I regret to announce that Dianne Bates will no longer be appearing at either our Adult or Children's Festivals this year. However, her sessions will go on as planned with some very exciting additions to our list of presenters.
To take Di's storytelling session at our Children's Festival we welcome the wonderful oral storyteller, Lillian Rodrigues Pang. I have been lucky enough to have been in the audience for one of Lillian's sessions and she is a vibrant, entertaining storyteller who is sure to have the children enthralled. Our newest addition to the Pitch Your Manuscript panel is Judith Ridge. Judith has extensive knowledge of the Australian literary scene, having been an editor, journalist, bookseller and reviewer. She also teaches a popular writing course at the Sydney Writer's Centre and has presented at many writers' festivals including the Sydney Writer's Festival. Though very sorry that Di can no longer make it, we are delighted to have both Lillian and Judith appearing our Festival.
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To hear one writer's experiences with pitching her manuscript to an editor at the recent CYA Festival in Qld follow this link to the writing blog of Charmaine Clancy.
There will be two opportunities to get your manuscript in front of an editor at our festival this year. For some one on one time, book into a Publishing Consultation. We have 1 left with Sue Whiting and 5 with Ali Lavau/Frances Watts. Or if you'd like to get feedback from a group of experts as well as see the reaction from our audience of emerging writers, put your name down for our Pitch Your Manuscript competition. The Sutherland Shire Writers' Festival is delighted to announce the addition of Dianne (Di) Bates to our line-up for this year. As the author of over 100 books Di is a minor legend in the Australian publishing industry.
Di will be appearing at both our Adult and Children's festivals. In an extraordinary act of generosity Di has offered to donate $100 of her appearance fee to become a Prize for the winner of our Pitch Your Manuscript session. Thank you Di. |
AuthorJodie Wells-Slowgrove is the founder and of the Sutherland Shire Writers' Festival. She is also a writer, manuscript assessor and teacher-librarian. Jodie's latest publication is a children's fantasy series for Penguin Books 2014, 2015. Archives
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