Ballarat Writers’ member, Anne Gleeson, will be featuring with Paul Kane at the poetry reading at the Albion Hotel in Duke Street, Castlemaine, this Sunday July 6 from 3pm. So if you live down that way, pop in. Anne’s poetry collection will be published by Interactive Press later this year.
Short Film Presentation and Open Mic 7.30pm, Monday 14 July at Kirrit Barreet Aboriginal Arts & Cultural Centre, 407 Main Rd, Ballarat
To celebrate NAIDOC Week in July come along to a special short film presentation by screenwriter David Tournier, followed by Open Mic readings with prizes and publication! Booking is essential to secure your place - email info@ballaratwriters.com or phone 0437429936.
David Tournier is a Language Worker with the Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative involved in researching and documenting the Wathaurong language. The short film Dyeerm is a claymation feature based on the Dreamtime legend Tiddalik the Frog. David engaged with Indigenous primary students to collect their ideas for the screenplay in Wauthaurong and English, then translated the screenplay into the Wathaurong language. This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in engaging youth in writing or other arts projects.
This event is proudly supported by the City of Ballarat.
Open Mic Readings
Open Mic reader numbers are limited so please arrive at 7.30 on the night and register with our Readings Coordinator in order to secure your place in the Open Mic section.
This year, Open Mic section judges will pick the night’s best entry for publication in the next Ballarat Writers’ newsletter. That piece will then also go into the running for the year end prize. What prize? Come along and find out!
Readings take place on the second Monday of each month. Every reading offers a chance of publication in the newsletter and entry into the year’s final prize for best reading of 2008.
Why “roving readings”?
Our second Monday of the month readings are roving readings this year, moving every month to different venues - and even different towns - so we can reach the whole writing and reading community of Ballarat and surrounding districts. So make sure your membership is up to date and check this page regularly to find our where our Roving Readings will land next.
We’ve had a lot of queries from members wanting to workshop their writing, so we’re starting up a prose (fiction or non fiction) workshopping group. The first session will be Saturday 14 June, 10.30am-12pm at the Mechanics’ Institute in Sturt Street. Jill Blee, published writer and experienced educator, will be there to get the group going and offer helpful guidelines on how to critique other people’s work and how to to get the most out of the workshopping process.
To ensure everyone has a chance to be workshopped, pieces must be limited to 1000-1500 words. Bring a pen, multiple copies of your work, double spaced and single sided, and $5 (members) or $8 (non members).
Advance notice of Ballarat Writers at the Words in Winter Festival in August. Put Sunday 3 August, 2pm in your diary to join us at the Daylesford BookBarn. Award-winning writers from Ballarat discuss the writing process and read excerpts from their most popular works. Followed by 3-4pm drinks and nibbles provided by Ballarat Writers and Daylesford BookBarn.
Reading and Open Mic 7.30pm, Monday 9 June at The Daylesford Book Barn
Join us for a drink at the Book Barn in Daylesford to see local writer, Chris Sitka, followed by Open Mic readings with prizes and publication! Entry fee of $5 includes a glass of wine.
Chris Sitka is a poet and essayist who has been writing creative polemic for decades. She is an original thinker and provocative writer. Her work has been widely published, mostly in obscure national and international rags, or passed around by word of mouth requests from her fans. Mostly too radical for the mainstream, her words tackle diverse subjects including landscape, living a carbon neutral life in the wilds of the bush, women’s liberation, lesbian pride, and her experiences of cultural sharing with Aboriginal women elders in the remote desert. Her latest project is the Canine Manual for Training Humines.
Open Mic Readings
Open Mic reader numbers are limited so please arrive at 7.30 on the night and register with our Readings Coordinator in order to secure your place in the Open Mic section.
This year, Open Mic section judges will pick the night’s best entry for publication in the next Ballarat Writers’ newsletter. That piece will then also go into the running for the year end prize. What prize? Come along and find out!
Readings take place on the second Monday of each month. Every reading offers a chance of publication in the newsletter and entry into the year’s final prize for best reading of 2008.
Why “roving readings”?
Our second Monday of the month readings are roving readings this year, starting off at Craig’s Hotel in Ballarat and moving every few weeks to different venues - and even different towns! - so we can reach the whole writing and reading community of Ballarat and surrounding districts. So make sure your membership is up to date and check this page regularly to find our where our Roving Readings will land next.