Elouera Room
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8:00 — 8:45 Registration
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Aunty Deanna Schrieber
8:45 — 9:00 Welcome to Country Fellowship of Aust Writers (FAW) - Sutherland Branch Festival Welcome and Book Launch of FAW Anthology: Undercurrents |
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Patti Miller 9:00 — 10:00 The Joy of High Places: Spotlight on Patti Miller in conversation with Christine Sykes |
10:00 — 10:30 Morning Tea
(grab a coffee + mix and mingle and book signings)
(grab a coffee + mix and mingle and book signings)
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Ashley Kalagian Blunt & Alan Baxter 10:30 — 11:30 Social Media and Building an Author Profile |
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Candice Fox in Conversation with Dinuka McKenzie 11:30 — 12:30 Murder She Wrote: Crafting Best-Selling Crime Fiction |
12:30 — 1:30 Lunch break
Fully catered lunch available in the Elouera Room
Fully catered lunch available in the Elouera Room
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Writers Unleashed Picture Book Writing Competition Awards 1:30 — 1:45 FAW's Sylvia Vago joins Scholastic Australia's Clare Hallifax, along with previous winner, Rory H Mather, to present awards. |
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Allison Tait 1:45 — 2:45 Getting The Words Written: The Discipline of Writing |
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Sue Whiting 2:45 — 3:45 Keep the Pages Turning: How to Write Engaging Stories for Kids |
3:45 — 4:00 Afternoon Tea
(grab a coffee + mix and mingle and book signings)
(grab a coffee + mix and mingle and book signings)
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Editor Panel
4:00 — 5:00 What We Are Looking For: The Dos and Don'ts of Submitting a Manuscript Featuring: Anna Valdinger, HarperCollins Australia Tessa Feggans, Allen & Unwin Mary Verney. Penguin Random House Clare Hallifax, Scholastic Australia Anna Blackie, Pantera Press |
Kai'mea Room
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Lauren Chater 9:00 — 10:00 Writing Women in History |
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Christine Sykes 10:30 — 11:30 Gough & Me: My Journey from Cabramatta to China and Beyond |
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Alan Baxter 11:30 — 12:30 Speculative Fiction Essentials |
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Aunty Barbara Nicholson & Simon Luckhurst Ngana Barangarai (Black Wallaby) Project 1:45 — 2:45 Writing Indigenous Stories: Truth Telling and Reclaiming History |
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Sandie Docker 2:45 — 3:45 Writing from the Heart |
Dharawal Room
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Ashley Kalagian Blunt 9:00 — 10:00 Getting Your Scenes Right: The Nitty-Gritty of Scene Structure |
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Patti Miller 10:30 — 12:30 Memoir and Life Writing Essentials (2-hour workshop) |
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Claudine Tinellis 1:45 — 2:45 Podcasting for Writers |
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Pamela Cook 2:45 — 3:45 On Hybrid Publishing |
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Words and Nerds Festival Takeover Dani Vee from Words and Nerds will be 'live' podcasting all day from the Festival. |
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Best Little Bookshop in Town (Cronulla) will be selling books from our presenters during all breaks. |
Online Digital Sessions
Links to access these sessions will be emailed to ticket holders the week of the Festival.
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Spotlight on Emma Viskic In conversation with Dinuka McKenzie |
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Spotlight on Holden Sheppard In conversation with Sal Gallaher |
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Spotlight on RWR McDonald In conversation with Dinuka McKenzie |
