sunday 1st June 3.00pm at Rugs and Kilims, 208 Elizabeth Street, Hobart: Andrew Wilkie hosts Najaf Mazari, author of The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif, the true story of his experiences as an Afghani refugee, at Rugs and Kilims. For more info: (ph) 03 6224 2488 Thursday 12th June 6.00 for 6.30pm at Fullers Bookshop, 140 Collins Street Hobart: The launch of Greg Buckman’s new history of the recurring fight over our natural resources, Tasmanian Wilderness Battles. Not to be missed. For more info: (ph) 03 6224 2488 Sunday 22nd June 2.00pm at Fullers Bookshop, 140 Collins Street Hobart: Heather Felton will speak about Ticklebelly Tales, her monumental new history of the Hydro in Tasmania. For more info: (ph) 03 6224 2488 Sunday 29th June 2.00pm at Fullers Bookshop, 140 Collins Street Hobart: Aleks Terauds and Fiona Stewart – The launch of Subantarctic Wilderness, a stunning portrayal of Macquarie Island. For more info: (ph) 03 6224 2488 Sun 13 July from 2.30pm, Shadows Café, 160 Gilbert St, Latrobe: Chocolate Winterfest. Poetry and chocolate to warm and delight. More info: Fay Forbes, Post Office, Forth TAS 7310 or phone: 64282877. 18-20 July, Crime and Justice: a festival of literary offerings and judicial debate: The Abbotsford Convent - 1 St Heliers Street Abbotsford, Melbourne: An annual event where the public, writers, social commentators, judicial luminaries and the legal profession come together to both celebrate and promote contemporary writings in the fields of justice and human rights, and to overlay these discussions with guest writers in the genre of crime fiction. Festival Patrons: International Crime Patron: Ian Rankin; Australian Crime Patron: Kerry Greenwood; International Social Justice Patron: Brendan Kilty SC. For more information please contact Reader's Feast Bookstore, email: events@readersfeast.com.au or phone: (03) 9662 4699. Program available: June 2008: www.readersfeast.com.au 25-27 July 2008: Byron Bay Writers' Festival: details http://byronbaywritersfestival.com.au/v1/index.php Sun 27 July: Salamanca Arts Centre fundraising quiz night. More information: contact SAC on 03 6234 8414, Email: reception@salarts.org.au Web: www.salarts.org.au 27 July - 3 August 2008: Write Around the Murray Festival. Based in Albury, the festival returns for its second year. With the theme of “From page to performance” bringing the written word to life through workshops and presentations with authors, scriptwriters, songwriters, poets, a chef and an event with a difference – the literary pub crawl! Highlight events include iconic movie critic and now author, David Stratton talking on his memoir, “I Peed on Fellini”, which shares the intimate details that have formed and contributed to his stellar career. Playwright Hannie Rayson, best known for her plays Hotel Sorrento and Life After George will share her story at the literary dinner, and Jacqueline Pascarl, author of Once I was a Princess and Since I was a Princess is sure to inspire in the festival finale. For more info: Tel: 02 6023 8333, Email: ryoung@alburycity.nsw.gov.au. Web: www.writearoundthemurray.org.au 15-24 August 2008: Tasmanian Living Writers’ Week 2008: Calling all writers, publishers, book groups, booksellers, artists, musos, foodies and lovers of Tassie culture. It’s on again! Tasmanian Living Writers’ Week will be held across the island state between 15 and 24 August 2008. This unique biennial festival, the only one of its kind in Australia, enables you to create your own event to help celebrate Tasmanian books and writing and our vibrant and diverse literary culture. The inaugural Tasmanian Living Writers’ Week held in August 2006 was an outstanding success, with 150 events in 45 locations attracting a total audience in excess of 11,000 people.Building on that success, you are invited to participate through a range of options:Host your own event in one of these six categories:Words, Wine, FoodWords & MusicWords & ArtReadings / Host an authorWorkshopsBook launch / ExhibitionsPromote your book/s in the Tasmanian Living Writers’ Week official program brochure, mailed to over 60,000 households across the state in July.As a bookseller or publisher (big or small, commercial or self-published), be part of the Tasmanian Book Fair, to held on Sunday 24 August in the Atrium of the IXL Building, Hunter Street, Hobart. The Book Fair was an undoubted highlight of the 2006 program and prompt registration is advisable. As part of the Tasmanian Living Writers’ Week program, arts@work will host a number of events, including a Press Club Lunch, panel sessions and conversations. Interstate guests for the 2008 program include Les Murray, Morris Gleitzman, Julian Burnside, Kathryn Fox, Peter Goldsworthy, Julia Leigh, Peter Thompson, Bruce Pascoe, Anita Heiss, Peter Temple, Samuel Wagan Watson and Tim Bonyhady. Enquiries to info@artsatwork.com.au or call David Owen on (03) 6233 5140 or arts@work on (03) 6233 5940. Tasmanian Living Writers’ Week is supported by the Minister for Tourism, Arts and the Environment, Paula Wriedt, and by the Australia Council for the Arts. Saturday 23 August: Living Writers Week Launceston School for Seniors BookFair . All writers are invited to register for the Living Writers Week Launceston School for Seniors BookFair to be held in the upstairs space of Stories Book Shop, Cimitiere Street, Launceston. The BookFair will be the grand finale of a week of events held in the same space. There is a registration fee of $10. Please direct bookings/enquiries to Jacqueline at lonsdalecuerton@bigpond.com 22-24 August 2008, Brisbane: Queensland Poetry Festival. See website: http://www.queenslandpoetryfestival.com/ 31 Aug - 6 Sept 2008: The Tasmanian Storytelling Festival, various venues in and around Hobart: Celebrating the art of storytelling by inspiring people to share their stories. The festival will:
* WELCOME storytellers from around Tasmania, Australia and the world, to contribute their stories and skills through performances, workshops and forums.
* FOSTER the art of storytelling in Tasmania.
* PRESENT a regular internationally networked festival.
Expression of Interest forms for participating artists can be obtained by contacting:
info@tasmanianstorytellingfestival.com Or email: tasstoryfest@gmail.com 17-21 September 2008: Brisbane Writers’ Festival: For more info see website: www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au or email info@brisbanewritersfestival.com.au 1-10 September National Poetry Week
5-7 September 2008: Australian Poetry Festival: State of Play: Australian Poetry Now. For details, see the Poets Union website: http://www.poetsunion.com/festival.htm DISCLAIMER: Please note that the TWC cannot and does not guarantee the accuracy of any information provided herein. All individuals are advised to independently substantiate details before committing to attend any event referred to in this calendar. If you have an arts event which you would like to promote on this website please email the details -in the above format; that is Day, Date, Time, Venue, then Who, What, Where & How much - to admin <at> tasmanianwriters.org
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