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Home>Arts and culture>Literary festival>2009 My Brother Jack Literary Festival: Workshops and 'In Conversation' series
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 Writing Romantic Fiction with Anne Gracie
The Essentials of Successful Story Writing with Arnold Zable
Cops and Robbers; writing the perfect crime scene with Jarad Henry
Researching for the Writer with Meg Mundell
Writing For Children with Nicolas Brasch
In Conversation with Lily Bragge
In Conversation with Joanna Murray-Smith
In Conversation with Howard Goldenberg
In Conversation with Shane Maloney
BOOKINGS
| Writing Romantic Fiction with Anne Gracie | | The international market for romance is huge and it is hungry for new voices and fresh stories. This is why romance writers published with large, international publishers can earn a living by writing. The romance market is also expanding in its range and variety, encompassing aspects of fantasy, paranormal, crime, suspense and other genres, and reaching a wider audience. Yet in Australia, the assumption persists that romance is a simple genre for simple readers and something that 'real writers' don't write. In this 3 hour workshop you will learn the crucial features of gripping, well-written, internationally marketable romantic fiction and find out how to sell your manuscript to overseas publishers.
Anne Gracie started writing romance as an ignoramus, thinking it would fund her literary ambitions. She discovered a whole new challenging, exciting world. She's now a multi-published, best-selling, award-winning Australian writer, published by Berkley Books (a division of Penguin USA) and before that by Harlequin (Mills and Boon). Writing historical romance set in the English Regency era, and also contemporary romantic comedy, she's had twelve books published and translated into more than 16 languages. Anne is a former teacher and a popular presenter.
Sunday 9 August
10am-1.00pm
Carnegie Library
7 Shepparson Avenue,
Carnegie
Melways ref: 68 J5
$20/$15 concession Top
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| The Essentials of Successful Story Writing with Arnold Zable | | Sponsored by the Bahai community of Glen Eira
A popular workshop that explores the art of creative writing and story, with techniques that can be applied to fiction and non-fiction, memoir, family history, autobiography, biography, the short story or the novel. Includes exercises and discussions on various aspects of writing and story telling.
Arnold Zable is an award winning writer, storyteller and human rights advocate. His books include Jewels and Ashes, Wanderers and Dreamers, The Fig Tree, and three novels, Cafe Scheherazade, Scraps of Heaven and, most recently, Sea of Many Returns. Zable is the author of numerous articles, columns, stories and essays. He has conducted writing workshops and talks on creative writing and the art of storytelling throughout Australia, and been a visiting lecturer in Deakin, Melbourne, Monash, RMIT, La Trobe and Victoria Universities. Zable is a patron of the Victorian Storytellers Guild and President of the Melbourne Centre of International PEN. He has a doctorate from the School of Creative Arts, Melbourne University.
Sunday 9 August
2pm-5pm
Caulfield Cup Room
Glen Eira Town Hall
$20 / $15 ConcessionTop
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| Cops and Robbers; writing the perfect crime scene with Jarad Henry | | Ever wanted to write a crime novel or short story? Chances are you’ll have at least one detective wandering your pages. But how do you get the procedure right? What about dialogue? Do we call them perps or crooks? You don’t want an Aussie detective to sound like a character off the set of Law and Order, do you? And what about the crime scene? Who strings up the plastic tape, who calls in homicide and the coroner? In this interactive workshop you’ll learn the ins and outs of real life police drama, as well as how to walk, talk and investigate like an Aussie detective. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to apply this to your characters, giving your stories the essential ingredient of every great crime writer; verisimilitude.
Jarad Henry has worked in the criminal justice system for the past ten years and is a currently a strategic advisor for Victoria Police. He has a degree in Criminology, is a proficient public speaker and is a regular presenter at many conferences, forums and seminars on crime trends.
Head Shot, a murder mystery inspired by Melbourne’s gangland killings, was short listed in the 2006 Ned Kelly Awards for Best First Crime Novel.
Blood Sunset is his second book and focuses on the street sex trade in St Kilda. It was short listed in the 2006 Australian Vogel Awards and in the same year won the Fellowship of Australian Writers Jim Hamilton Award. More recently it was runner up in the 2008-09 Summer Read Program.
He lives in Melbourne and is currently working on his third novel, Pink Tide.
Sunday 9 August
2.00pm-5.00pm
Carnegie Library
7 Shepparson Street
Carnegie
Melways ref: 68 J5
$20/$15 concessionTop
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| Researching for the Writer with Meg Mundell | | Seeking a sneaky way to kill a character? Interviewing a grumpy cop for a magazine article? Got a protagonist with an unusual job? Whether you write fiction or non-fiction, thorough and imaginative research can greatly enrich your work. It can reveal character and motivation, add colour and verisimilitude, evoke a sense of place, prevent embarrassing bloopers and stop you getting sued. It’s also greatly rewarding and lots of fun. From eavesdropping and archive-digging to interview techniques and immersive/sensory investigations, this workshop will explore how both conventional and unorthodox research methods can enhance your writing.
Meg Mundell holds an MA in creative writing and works as a writer/researcher.
Her fiction, memoir and journalism have appeared in Meanjin, New Australian Stories, Sleepers Almanac, The Death Mook, The Monthly, the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald.
Meg is the recipient of the Glen Eira Literary award for best Adult short story in 2007 and her work has been shortlisted for the Penguin/Women's Weekly story contest. Other awards include the Dinny O'Hearn Memorial Fellowship and an Australia Council New Work grant.
Meg is currently completing her first novel, Black Glass, and a trucking memoir, Braking Distance.
Sunday 16 August
10am-1pm
Carnegie Library
7 Shepparson Street
Carnegie
Melways ref: 68 J5
$20/$15 concessionTop
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| In Conversation with Lily Bragge | | Sponsored by the Bahai community of Glen Eira
Lily Bragge is a Melbourne-based writer and journalist who is a weekly arts contributor/reviewer and feature stories writer for The Age, Sydney Morning Herald, Good Weekend, Sunday Life and Sun Herald magazines. She has written for various national and international publications, as well as for the stage, film and television. After graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in the late Eighties, Lily strip-mined her life to create and perform in a series of autobiographical, critically acclaimed one-woman stage shows: Carnival of Peep, Big Mouth, Lily Bragge’s Show and Tell, Tell, Tell and then The Labour Party (for the ABC TV series Smallest Room in the House).After working successfully as a stand-up comic for a few years, Lily turned to full time writing and is currently finishing her first book, a memoir to be published by Penguin.
In Conversation
Lily will chat about writing across multiple disciplines: the process, the similarities, contradictions, editing and being edited, differing styles and tone. Writing for stage, comedy, journalism and now, her most recent foray: the memoir. She will also discuss the traps and pitfalls of what it is to indulge in the public confessional - the consequences, good and bad about writing who and what she knows.
Sunday 9 August
Caulfield Cup Room
Glen Eira Town Hall
6pm - 7pm
$10 entryTop
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| In Conversation with Joanna Murray-Smith | | Joanna Murray-Smith is a Melbourne-based playwright, screenwriter and novelist. Her plays, which include Honour, Rapture, Bombshells, Nightfall, Redemption, Love Child, Ninety and Flame, have been produced around the world. Rockabye is her latest play, due to open this year. Honour has been produced in over two dozen countries, including productions on Broadway and at the National Theatre in London. Both Honour and Rapture won the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Best Play. Joanna is the author of Truce, Judgement Rock, and Sunnyside.
Sunday 9 August
6pm-7pm
Carnegie Library
7 Shepparson Street
Carnegie
Melways ref: 68 J5
$10 Entry
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| BOOKINGS | | | For bookings please call the service centre on 9524 3333 Top
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| Ticketing Policy | | NB: All ticket sales are subject to Glen Eira's ticketing policy. Please see www.gleneira.vic.gov.au for more information.
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