Writers Festival

  Writing from the Self

The inaugural Women's College Writers' Festival on Saturday 22nd August 2009 here and the Alumnae committee members are looking forward to welcoming you back to our beautiful College. Our program is confirmed!

Come and listen to a diverse range of writers, from Elizabeth Knight and Kate McClymont, to Chris Taylor of Chaser fame.

One focus of the event will be on celebrating the many writers across a broad range of fields who are College alumnae. We welcome Jill Hickson back to College to moderate an afternoon session.

We plan to explore the process of writing, the creative drive, the development of a manuscript from first draft to final publication and the role of editors and agents in a number of sessions featuring panel discussions with journalists, agents and publishers, along with inspirational young writers and established authors.

Creative Writing and Young Writers
Biographies and personal stories
The creative process

Program

FIRST SESSION
9.30 - 10:00 Registration

10:00 - 10:55: News Writing: Under PRESSure under cover
Elizabeth Knight and Kate McClymont

10:55-11.15 Morning Tea

11:15 - 12:00 Writing for the lifestyle genre - not as easy as you think
Christine Reid, Diana Simmonds and Sheridan Rogers,

12:15 - 1:15 Divided by a single language? Writers and editors....
Jane Gleeson-White and Brian Caswell

1:15 - 2:00: Lunch


SECOND SESSION
2:00 - 3:00: From idea to ISBN: getting published here and abroad
Brian Caswell, Craig Silvey, Tom Champion, Cath Drayton, Kate Forsyth and Amelia Walkley

3:00 - 4:00: Life wasn't meant to be easy: writing a life - fact or fiction
Lou Austen and Ann Moyal

4:00 - 4.30: Afternoon tea

4:30 - 5:30: Words and pictures: writing for a young mind
Ursula Dubosarsky, Kate Forsyth and Nadia Wheatley

5:30 - 7:00: Cocktails (18 and over only) with a discussion about writing for comedy and TV by Chris Taylor of Chaser fame!

Please download a booking form here.

Please email Jacquei Hicks on j.hicks@library.usyd.edu.au if you would like any further information.

From Sydney Morning Herald Friday 21 August 2009: