Celebrate the career that has spanned four decades and the vision of the man who holds a whimsical mirror to society. Lennox Head is a 20 minute drive from Byron Bay. Not for the faint hearted, shrinking violets stay away. A wealthy family and a mysterious scientist, their job is to ensure the human race survives for the next years before it is safe to return above ground. As they plan a utopian future, they struggle with first-world problems, white elitism, and a bizarre but necessary breeding program.
Their hilarious situation contrasts with the darkness of the underground; and is all mixed up with an extraordinary choir belting out s love ballads. Written and directed by Benedict Hardie. Running time is approximately 90 minutes with no interval.
Bookings at Byron Community Centre and www. And please follow, like, tweet and comment on our Festival writers. Denise Scott is a comedian, radio personality and actor. Pulling back the covers on their personal and family lives, with laughter and with tears is social commentator and writer Jane Caro.
A perfect chance to get to know three highly public figures in an intimate and very beautiful setting, while enjoying delicately flavoured foods and accompanying wines. His diverse career spans more than three decades and his music is as unique as his highly personalised sartorial style.
Enjoy the freshest locallysourced food and accompanying wines to complement what promises to be one of the most engrossing conversations of the BBWF. With wines to sate and stimulate and the wickedly witty John Hertzberg as your convivial MC. Choose from seven flights a day, every day to Sydney Starting June 21st, Ballina Byron Gateway Airport will offer seven direct flights a day to Sydney.
Get There Quicker. A story is like a creature. Being able to identify the backbone of your story is crucial to help you work out whether you have unwanted growths that need to be excised or require additional material needed for balance. In my experience as a developmental editor, structural issues are common. Memoir or fiction?
We yearn to tell the truth and we yearn to read it. Many questions confront us. What is the story we really want to tell?
How can we write honestly about our lives without hurting those closest to us? Is memory reliable? In this workshop, Laurel will introduce the idea of storyboarding for writers. In addition to storyboarding, through practical exercises we will explore other strategies to help you understand and hone your story structure.
Writers of fiction and narrative non-fiction who have completed at least the first three chapters of a book-length draft, or have completed a short story will benefit. Participants are to bring completed work with them.
Expect to gain an understanding of story structure and why it matters plus a suite of specific tools and strategies. Lisa Walker: Dive into chick lit Are you ready to free your inner chick lit goddess? Kathryn Howell: creating suspense in fiction This workshop teaches techniques for creating suspense through skilful handling of characterisation and structure. Suitable for adults writing in any genre who wish to develop suspense and tension in their work. By the end of the workshop participants will have new tools for creating suspense in two ways: through character including viewpoint, character traits, and reaction to problems and through structure including narrative questions, scene breaks, pacing of the text, viewpoint changes, fragmentation and ambiguity.
Chick lit comes in many shades and can explore any issue that is relevant to women. Find out how to take readers on an emotional journey that leaves them satisfied, smiling and wanting more. In this full-. Will the facts make a good enough story? Book Now www. The list goes on. What inspires journalists to go beyond the column inches and make a career between the hard or soft covers?
Whether we start as reporters, feature writers, interviewers, letter writers, bloggers or family diarists we are practising shared skills. Alex offers his insights, experience and precious knowledge to all budding writers. To be a writer in this age of new media, old media and shape-shifting content you need to be a jack-ofall-trades. Learn to bust through procrastination and find your true voice in this masterclass with Catherine Deveny.
She will cover non-fiction, columns, comedy, blogging and, yes, Twitter. Please send your two pages to info nrwc. The program will include sessions on sure-fire proposals, editing your first page, opening chapters, how to write a great covering letter and the top 10 reasons manuscripts are rejected. The day will include group sessions along with individual feedback — for this you are required to please send in the first two pages of your manuscript, double-spaced, Times New Roman, Size 12 with your.
Benjamin Law: Magazine feature writing and the business of freelancing Everything you always wanted to know about freelancing but were afraid to ask, from someone who does it very, very well. Freelance writer Benjamin Law Good Weekend , frankie , Qweekend , The Monthly teaches you the fundamental skills necessary to write stories that magazines want — and get paid for them.
Jonson st, st, 77 Jonson beach end beach end Byron Bay. Byron 02 02 www. Workshops 1. Participants will be given a packet of short examples of quality narrative writing, and complete a short exercise for discussion and critique.
Rather than showing you how to write, this seminar will cover the intricacies of the publishing process, the path of a manuscript through a publishing house, the role of the agent, the work of the manuscript assessor and how an editor pulls the good.
Develop a writer strategy: author platform, business planning and income streams. Meet top industry professionals as they unpick the jargon, the myths and the truths and even point you toward opportunities for further writing education and development.
A fat toolkit of insider knowledge for emerging writers or those who are plain curious. Ticket price includes 3 month online subscription. Known for his dark comedy, swift satire and apposite allegories on modern life, DBC Pierre is read in more than 40 countries and awarded in all.
DBC reveals secrets learned the hard way. MJ Hyland: a fiction masterclass This will be an intensive, practice-based workshop, modelled on the approach used by the best creative w r i t i n g M A p ro g ra m s , including the Iowa School, Gotham Writers and, of course, the Centre for New Writing, at the University of Manchester, where MJ teaches both Masters and 3rd year undergraduate students.
The atmosphere will be fun and energetic, with plenty of in-class writing exercises. Without criticism, and considered feedback, a writer stands no chance. A workshop, and especially a masterclass, is all about finding flaws and problems, and then curing them. Michael Robotham has a strange confession to make: he hates plotting.
He detests it. What he loves most is writing characters, making them live and breathe, creating their back stories, families, strengths and flaws. However long after a reader has forgotten the details of a favourite novel, they will still remember the characters they fell in love with. This is a workshop about how to create such characters. How to make them laugh, cry, love, hate and American Oak, sandblasted and finished with European lacquers.
Includes felt lined drawers and extendable runners. Includes solid dove tail drawers, felt lining and extendable runners with stylish porcelain handles.
There are no lay-bys on sale items brought through this sale. Savings are based on normal RRP. Yassmin Abdel-Magied founded Youth Without Borders, an organisation focused on enabling young people to work for positive change in their communities when she was Sessions 48, Tinderbox, his latest book critically examines one of the most important issues of our day: the past and future of Pakistan.
Sessions 57, 87, Tony Birch Tony Birch lives and teaches in Melbourne. Sessions 14, 61, Sessions 19, 40, Sessions 59, Sessions 27, 62, Lenny Bartulin has published novels, short stories and poetry. He lives in the Blue Mountains. Sessions 13, 32, 49, Jesse Blackadder Jesse Blackadder is fascinated by landscapes, adventurous women and very cold places.
Sessions 20, 49, 65, Her latest work is The Secret Lives of Men, a collection of short stories. Sessions 7, 72, More detailed biographies are available on the Festival website. Numbers listed below these biographies refer to the program sessions on pages 4—9. His three themes of work are in the fields of mental health, sustainability and primary care research.
He has published more than peer reviewed journal articles and is the lead editor of the textbook General Practice Psychiatry. Session He has won two Walkley Awards for feature writing. His first book, Speechless, was published by Melbourne University Press in Sessions 40, 45, He tells stories through verse, crafting poetry into paper planes of performance.
Sessions 41, John Cantwell was the Australian commander in Afghanistan in His book Exit Wounds describes his combat experiences and struggle with emotional trauma. Sessions 43, 81, Her memoir, The Casuals, was released by Harper Collins in Her debut novel Atomic City, a literary crime novel set on the Gold Coast was recently released.
Sessions 40, 55, Fay Burstin Journalist and former lawyer Fay Burstin currently curates and manages the Splendour Forum, the live discussion program at Splendour in the Grass music and arts festival. Edna Carew Author Edna Carew has been a teacher, translator, journalist and commentator. Her many books include bestsellers Paul Keating, Prime Minister and Westpac, the bank that broke the bank.
Sessions 12, 43, Peter Carey Peter Carey is an Australian novelist, known primarily for being one of only four writers to have won the Booker Prize twice. Kelly Gang. In May he was nominated for the Best of the Booker Prize. His most recent novel is the acclaimed Chemistry of Tears. Session 9. Glenn Carle Glenn L Carle spent 23 years in the clandestine service of the Central Intelligence Agency, where he worked in a number of overseas posts. Sessions 6, 50, Jane Caro An author, lecturer, social commentator, columnist, speaker, broadcaster and award-winning advertising writer, Jane Caro instigated the twitter phenomenon destroythejoint and has edited an anthology Destroying the Joint.
UQP, Sessions 35, Lily was born in Kyoto, raised in Narrogin and now resides in Melbourne. Sessions 39, Martin Chatterton English-born writer Martin Chatterton is in fact two people.
Sessions 55, 58, 78, Laurel Cohn Laurel Cohn is an editor passionate about communication and the power of narrative to engage, inspire and challenge. She works with individual writers, publishers, businesses and community organisations, and is a popular workshop presenter. The literary cabaret Liner Notes returns to turn the Festival up to A spoken word tribute to a classic album, as song-bysong a stellar line-up of writers, poets, and musicians explore their personal connection to a musical legend.
This year we take on Rumours, the songbook of passive-aggression with which Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and the gang invented adult-oriented radio, as they sang about making and breaking up while making and breaking up with each other. MC Michael Nolan will deliver a potted history of The Mac, and the live LN band will take up tambourines and tulle to recreate the hits of an album that threw a tasselled shawl over the world and hugged it for just a little longer than is friendly.
Come for an unforgettable night of stories, spoken word and songs, as we celebrate rock so smooth you could skip it across a lake of Johnnie Walker Blue. Navigating busy lives, Margaret and Pip look forward to the weekends when they get together to share stories, eat simple, slightly indulgent but mainly healthy food, and relax with the people they love. This workshop will introduce you to the wonderful world of blogging, and help you create your own blog.
This part of the workshop is really invigorating and exciting! Zanni will introduce you to the basics, and help you choose a design, make changes to that design and will help you navigate the back end. She blogs at www. Her first book Too Busy Sleeping is out this September. Or how you what to be seen. How do we show up without showing off?
Then we can ride gloriously together into the sunset. Join me in this workshop to learn how to share and celebrate the person you want the world to know about.
Moya Sayer-Jones is a novelist, columnist and story activist but this workshop is not about her. Imagine if the person who was an important or intimate part of your life, gave you a treasure in their passing.
Not something to wear or put on a shelf, but rather something precious that they wanted to share with you. Sentiments to enrich your journey, words to guide you as you grow and experience life, a gift to hold in your heart forever. If this speaks to you, come and create your own written gift for those you love, who you will eventually leave. It might be letters to loved ones, sharing joys and meaningful lessons.
Words set on paper can be read and reread, appreciated as time passes. Humorous, heartfelt and happy…so have the last say, and make it count for something. Lived Experience! Workshop Nolan will tease out the story lines and narrative threads that bind us all. Zenith Virago, Deathwalker, Celebrant, Author. Working with death, dying, loss and ceremony for over 20 years in a holistic and transformative way, Zen appreciates living fully. Mandy Nolan is as an outrageously entertaining stand-up comedian who has leapt into print with three humorous memoirs, the latest of which is Home Truths.
If you answered yes to any of these questions, this introductory workshop may be for you. Participants will be offered a range of short writing exercises to assist gaining confidence with the written voice. Participants can expect to leave feeling rejuvenated and ready to write.
Have you: A. Always wanted to write but are not sure what to write about? Felt there is a story inside you but still struggle to get it started? Dealt with health or medical issues and sought to write about these experiences?
Sought to broaden the scope of your workday academic or business writing? Always wanted just to spend a day having fun playing with words?
Dr Hilton Koppe is a GP and internationally recognized medical educator. His workshops have been received with critical acclaim in Australia, Europe and North America.
Hilton regularly presents to doctors and other diverse groups. The ages of 8—12 are known as the golden age of reading — a time when children fall in love with books and develop as independent readers. In this three-hour session participants will explore: What are junior novels; How to create engaging, memorable characters; How to structure stories for junior readers; What to leave in and what to leave out; Practical exercises to jump-start creativity; Questions on how to get published.
Dr Jesse Blackadder is fascinated by landscapes, adventurous women, animals and cold places. This hands-on workshop will help you unpick the options best suited to the style and genre of your writing and your motivations for writing and getting published. Roz Hopkins has worked in book publishing for over 20 years.
She was most recently non-fiction publisher at HarperCollins and currently runs her own independent publishing house, Captain Honey. Featured guests at the 23rd anniversary of Writers at the Rails on the festival Sunday afternoon are:. The program will include sessions on sure-fire proposals, editing your first page, opening chapters, how to write a great covering letter and the top 10 reasons manuscripts are rejected.
The day will include group sessions along with individual feedback. For this you are required to send in the first two pages of your manuscript doublespaced, Times New Roman, Size 12 with your name, the title and the genre in the header or footer. Please send at least two weeks ahead of the course date to: info nrwc. Please note that Getting Published is targeted at students who have manuscripts written for the adult market; either fiction or non-fiction.
What is a standard payment for your manuscript; traditional publishing vs self-publishing contracts; negotiating tips and tricks; how to spot a scam publishing offer and what a literary agent does anyway. Alex Adsett is a publishing consultant specialising in copyright and contracts, and a literary agent focusing on fiction for adults and young adults.
This workshop is about creating powerful portraits by building relationships. Or Waxy Kirk, who looks a bit like Brad Pitt from the back. Bring a photograph of yourself as a. And conjure some others from the ether. And how does this free us up to write more fulsomely about ourselves? In this Workshop he explains the ingredients of a good feature. How to structure the story. How to find the right voice.
How to get the angle of vision right. How to use quotes. What to leave in. What to take out. He will also look at the art of storytelling versus news reporting.
What are the essential ingredients that make a story memorable? For writers this is a huge opportunity to develop and adapt their stories across various media genres, engaging vibrant audiences in different ways on different platforms. But to take advantage of these possibilities writers need to be flexible, they need to think holistically and not define themselves or their work by a singular form.
This lively interactive workshop will take participants through a process of defining their stories as multi-platform storyworlds — narrative engines that can generate ongoing stories for page, screen and interactive media. It will look at the principles of defining the dramatic pressures of a storyworld, the narrative structures that compel audiences on. Mike Jones is an award-winning writer and creative producer who works across story platforms including page, screen and interactive media.
This workshop is a bare-bones, no-nonsense creative writing session where students each submit one story to receive constructive criticism from their peers. Such scrutiny and feedback will help each aspiring author see their work with fresher eyes. It will also give participants a better understanding of how short stories are constructed and how revision can help them improve.
Due to the intensive nature of this workshop, number of participants will be limited. Journalist and writer Miguel Syjuco was born and raised in Manila. Krissy Kneen has published five books in just seven years. In this half-day Workshop you will visualise and plan your own project, committing to writing your book in a year and setting yourself on the path to completion. Krissy Kneen is the award-winning author of the memoir Affection, Triptych: An Erotic Adventure and the literary fiction novel Steeplechase.
In she won the prestigious Thomas Shapcott award for poetry for her collection, Eating My Grandmother, to be published in Biographies More detailed biographies are available on the Festival website — byronbaywritersfestival. Sessions 1 through 42 are on Friday, sessions 43 through 84 are on Saturday and sessions 85 through are on Sunday.
An occasional food writer, she grows fruit trees on a Sydney balcony and agists chickens on a vineyard. Session Sessions 19, 64, Abdi Aden Abdi Aden was a teenager when he arrived in Melbourne as a refugee.
Sessions 8, 29, 44, Tariq Ali Tariq Ali is a writer and filmmaker. He has written more than a dozen books on world history and politics. He is an editor of New Left Review and lives in London. Session 3. His Other House is her second novel. Sessions 51, Sessions 50, 63, She is a respected journalist and broadcaster. Her writing was included in Best Australian Essays In she was awarded the Hazel Rowley Fellowship for biography.
Sessions 15, 77, Sessions 9, 40, 77, 89, He has also written four books, three plays and this bio. Sessions 50, , Jesse Blackadder Dr Jesse Blackadder is fascinated by landscapes, adventurous women, animals and cold places.
Sessions 19, 56, QLD until and writes of that historic time in her memoir Through the Wall. Sessions 55, 61, 88, Sessions 38, 46, 57, James Bradley James Bradley is a writer and critic. Honey Brown Honey Brown is the author of seven critically acclaimed novels. She lives in country Victoria with her husband and two children. Sessions 43, Sessions 59, 61, Sessions 24, 29, Edna Carew has been teacher, translator, journalist and commentator.
Her many books include bestsellers Paul Keating, Prime Minister and Westpac, the bank that broke the bank. Sessions 2, 49, Sessions 11, 51, An author, social commentator and awardwinning advertising writer, Jane Caro instigated the twitter phenomenon destroythejoint. Her most recent book is Just a Queen. Sessions 6, 19, 55, Sessions 19, Sessions 17, 73, Private Bill is his third book. Sessions 12, 15, Jacks and Jokers is his latest true crime non-fiction book.
My usual approach is to let my feet take me where they will and there, in dappled light beneath a sparse shrub, were two crosses with the names Helen and Kate Graham. Time worn and obviously hand crafted, I was struck by the similarities of the crosses — same surname, similar age of death and a decade apart.
Labels: Ancestry. Festival dates are 3 - 5 August with workshops beginning Monday 30 July. Book tickets now. We'll see you there! Read the program and get your tickets now! Unlock the Past Queensland Expo :: June Those early years in Queensland, writing stories for my Mum and "publishing" them for the family set the scene for what I am and do today.
That's one of reasons I love coming back to Queensland and what a happy coincidence it is, that I'm able to combine work and play in June, at the History and Genealogy Expo in Queensland, June Inside History Magazine will be exhibiting at the expo with Irish Wattle , along with over 50 other family history and genealogy specialists.
There are 39 main talks by 18 presenters from 5 states and the UK, plus 28 free presentations including 2 from myself; "Who was the real Captain Starlight? The featured visiting presenter is Audrey Collins from the United Kingdom's National Archives and the expo kicks off her Australian speaking tour, which also takes in Canberra, Melbourne and Sydney.
We're excited to meet her and look forward to her talks in Canberra and Sydney, hopefully we'll see you there - book your tickets now so you don't miss out!
Also, the good people at Unlock the Past are giving away exclusive Platinum, Gold and Silver passes to the expo and Audrey Collins tour. As with all of Unlock the Past 's events, one lucky winner will leave the expo with a subscription to Inside History Magazine.
We're giving away a 2 year subscription, which isn't available anywhere else! Visit our stand and leave your details to enter. The winner will be drawn on Wednesday, 27 June. So, how do you get to enjoy all of the above?
Join us at the expo. Or you can just book your expo ticket and pay for the presentations you attend on the day. Click here to book your expo tickets and then invest in your Gold Ticket via Gould Genealogy. We love questions, so drop by say hello and browse through our current and back issues on paper and digital. See you there! When are we next in Queensland?
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