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Workshops (General Admission)
In Good Hands - Workshop with Cate Kennedy - General ticket
General Admission - Limited Spaces What makes us settle into a story, confident that the author is in control, guiding us along a path designed to intrigue and satisfy us? In this workshop Cate Kennedy will cover some key elements to constructing a compelling and memorable short story. She will talk about the techniques that give your reader the sense that they are "in good hands" with you, the writer, from the very first sentence. Cate will be deconstructing each stage of Michael Ondaatje's great quote: "The first line of every story should be the same: Trust me. This will take time, but there is order here, very faint and very human." to outline ways an author signals they have their hands on the wheel, establishing and setting up a subtle order and pattern which rewards close attention and focus over the timeframe of the story's narrative.
General Admission - Limited Spaces What makes us settle into a story, confident that the author is in control, guiding us along a path designed to intrigue and satisfy us? In this workshop Cate Kennedy will cover some key elements to constructing a compelling and memorable short story. She will talk about the techniques that give your reader the sense that they are "in good hands" with you, the writer, from the very first sentence. Cate will be deconstructing each stage of Michael Ondaatje's great quote: "The first line of every story should be the same: Trust me. This will take time, but there is order here, very faint and very human." to outline ways an author signals they have their hands on the wheel, establishing and setting up a subtle order and pattern which rewards close attention and focus over the timeframe of the story's narrative.
$70.00+ $2.25 feeBack Your Own Book - Workshop with Michael Burge - General ticket
General Admission - Limited Spaces You’ve published a book, but what about getting it out there and keeping it in front of readers for years instead of weeks? Author, journalist, publisher and bookseller Michael Burge has distilled this fraught process into a series of empowering steps on how to give your book a lovely long tail in the marketplace. Join him to explore brand building, the essential strategic partnerships in the book trade, and maximising the chances of your work reaching the most readers. This session will get traditionally published and self-published writers match fit for the long game of an author’s life, and offers an opportunity for Q&A and troubleshooting your project.
General Admission - Limited Spaces You’ve published a book, but what about getting it out there and keeping it in front of readers for years instead of weeks? Author, journalist, publisher and bookseller Michael Burge has distilled this fraught process into a series of empowering steps on how to give your book a lovely long tail in the marketplace. Join him to explore brand building, the essential strategic partnerships in the book trade, and maximising the chances of your work reaching the most readers. This session will get traditionally published and self-published writers match fit for the long game of an author’s life, and offers an opportunity for Q&A and troubleshooting your project.
$70.00+ $2.25 feeSurreality and Strangeness - Workshop with Omar Musa - General ticket
General Admission - Limited Spaces In this generative short story workshop, Omar Musa will take you through how he reverse engineers fiction from surreal, uncanny images, or dreamlike seeds. Rather than starting with a plot or character, we'll begin with the bizarre and build outward, discovering how a single strange detail, artwork or reverie can be teased out into a compelling narrative. This workshop is about leaning into ambiguity and playfulness, blurring the lines between reality and surreality, and trying to achieve the literary trinity Elizabeth Bishop spoke about: a balance between accuracy, spontaneity and mystery.
General Admission - Limited Spaces In this generative short story workshop, Omar Musa will take you through how he reverse engineers fiction from surreal, uncanny images, or dreamlike seeds. Rather than starting with a plot or character, we'll begin with the bizarre and build outward, discovering how a single strange detail, artwork or reverie can be teased out into a compelling narrative. This workshop is about leaning into ambiguity and playfulness, blurring the lines between reality and surreality, and trying to achieve the literary trinity Elizabeth Bishop spoke about: a balance between accuracy, spontaneity and mystery.
$70.00+ $2.25 feeHow Do I Make My Stories Weirder? - Workshop with Jane Rawson - General ticket
General Admission - Limited spaces Would you like to make your short story a little bit weirder? If your story is dull, lacking in ideas, or feels a bit pedestrian, this workshop will give you some tips to get it off the straight and narrow. We’ll look at where you can get ideas, how you can bring odd ideas together, how you can find the gaps in history, how you can use voice to make things stranger, and how to bring in some off-beat perspectives. Suited to emerging or established writers, those with a story underway and those just starting out.
General Admission - Limited spaces Would you like to make your short story a little bit weirder? If your story is dull, lacking in ideas, or feels a bit pedestrian, this workshop will give you some tips to get it off the straight and narrow. We’ll look at where you can get ideas, how you can bring odd ideas together, how you can find the gaps in history, how you can use voice to make things stranger, and how to bring in some off-beat perspectives. Suited to emerging or established writers, those with a story underway and those just starting out.
$70.00+ $2.25 fee
Workshops (Student and Concession)
In Good Hands - Workshop with Cate Kennedy - Student and Concession ticket
Student and Concession card holders - Limited Spaces What makes us settle into a story, confident that the author is in control, guiding us along a path designed to intrigue and satisfy us? In this workshop Cate Kennedy will cover some key elements to constructing a compelling and memorable short story. She will talk about the techniques that give your reader the sense that they are "in good hands" with you, the writer, from the very first sentence. Cate will be deconstructing each stage of Michael Ondaatje's great quote: "The first line of every story should be the same: Trust me. This will take time, but there is order here, very faint and very human." to outline ways an author signals they have their hands on the wheel, establishing and setting up a subtle order and pattern which rewards close attention and focus over the timeframe of the story's narrative.
Student and Concession card holders - Limited Spaces What makes us settle into a story, confident that the author is in control, guiding us along a path designed to intrigue and satisfy us? In this workshop Cate Kennedy will cover some key elements to constructing a compelling and memorable short story. She will talk about the techniques that give your reader the sense that they are "in good hands" with you, the writer, from the very first sentence. Cate will be deconstructing each stage of Michael Ondaatje's great quote: "The first line of every story should be the same: Trust me. This will take time, but there is order here, very faint and very human." to outline ways an author signals they have their hands on the wheel, establishing and setting up a subtle order and pattern which rewards close attention and focus over the timeframe of the story's narrative.
$50.00+ $1.75 feeBack Your Own Book - Workshop with Michael Burge - Student and Concession ticket
Student and concession card holders only - Limited Spaces You’ve published a book, but what about getting it out there and keeping it in front of readers for years instead of weeks? Author, journalist, publisher and bookseller Michael Burge has distilled this fraught process into a series of empowering steps on how to give your book a lovely long tail in the marketplace. Join him to explore brand building, the essential strategic partnerships in the book trade, and maximising the chances of your work reaching the most readers. This session will get traditionally published and self-published writers match fit for the long game of an author’s life, and offers an opportunity for Q&A and troubleshooting your project.
Student and concession card holders only - Limited Spaces You’ve published a book, but what about getting it out there and keeping it in front of readers for years instead of weeks? Author, journalist, publisher and bookseller Michael Burge has distilled this fraught process into a series of empowering steps on how to give your book a lovely long tail in the marketplace. Join him to explore brand building, the essential strategic partnerships in the book trade, and maximising the chances of your work reaching the most readers. This session will get traditionally published and self-published writers match fit for the long game of an author’s life, and offers an opportunity for Q&A and troubleshooting your project.
$50.00+ $1.75 feeSurreality and Strangeness - Workshop with Omar Musa - Student and Concession ticket
Student and Concession card holders - Limited spaces In this generative short story workshop, Omar Musa will take you through how he reverse engineers fiction from surreal, uncanny images, or dreamlike seeds. Rather than starting with a plot or character, we'll begin with the bizarre and build outward, discovering how a single strange detail, artwork or reverie can be teased out into a compelling narrative. This workshop is about leaning into ambiguity and playfulness, blurring the lines between reality and surreality, and trying to achieve the literary trinity Elizabeth Bishop spoke about: a balance between accuracy, spontaneity and mystery.
Student and Concession card holders - Limited spaces In this generative short story workshop, Omar Musa will take you through how he reverse engineers fiction from surreal, uncanny images, or dreamlike seeds. Rather than starting with a plot or character, we'll begin with the bizarre and build outward, discovering how a single strange detail, artwork or reverie can be teased out into a compelling narrative. This workshop is about leaning into ambiguity and playfulness, blurring the lines between reality and surreality, and trying to achieve the literary trinity Elizabeth Bishop spoke about: a balance between accuracy, spontaneity and mystery.
$50.00+ $1.75 feeHow Do I Make My Stories Weirder? - Workshop with Jane Rawson - Student and Concession ticket
Student and concession card holders only - Limited spaces Would you like to make your short story a little bit weirder? If your story is dull, lacking in ideas, or feels a bit pedestrian, this workshop will give you some tips to get it off the straight and narrow. We’ll look at where you can get ideas, how you can bring odd ideas together, how you can find the gaps in history, how you can use voice to make things stranger, and how to bring in some off-beat perspectives. Suited to emerging or established writers, those with a story underway and those just starting out.
Student and concession card holders only - Limited spaces Would you like to make your short story a little bit weirder? If your story is dull, lacking in ideas, or feels a bit pedestrian, this workshop will give you some tips to get it off the straight and narrow. We’ll look at where you can get ideas, how you can bring odd ideas together, how you can find the gaps in history, how you can use voice to make things stranger, and how to bring in some off-beat perspectives. Suited to emerging or established writers, those with a story underway and those just starting out.
$50.00+ $1.75 fee
Day Passes (General Admission)
Two-Day Pass - General ticket
General admission. For full access to both Saturday and Sunday's panel sessions. Includes the literary debate. Tickets to To Whom it May Concern: Letters of Complaint sold separately
General admission. For full access to both Saturday and Sunday's panel sessions. Includes the literary debate. Tickets to To Whom it May Concern: Letters of Complaint sold separately
$80.00+ $2.50 feeSaturday Day Pass - General ticket
General admission. For full access to all of Saturday's panel sessions. Tickets for To Whom it May Concern: Letters of Complaint sold separately
General admission. For full access to all of Saturday's panel sessions. Tickets for To Whom it May Concern: Letters of Complaint sold separately
$50.00+ $1.75 feeSunday Day Pass - General ticket
General admission. For full access to Sunday's panel sessions. Includes debate
General admission. For full access to Sunday's panel sessions. Includes debate
$50.00+ $1.75 fee
Day Passes (Student and Concession)
Two-Day Pass - Student and Concession ticket
For student and concession card holders only. For full access to both Saturday and Sunday's panel sessions. Includes the literary debate. Tickets to To Whom it May Concern: Letters of Complaint sold separately below.
For student and concession card holders only. For full access to both Saturday and Sunday's panel sessions. Includes the literary debate. Tickets to To Whom it May Concern: Letters of Complaint sold separately below.
$60.00+ $2.00 feeSaturday Day Pass - Student and Concession ticket
Students and Concession card holders only. For full access to all of Saturday's panel sessions. Tickets for To Whom it May Concern: Letters of Complaint sold separately
Students and Concession card holders only. For full access to all of Saturday's panel sessions. Tickets for To Whom it May Concern: Letters of Complaint sold separately
$40.00+ $1.50 feeSunday Day Pass - Student and Concession ticket
For students and concession card holders only. For full access to Sunday's panel sessions. Includes debate
For students and concession card holders only. For full access to Sunday's panel sessions. Includes debate
$40.00+ $1.50 fee
Evening Events - At Unley Town Hall
Opening Night Celebration - General ticket
General Admission For this year's festival, the Friday celebration is not like any ordinary Opening Night. Instead of speeches, we are treating you to a Quiz Night, a celebration of writers and writing that we should all know and love. With plenty of finger foods, hilarious games and prizes, join us for an evening where you get to mingle with writers, show off your knowledge and perhaps even learn a thing or two. Think a short but sharp Quiz Night with a twist. And once it's all over we'll turn the music up and dance. No need to be part of a group. Just get a ticket and we'll make sure you're on a table. Who knows, you might even be on the same team as your favourite writer.
General Admission For this year's festival, the Friday celebration is not like any ordinary Opening Night. Instead of speeches, we are treating you to a Quiz Night, a celebration of writers and writing that we should all know and love. With plenty of finger foods, hilarious games and prizes, join us for an evening where you get to mingle with writers, show off your knowledge and perhaps even learn a thing or two. Think a short but sharp Quiz Night with a twist. And once it's all over we'll turn the music up and dance. No need to be part of a group. Just get a ticket and we'll make sure you're on a table. Who knows, you might even be on the same team as your favourite writer.
$30.00+ $1.25 feeOpening Night Celebration - Student and Concession ticket
Student and concession card holders only For this year's festival, the Friday celebration is not like any ordinary Opening Night. Instead of speeches, we are treating you to a Quiz Night, a celebration of writers and writing that we should all know and love. With plenty of finger foods, hilarious games and prizes, join us for an evening where you get to mingle with writers, show off your knowledge and perhaps even learn a thing or two. Think a short but sharp Quiz Night with a twist. And once it's all over we'll turn the music up and dance. No need to be part of a group. Just get a ticket and we'll make sure you're on a table. Who knows, you might even be on the same team as your favourite writer.
Student and concession card holders only For this year's festival, the Friday celebration is not like any ordinary Opening Night. Instead of speeches, we are treating you to a Quiz Night, a celebration of writers and writing that we should all know and love. With plenty of finger foods, hilarious games and prizes, join us for an evening where you get to mingle with writers, show off your knowledge and perhaps even learn a thing or two. Think a short but sharp Quiz Night with a twist. And once it's all over we'll turn the music up and dance. No need to be part of a group. Just get a ticket and we'll make sure you're on a table. Who knows, you might even be on the same team as your favourite writer.
$20.00+ $1.00 feeTo Whom it May Concern: Letters of Complaint - General ticket
General Admission Childhood wounds with a sprinkle of petty grievances? Check! Vulnerability with a twist of absurd humour? Check! Laughable, lively and occasionally ludicrous letters about the issues that make our blood boil and get our knickers in a knot, performed live, hosted by writer and storyteller Annabel Smith. For lovers of live storytelling and comedy about the awkwardness and sheer bloody frustration of modern life: it’s hilarious, it’s heartfelt, it’s healing. Come along to hear writers Michael Burge, Jane Rawson, Andrew Roff, Cate Kennedy, Morgan Nunan and host Annabel Smith air their resentments
General Admission Childhood wounds with a sprinkle of petty grievances? Check! Vulnerability with a twist of absurd humour? Check! Laughable, lively and occasionally ludicrous letters about the issues that make our blood boil and get our knickers in a knot, performed live, hosted by writer and storyteller Annabel Smith. For lovers of live storytelling and comedy about the awkwardness and sheer bloody frustration of modern life: it’s hilarious, it’s heartfelt, it’s healing. Come along to hear writers Michael Burge, Jane Rawson, Andrew Roff, Cate Kennedy, Morgan Nunan and host Annabel Smith air their resentments
$30.00+ $1.25 feeTo Whom it May Concern: Letters of Complaint - Student and Concession ticket
Student and Concession card holders only Childhood wounds with a sprinkle of petty grievances? Check! Vulnerability with a twist of absurd humour? Check! Laughable, lively and occasionally ludicrous letters about the issues that make our blood boil and get our knickers in a knot, performed live, hosted by writer and storyteller Annabel Smith. For lovers of live storytelling and comedy about the awkwardness and sheer bloody frustration of modern life: it’s hilarious, it’s heartfelt, it’s healing. Come along to hear writers Michael Burge, Jane Rawson, Andrew Roff, Cate Kennedy, Morgan Nunan and host Annabel Smith air their resentments
Student and Concession card holders only Childhood wounds with a sprinkle of petty grievances? Check! Vulnerability with a twist of absurd humour? Check! Laughable, lively and occasionally ludicrous letters about the issues that make our blood boil and get our knickers in a knot, performed live, hosted by writer and storyteller Annabel Smith. For lovers of live storytelling and comedy about the awkwardness and sheer bloody frustration of modern life: it’s hilarious, it’s heartfelt, it’s healing. Come along to hear writers Michael Burge, Jane Rawson, Andrew Roff, Cate Kennedy, Morgan Nunan and host Annabel Smith air their resentments
$20.00+ $1.00 fee