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Digital Storytelling – Carole McCulloch
The digital world has opened the door to enabling us to tell our stories in a new and very accessible medium. In these two workshops, Carole will lead you through how to use digital stories as family histories, life reflection tools and personal eportfolios, and will show you how to prepare media for display. You will learn how to upload media and get an introduction to Screencast or YouTube. It is recommended you attend both workshops. Cost for Workshop A & Workshop B, adults $38, concession $20, plus registration. Full details of what to bring for the workshop are available at the stories page.
Albury LibraryMuseum
Writing Your Family History – Wodonga Family History Group
Want to write your family history, but don’t know where to start? This can be a challenging yet most rewarding, project, and something your descendants will read and delight in many years from now. You need to make it interesting while including all the relevant information. This session aims to give participants some pointers on doing this. Please bring writing materials to take notes. Cost: $38 adults, concession $20, plus registration fee.
11.00 am Sunday 27 July
Albury LibraryMuseum
Writing a Children’s Picture Book – Libby Gleeson
Libby Gleeson is an award-winning writer of picture books and longer fiction for young people. Come along for exercises and discussion on ideas generation, character development, understanding rhythm and pacing, as well as other ingredients of the successful picture book. Cost: adults $38, concession $20 plus registration fee.
10.00 am Saturday 2 August
Albury LibraryMuseum
Writing for the Theatre: The Basics – Campion Decent
A workshop led by award-winning playwright, Campion Decent that looks at the fundamental craft -based elements of writing for the theatre including character, conflict, dialogue, plotting and theme. The workshop will use a combination of theoretical examples and practical exercises. Cost: adults $38, concession $20 plus registration fee. 10.00 am Saturday 2 August
The Hume Building Society Butter Factory Theatre Wodonga
Short Story Writing – Cate Kennedy
Cate Kennedy's short stories have been widely published and anthologised in Australia and overseas. Her collection Dark Roots, published in 2006 was shortlisted for the Queensland Premier's Prize and the Australian Literature Medal. She loves talking about - and teaching - short fiction, and conducts occasional workshops and residency classes on this fascinating craft. She is also the author of two poetry collections, a memoir and a stageplay, and is currently hard at work on her first novel. Cost: adults $38, concession $20 plus registration fee. 12.00 pm Saturday 2 August
Albury LibraryMuseum
Introduction to Songwriting – Paul Gibbs
In this three hour session, full time musician and teacher at the Murray Conservatorium, Paul Gibbs, will take you through topics including finding a title; getting a song started; analysis of popular song styles; structures and forms; tools to improve your songs; putting music to your lyric and how to get your song recorded. Cost: adults $38, concession $20 plus registration fee.
1.00 pm Saturday 2 August
The Hume Building Society Butter Factory Theatre Wodonga
Writing Poetry for Performance – Nathan Curnow
Let performance poet, Nathan Curnow, introduce you to some of the most recent recordings of Australia’s finest spoken worders. This session will also cover the differences between writing for the page and for the microphone, choosing the right poem for the right venue/audience, plus the basics of presentation and delivery. Cost: adults $38, concession $20 plus registration fee.
2.00 pm Saturday 2 August
Albury LibraryMuseum
The Making of …….. Jane Downing
These days most movies come with a The Making of… documentary, and this trend is moving to the written word. With examples from contemporary Australian authors, who have written about their writing processes, workshop participants will look at the story behind the story. This includes research, turning fact into fiction, and our debt to ‘the truth’, as well as getting the setting, characters and dialogue ‘right’ to tell your story. Or is that the location, cast and script? Cost: adults $38, concession $20, plus registration fee.
12.00 pm Sunday 3 August
Albury LibraryMuseum
Big fiction, Big lies? A look at the Novel – John Charalambous
In this workshop, participants will examine why we read fiction when we know it's made up. What truth or authority do novels have? Why do we love them and feel our lives have been broadened by reading them? How do our answers influence our writing projects? Co-ordinated by acclaimed novelist, John Charalambous, this is an opportunity for all writers and readers to discuss and share their pleasure in the longer forms of fiction. Cost: adults $38, concession $20, plus registration fee.
2.00 pm Sunday 3 August
Albury LibraryMuseum
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