Blue Mountains City Library and Varuna the National Writers House invite you to the
READERS & WRITERS FORUM
Saturday 25th October, 2014
10am until 3.30pm
Katoomba Library, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre
The main event is a free Forum including panels on The Writing Process, Children’s Literature, Memoir & Biography, Editing, Historical Fiction & Non-Fiction, and Self Publishing.
THE WRITING PROCESS
With Guest Speaker Keith Whelan
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
With Moderator Margaret Hamilton (Pinerolo, the Children’s Book Cottage)
Tohby Riddle
Nana G (Joanna Jensen)
Louis Shea
MEMOIR & BIOGRAPHY
With Moderator Mark O’Flynn (False Start: a memoir of things best forgotten)
Margaret Rose Stringer
Martyna Parsons
Gabriella Kovac
EDITING
With Moderator Brian Purcell (Varuna the National Writers House)
Natalie Muller
Kit Carstairs
Jody Lee
HISTORICAL FICTION & NON-FICTION
With Moderator Trevor Shearston (Game)
Jason Foster
Babette Smith
SELF PUBLISHING
With Moderator Jansis O’Hanlon (Varuna the National Writers House)
Jenny Mosher
Victoria Jefferys
Bookings are essential for the Forum and can be made online at
http://www.readersandwritersforum.eventbrite.com.au
You may also like to sign up for our Editing Workshop, with Blue Mountains City Library’s 2014 Editor-in-Residence, Natalie Muller; or for our Creative Writing Workshop, with Keith Whelan.
Workshops are $15 per person and must be pre-paid at any Library branch.
A special buffet Lunch at the Cultural Centre Cafe is also available by pre-booking at any Library branch. $20 per person for sandwiches, mini quiches, soup, tea and coffee, and sweets.
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