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DECEMBER
2014 The KSP News
E s t a b l i s h e d 1 9 8 5
Upcoming Events
Katharine’s Birthday
Sunday 7 December 11.00am—4.15pm
Featuring free guided tours, feature performances by KSP’s Young Writers in
Residence, and the announcement of all 2014 competition winners
Join us at Katharine's Place for our special end-of-year celebration. You are warmly invited to take part in the
Awards Ceremonies of three annual competitions, namely the KSP Speculative Fiction Award, the Karen W Treanor Poetry Award and the KSP Short Fiction Award. Many of
these winners will share with us extracts of their winning stories. The day will also present feature performances by KSP’s Young Writers-in-Residence (see right), a tribute to Katharine and two free tours of the heritage-listed house and garden. A delicious lunch and afternoon tea will be
available for a gold coin donation, plus a range of giftware and raffles will be on sale. And, as always, there will be a
HUGE birthday cake for afternoon tea! Please visit the website for a full schedule of events:
Events > Katharine’s Birthday
Everybody is welcome to join us for this special occasion!
Elated Daniel Ortlepp, 2013 first prize winner of the Speculative Fiction Awards (youth)
Writers in
Residence
Booking in advance is essential for all workshops and events.
Please see the KSP website for payment details.
9294 1872 / [email protected]
1—10 December 2014
Emily Paull is a writer,
bookseller and a blogger. In 2012 she completed a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in English and Creative Writing at Murdoch University, and has been selling books by day and writing at night ever since. She is currently working on yet another draft of her first novel, Between the Sleepers, which is the story of a young man from Fremantle who falls in love with the wrong woman. You can read more about Emily, including her book reviews, at Emily's website:
http://www.emilypaull.com/
Stephen Lehane Smith is
currently completing his PhD at QUT and has been published in journals such as Stilts, Birdville, and Run Rabbit.
Sophie Overett is a Brisbane-
based writer of short fiction, memoir and non-fiction. Her work has been published in Voiceworks, Regime, Sleepers Almanac No. 9, Seizure, Scum Mag and Lip. On ‘The Owlish Girl’ http://www.sophieoverett.com/, she blogs about books, writing, films, fashion and feminism.
The Young Writers will each perform a feature reading at
Katharine’s Birthday on Sunday 7 December
between 12.50—1.30pm.
A Master Class in Memoir by Mardi May
When you book in for a master class you know it will mean a couple of days of hard work. At Rachel Robertson’s Memoir Master Class, this expectation was met and exceeded. Over two weekends, with a scatter of days between for further application, Rachel guided her band of aspiring memoirists through every aspect of memoir writing.
The term ‘memoir’ was a large umbrella sheltering our wide diversity of interests, which even extended to a collection of goat stories. Every aspect included writing exercises and a high level of feedback, not only from Rachel, but from members of the group who had quickly formed a bond.
Under Rachel’s skillful leadership, what we contributed to the class was enhanced, honed and taken away as our reward, together with a folder of handouts and reading material. Another reward many of us took home was Rachel’s novel, ‘Reaching One Thousand’, a perfect example of all she had taught us.
Our projects may not make it to a shelf in Dymocks, but they will be the best they can be with the benefit of our shared experience.
What others thought of Rachel’s Master Class:
‘I wrote my first chapter in 10 minutes.’
‘Rachel covered individual concerns and worked the workshop around them.’
‘Motivation was really increased. Great to share work with others on the journey.’
‘Very versatile.’
‘I came away positive and more informed.’
‘Great!’
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COMPETITIONS,
EVENTS &
OPPORTUNITIES
Grouch Online Magazine is
currently seeking submissions
of poetry and creative writing.
Details here
Online Poetry Feedback with
Jackson 0406624578. Details
here
Online Poetry Magazine
Uneven
Floor currently seeking
submissions. Details here
Highlight Publishing
currently open for submission
of manuscripts. Details here
Summer Supper Club spoken
word monthly performances,
Details here
Creatrix Poetry and Haiku
Journal now accepting
submissions Next deadline
10th Feb 2015 Details here
National Henry Lawson
Society Award 2014-2015
Closes: 31st March 2015
Contact the Society for details.
The Writer’s Passage Shor t
Course with Horst Kornberger
will explore one major myth
every term. The aim will be to
create a sustained body of
work that takes its inspiration
form a major myth and re-
interprets the themes in new
and original ways. From
February 2015 at FAWWA and
Perth Waldorf School,
bookings now open,
concessions available Visit
www.thewritingconnection.com.au for
details.
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COMPETITIONS,
EVENTS &
OPPORTUNITIES
Peter Porter Poetry Prize
$7,500 first prize, closes 15th
Dec. Details here
Somerset National Poetry
Prize For secondary school
students, closes 19th Dec.
Details here
Writing to the Wire Poetry
anthology is seeking
submissions, closing 31st Dec.
Details here
E. J. Brady 2014-15 short
story competition Now
accepting submissions, closes
1st Jan. 2015 Details here
Upcoming Book Launches ‘The Quiet Word’, a verse novella by Mardi May Book launch at KSP to follow the regular Poets group meeting, next Monday 8 December 2014 from 2.45pm. Afternoon tea provided. RSVP to: [email protected] by Friday 5 December
Sympathy and Other Stories, consisting of a novella and six short stories, is being launched by Chris Palazzolo in association with Regime Books at PICA Bar on Tuesday 9th December from 6.30pm (there will be a bar tab and nibbles with live music by Chris Boyder). All welcome. KSP’s Past Tense Group anthology launch 2014 At KSP Centre, Saturday 13 December, a free nibbles event from 10am-12pm. RSVP to: [email protected]
Victoria Mizen, a member of KSP’s Thursday Night Group, is launching her novel, The Green Velvet Dress on Sunday 14th December at 2.30pm. All are welcome to join in the celebrations at St Cuthbert’s Church Meeting Room, cnr Darlington Rd and Hillsden Rd, Darlington. RSVP by 5th Dec to [email protected] or tel 9298 9583.
MEMBER
CONGRATS!
Congratulations to Jackson who
won second prize in Peter
Cowan Writers Centre's Glen
Phillips Poetry Prize 2014, and
for her poem 'power tools'
which won an Editor's Award in
the recent issue of little
Victorian magazine
Poetry Matters.
And to former Writer in
Residence Judy Johnson who
recently launched her
historical thriller, The
Ripper’s Net, set in the
1800s. Download it here
from the Xoum website.
Member
Renewals
winner
Vickie Power
Vickie has won a
voucher for a standard
$30 KSP workshop
funded by DCA.
Congratulations
Vickie!!!
NOTICE KSP’s Christmas Hours KSP Writers’ Centre will close from Saturday 20 December 2014 and re-open Monday 5 January 2015. Throughout January, KSP will be undergoing major renovations, including the removal of the meeting room wall (to increase the space) and the installation of an awning to enclose the main house and the office. These works have been kindly funded by LotteryWest. Unless otherwise notified, all KSP writing groups will resume in February 2015.
Pilot is a calendar diary (the only one in
Australia) designed specifically for new
and emerging Australian writers. Pilot
features writing exercises, competitions,
festivals, awards and pages of essential
resources. Find Pilot on Facebook or
visit: pilotpress.com.au
Patron Dr Glen Phillips
Public Fund Chairperson KSP Treasurer KSP Clive Aldridge Denis McLeod Christopher Oakeley
Literary Advisory Board Dr Glen Phillips David Caddy Prof. Brian Dibble Kathleen Dzubiel Mardi May Dr Melissa O’Shea Karen Treanor Dr Amanda Curtin Juliet Marillier
Blackboy Hill Project
Valerie Everett
Management Committee Chairperson
Vice-Chairperson Tabetha Beggs Secretary Shannon Coyle Treasurer Robert Perks Newsletter Ed. Shannon Coyle Committee Renee Hammond Tabetha Beggs Mardi May Andrew Levett Valerie Everett Margot Lowe
Coordinator Shannon Coyle
Competitions Secretary Jemimah Halbert
Write-a-Book-in-a-Day Christopher Oakeley
KATHARINE SUSANNAH
PRICHARD WRITERS’ CENTRE
Regular Writing Groups
Open for Everyone to Join (Per class: $5 members/$10 nonmembers)
Poetry Writing Group (Poets@KSP) 2nd, 4th Mondays 1.00-3.00pm
Writers’ Circle Tuesdays 10.00-12.00pm
Writefree Women’s Writing Group Wednesdays 9.45-11.45am
Young Writers’ Group (8-16s) Mondays during school term 4.00-6.00pm
Home Schoolers Group (9-16s) Thursdays during school term 10.00-11.30am
Thursday Night Group Thursdays 7.30-9.30pm
Romance Writers Group Fridays 9.30-11.30am
Marathon Writers Group Fridays 12.00-4.00pm
Non-Fiction Writers Monthly 1st Saturday 10.00-12.00pm
Past Tense (Social History) Monthly 2nd Saturday 10.00-12.00pm
Speculative Fiction/Fantasy Monthly 2nd Sunday 10.00-12.00pm
Avon Valley Writers Group Wednesdays 10.00am & Thursdays 7.00pm
NaNoWriMo Support Group Mondays during October and November only,
9.00am - 12.00pm
Katharine’s Place
11 Old York Road
Greenmount
WA 6056
AUSTRALIA
Phone: (08) 9294 1872
Fax: (08) 9294 1872
Email: [email protected]
Web: kspf.iinet.net.au
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