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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Two beautiful banners arrived today. I can't wait to hang them in prominent spots in our local area to let everyone know that the 3rd Annual Sutherland Shire Writers' Festival is on its way.
In other news, our very secret program is soon to be a secret no more. We hope to reveal it sometime this week with registrations to open soon after. Make sure you get in early if you want a publishing consultation as they sold out very fast last year. 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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