Queensland Writers Centre works with Arts Nexus and the Townsville City Council to present our regional program in Townsville. All Townsville events are held in the Thuringowa Library.
Writing Historical Fiction with Nerida Newton
Historical novels, and creative non-fiction, are becoming increasingly popular. Nerida Newton (The Lambing Flat) will guide you through recreating times, events and places in history accurately and evocatively. Nerida will outline the resources available and methods for researching the details of every-day lives. This workshop will give you a broader knowledge of resources from which to access historical fact, and methodologies for translating that fact into compelling prose.
When: Saturday 20 March. Workshop runs from 10.00am–4.30pm.
Where: Thuringowa Library, 86 Thuringowa Drive (Corner of Hinchinbrook Drive), Thuringowa Central
Cost: QWC members $85, Concession members $75, Non-members $115
Bookings: Phone QWC on 07 3839 1243 or book online. Booking deadline: Monday 8 March
The Kindest Cut: Editing for Writers with Shelley Kenigsberg
The workshop is aimed at writers of fiction and non-fiction who are at all stages of development and are in the process of writing and want to finesse their work. Based on the premise that all good writing is rewriting, you will look at the techniques great writers use to do the redrafting and find those that work for you. You will also look at various elements such as writing style and word choice, voice, viewpoint, dialogue, beginnings and middles and ends, flow and balance, and structure.
When: Saturday 29 May. Workshop runs from 10.00am-4.30pm.
Where: Thuringowa Library, 86 Thuringowa Drive (Corner of Hinchinbrook Drive), Thuringowa Central
Cost: QWC members $85, Concession members $75, Non-members $115
Bookings: Phone QWC on 07 3839 1243 or book online. Booking deadline: Monday 17 May