Click here to view the full Write around the Murray program. Click here to download the Energised entry form. Energised
The Energised writing competition is a real chance to show your writing skills. Tell a story using just 160 SMS characters, and you could be one of three winners to have their stories sent via mobile phone to the community. Winners announced at the opening of the festival on Sunday 27 July. Entry forms available here or the Albury LibraryMuseum. Competition closes 11 July. (See attached form below this page.)
Community Story – A Reason to Celebrate
In 2008 Albury is celebrating a number of milestones – the first birthday of the LibraryMuseum and centenary of the Albury Town Hall which is now the Albury Regional Gallery. You’re invited to use these events as inspiration for your contribution to the community story to be launched on Monday 16 June 2008. You can contribute online or at the Albury LibraryMuseum. Monday 16 June to Sunday 3 August
Living Books
Ever wanted to hear a story straight from the source? Then here’s your chance. Throughout the festival you can borrow a living book; a person who will have a great story to tell you, your friends or group. Borrow a Living Book for half an hour and converse with them about their life or special topic. (See attachment below.)
Sunday 27 July to Sunday 3 August
Albury LibraryMuseum
Literary Pub Crawl
The popular literary event has been adapted from its Irish origins to take in a range of venues including pubs, cafés and places of interest in Albury’s streetscape. Join writers and performers as they wend their way through Albury’s CBD, stopping for refreshment and the performance of a number of works. A great opportunity to hear new and old stories of Albury, and see the city in a completely new way. Cost: free, RSVP 02 6023 8333
1.00 pm Sunday 27 July
6.30 pm Thursday 31 July
More than One Reason to Celebrate!
There’ll be more than one reason to celebrate with the announcement of the winners of the AlburyCity short story and Energised writing competitions. We’ll also be celebrating the 1st birthday of the Albury LibraryMuseum. There’ll be birthday cake, and the chance to mix with the winners of the competitions. Cost: free, RSVP 02 6023 8333
4.30 pm Sunday 27 July
Albury Library Museum
I Peed on Fellini
Find out the story behind the intriguing title of David Stratton’s memoir, I Peed on Fellini. Hear this icon of the film industry recount his lifelong fascination with movies and part in reforming Australia’s censorship laws. His destiny was to take over the family grocery business, but a trip to Australia changed that. Invited to join a committee of the Sydney Film Festival, David stayed, and has become one of the best known names in the film industry, both nationally and internationally. Cost: free, RSVP essential on 6023 8333
6.00 pm Monday 28 July
Nowik 1 Lecture Theatre, Charles Sturt University, Guinea Street, Albury
Dymocks Lunch - Slow Journey South
In 2004 Paula Constant and her husband, Gary, began walking from London’s Trafalgar Square to Africa. For an entire year they walked over 25 kilometres a day, with everything they needed to survive strapped to their backs. They had no sponsorship, no support vehicle and no one to answer to. This was their trip, and this is your chance to hear Paula’s account of this journey, and plans for her next adventure which aims to make her the first woman to cross the Sahara Desert solo. Cost: $30, Bookings Albury Performing Arts Centre 02 6051 3051
1.00 pm Tuesday 29 July
Source Dining, 664 Dean Street, Albury
Works from the Festival plus Death and the Motorway
Literally hot off the presses and the magnetic poetry board! Secondary students, inspired by the work of video artist, Shaun Gladwell, have been working with renowned author John Charalambous, while best-selling short story writer, Cate Kennedy has mentored community members in the art of creating work with the magnetic poetry board. The fruits of those endeavours will be presented, plus David Gilbey from Booranga Writers in Wagga presents works from his first full collection of poems, Death from the Motorway. David is Senior Lecturer in Literature (Australian, Children’s,19th Century) and Creative Writing at Charles Sturt University, Wagga. His poems reflect on the tensions between a busy academic life and the urge to create poetry. Cost: free, RSVP 02 6023 8333
6.00 pm Tuesday 29 July Specky Magee – A Night of Family Fun!
Meet the co-author of Specky Magee – voted Australia’s No.1 Aussie book series. Felice (pronounced Fe-LEE-chay) is also the author of Boyz Rule, Girls Rock and a heap of other titles. Felice, whose name is Italian for “happy”, started out entertaining audiences as an actor and moved to making up great stories to enthuse kids – which he’s obviously very good at! Look forward to a fun night with this award-winning author. Even his footy team the Cats are winners!
Cost: free, RSVP 02 6023 8333
6.00 pm Wednesday 30 July
Albury LibraryMuseum
Literary Pub Crawl An encore performance! The popular literary event has been adapted from its Irish origins to take in a range of venues including pubs, cafes and places of interest in Albury’s streetscape. Join writers and performers as they wend their way through Albury’s CBD, stopping for refreshment and the performance of a number of works. A great opportunity to hear new and old stories of Albury, and see the city in a completely new way. Cost: free. RSVP 02 6023 8333
6.30 pm Thursday 31 July
True Crime is Stranger than Fiction
A man suffocates to death in a homemade fish suit. A murdered woman is preserved in a formalin bath for 10 years. A male prostitute and self-proclaimed vampire are found murdered. These are not lurid imaginings from a pulp thriller, but real-life homicide cases. Authors Richard Evans and Rochelle Jackson arm-wrestle with the idea that true crime leaves fiction for dead. Historian, Richard Evans book on the Pyjama Girl murder of 1934 shed startling new light on this famous mystery, while true-crime author and journalist Rochelle Jackson's latest book, Inside their Minds; Australian Criminals looks at what makes someone a criminal. Together they will talk about the strange, the true, the criminal – and what makes a good yarn. Cost: free, RSVP, 02 6023 8333
6.00 pm Friday 1 August
Albury LibraryMuseum
The Black Olive
Indigenous chef, Mark Olive (a.k.a "The Black Olive") has been cooking for over twenty years. Born in Wollongong in New South Wales, his passion for food began at an early age, watching his mother and aunts preparing and cooking food, while his interest in people and in the arts has guided him through an amazingly varied career. In the midst of it all, Mark has also found the time to study for a BA in film and television at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne. Mark is sure to inspire as he not only relates his culinary experiences, but talks about his television and business journey with his previous company “The Outback Cafe” and his new venture “Black Olive Productions”. Hear about Mark’s contribution to sustainable economic development and his plans for exciting new employment opportunities for Aboriginal people right around Australia. As well as this event, Mark will also be highlighting his cooking skills with ‘wild foods’ at the wood fired oven, Hovell Tree Park on Sunday 3 August. Cost free, RSVP 02 6023 8333
1.00 pm Saturday 2 August
Albury LibraryMuseum
From Page to Performance
Write around the Murray Festival Dinner
with guest speaker, writer, Hannie RaysonHannie Rayson is a graduate of the University of Melbourne and the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA). She holds an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from La Trobe University, and is a Fellow of the Australian Centre, University of Melbourne. She is an award winning playwright with works including Hotel Sorrento, Falling from Grace, Scenes from a Separation, Inheritance, Two Brothers and The Glass Soldier. Hannie has also written for newspapers and magazines and in 1999 she won the Magazine Publishers’ Society of Australia Columnist of the Year Award for her column in HQ Magazine. Her television scripts include Sloth (ABC, Seven Deadly Sins) and she co-wrote two episodes of the award-winning series SeaChange for ABC TV. Enjoy great company, a three course meal and a free glass of wine.
Cost: $40 Limited places available. Bookings through Albury Performing Arts Centre
02 6051 3051
7.30 pm Saturday 2 August
Albury LibraryMuseum
Black Olive at the Wood Fired Oven
Join indigenous chef and television presenter, Mark Olive, as he uses his great knowledge of native foods to create a feast at the Wood Fired Oven. With his background of both indigenous and Mediterranean cooking, the result is sure to be a taste sensation!
Cost free.
12.00 pm Sunday 3 August
Wood Fired Oven, Hovell Tree Park, Albury
Festival Finale: Jacqueline Pascarl
When Jacqueline Pascarl met and married a Malaysian Prince at the age of 17, her life appeared to be a fairytale. In her gripping account, Once I was a Princess, Jacqueline tells firsthand how that fairytale turned sour, including the kidnapping of her children. In her sequel, Since I was a Princess, Jacqueline revealed how she channelled her grief and loss into a positive force, helping other parents whose children had been abducted. She then retrained as an humanitarian aid worker deployed to war zones around the globe. Come along and hear her remarkable story. Cost: free, RSVP essential 02 6023 8333
4.00 pm Sunday 3 August
The Hume Building Society Butter Factory Theatre Wodonga
 Living Books (339 KB)
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