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SUMMARY:Save the date! Queenscliffe Literary Festival
DESCRIPTION:For more than 10 years\, we’ve brought Australia’s finest writers\, thinkers\, and storytellers to the Bellarine Peninsula. What began as a single weekend of events has grown into a rich\, year-round program that engages our community in every season. \nEach year\, the Queenscliffe Literary Festival delivers: \n\nA Schools Program that reaches over 500 young people across every childcare\, kindergarten and primary school in the Borough of Queenscliffe\, connecting kids with authors and poets who bring stories to life\nPop-up events that take literature out into the community throughout the year\nThe Penned Micro-Fiction Writing Competition\, nurturing short-form storytelling from all across the country\nA Program Launch that kicks off in style and engages local businesses\, organisations\, and partners\nA full two-weekend festival in October\, featuring award-winning Australian authors\, thinkers and performers in sessions that spark conversation and delight audiences of all ages\n\nWe believe that great literature shouldn’t be reserved for big cities. Stories have the power to build empathy\, spark curiosity\, and bring a community together\, and that’s exactly what we do\, in one of Victoria’s most beloved coastal towns. In Queenscliffe\, we are proud to be one of the municipality’s premier cultural events. \nWe are a volunteer-run\, not-for-profit festival\, and every year we grow\, reaching more readers\, students\, and community members\, to share more stories and ideas that\, in an increasingly disconnected and fragile world\, need to be told.
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SUMMARY:Klara and the Sun – cinema release
DESCRIPTION:Klara and the Sun\, based on the book of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro opens 22 October for a theatrical season.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/klara-and-the-sun-cinema-release/
LOCATION:VIC
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SUMMARY:Navigating the Publishing Maze
DESCRIPTION:This comprehensive two-day workshop covers publishing traditional and self-publishing options as well as everything in-between.\n\n\n\n \nIn this workshop\, author and publisher Les Zigomanis explains what traditional\, self\, indie and partnership publishing models are. He explores the pitfalls\, how to spot scams and what questions to ask so that you find the best possible publishing option for your book.  \nUsing his years of experience in the industry\, he will show tips and tricks to prepare the manuscript\, how to spot a scam\, talk about query letters and what to expect if a tradional publisher is interested in your book.  \nParticipants will leave the course with information on what’s the best fit for their book\, how to prepare the course of action and what to avoid. \nThis is the publishing course every writer needs. \nYou Will Learn:\n\nThe difference between traditional and self-publishing\nThe danger of self-publishing\nHow to submit to traditional publishers\nHow to set yourself up for self-publishing\nHow AI fits in the current publishing landscape\n\nAbout the Tutor:\n​​Les Zigomanis is an author and screenwriter. He’s had six novels published\, and his short stories and articles have appeared in print and digital journals. He’s also had four screenplays optioned and a raft of screenplays place in numerous competitions. He has worked in publishing for the last twenty years\, firs as an editor and publications manager and\, for the last five years\, as a production coordinator. \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/creative-journalling-a-forest-of-things-2/
LOCATION:The Wheeler Centre\, 176 Little Lonsdale Street\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Writers
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SUMMARY:Responsive writing
DESCRIPTION:For novice and emerging writers\, this workshop introduces methods of writing in response to the senses. \nOur bodies are constantly fizzing with information about our surroundings; how to hear it\, and record it\, as writers? Introducing techniques of field writing and embodied practice\, the 3-hour workshop is led by award-winning author\, Bonny Cassidy\, and takes place outdoors in Royal Park\, Melbourne. We will work through guided prompts to focus inner and outer attention\, generate original language responses to sensations\, and write into a radically layered environment. Suitable for adults of all ages and wheelchair accessible.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/responsive-writing/
LOCATION:Royal Park\, Parkville\, Royal Park via The Avenue\, Parkville\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3052\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Education,Writers,Young Adult
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