the ksp news - kspf.iinet.net.aukspf.iinet.net.au › newsletters › 2014 › nov 2014...
TRANSCRIPT
NOVEMBER
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
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, a
tribute to Katharine and give 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. Please visit the website for a schedule of events:
Events > Katharine’s Birthday
Everybody is welcome to join us for this special occasion!
Member’s Choice Workshop—
as voted by YOU!
Writing the Paranormal
Saturday 15 November, 1.00pm—4.00pm
$30 members, $45 non-members
Please book early as there is a minimum number required to proceed.
Join paranormal romance author Shona Husk as she digs
into world building, transcontinental lore and myths from around the globe, as well as how to bring romance to the creatures that lurk in the shadows. Bring your note pads
and pens, your imagination and an open mind as the author who made goblins sexy takes you out of the
suburbs and into a world where anything is possible.
Upcoming
Workshops
Booking in advance is essential for all workshops and events.
Please see the KSP website for payment details.
9294 1872 / [email protected]
Crime Fiction
Saturday 8 November, 1.00pm-4.00pm
Take a journey with David Whish-Wilson into the murky world of murder, mystery and drama. You will learn how to create atmosphere and tension in your story with the use of real events, and techniques such as setting, multiple viewpoint, and careful plotting.
David Whish-Wilson currently teaches creative writing at Curtin University. He is author of three novels featuring detective Frank Swann, has published various short stories and novels, along with setting up writing programs in prisons.
"David Whish-Wilson is a force to be reckoned with in
crime fiction." JustAGuyThatLikesToRead
blogspot
http://www.davidwhish-wilson.com/
Costs: $30 for KSP-members and $45 for non-members.
Writing the Wild by Mardi May
They have been doing it for centuries - walking and writing - poets from Basho to Wordsworth and writers like Dickens, using the connection between walking and writing to produce great works of literature.
In her workshop, ‘Writing the Wild’, poet Nandi Chinna explored this practice of ‘poepatetics’ as a creative tool through a sensory connection to the environment. Her recent book, ‘Swamp, walking the wetlands of the coastal plain’, was created using the practice of walking as a research methodology. Nandi mapped on foot the ancient wet- land sites of Perth noting their decline due to urban progress, and documenting her findings in poetry.
It is not only the slowing to walking pace, allowing us time for more acute observation, but the rhythm of the pace which acts like a metronome, that are important to poetry writing. This connection to nature and the environment deepens our experience of the world around us and also connects us to our inner landscape. As Basho, the seventeenth century haiku master noted, ‘learn about the pines from the pines, and about bamboo from the bamboo’.
Participants in the workshop walked around the KSP garden, mapping their experience not only with their feet, but with their senses. As we walked, we translated the sensory world around us into the poetic voice of the natural world. Some keenly observed poetry resulted from this poepatetic ramble and we felt, along with Nandi, a closer relationship to nature in the wild, wonderful garden, which was no doubt a source of inspiration to Katharine herself.
What others thought of ‘poepatetics’:
‘Felt inspired, deep gratitude and nourished’
‘Nandi you have a beautiful voice’
‘Loved it!’
‘Such an inspiring and feel-good workshop’
‘I love KSP’
‘Thank you so much, Nandi. I so appreciated this.’
Page 2 THE KSP NEWS
COMPETITIONS,
EVENTS &
OPPORTUNITIES
Poetry Kitchen, Fremantle
Thursdays 10-12pm Details here
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
Freefall Writing Retreats
Nov., 2014. Details here
Summer Supper Club spoken
word performances: monthly dates
Nov., Dec. 2014. Details here
Online Poetry workshop with
P.S. Cottier Star ts 6th
November Details here
Creatrix Poetry and Haiku
Journal now accepting
submissions Submission
deadline 10th Nov. Details here
Perth’s Shortest Short Story
Competition Closes 14th Nov.
Details here
Society of Women Writers WA
event on 15th Nov. Contacts for
bookings
FAWWA Poetry Writing with
Jackson Cost $45, 16th Nov.
Details here
Author talk with Richard
Rossiter At Bookcaffe, 20th Nov.
Details here
Page 3
COMPETITIONS,
EVENTS &
OPPORTUNITIES
One Day Creative Writing
Course with John Harman
22nd Nov. Details here
Rhonda Jankovic Poetry
Award Closes 25th Nov.
Details here
Ron Pretty Poetry Prize
$5,000 first prize, closes 30th
Nov. Details here
Magic Oxygen Literary Prize
Closes 30th Nov. Details here
Blackened Billy Verse
Competition 2015
Closes 30th Nov Details here
Cuttlefish Literary Magazine
seeking poetry, and flash
fiction Due by 5th Dec.
Details here
Aurealis Speculative Fiction
Awards $10 entry fee, closes
7th Dec., Details here
2014 Hal Porter Short Story
Competition Closes 12th Dec.
Details here
Tom Collins Poetry Prize
Closes 15th Dec. Details here
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 KSP’s Poets Group anthology launch—’The Light Painters’ At KSP Centre, Sunday 23 November, a free sundowner from 4.30pm Finger food and wine provided. Launched by Nandi Chinna. RSVP to: [email protected]
Pre-order KSP’s Anzac Centenary book Blackboy Hill is Calling by downloading the order form the KSP website or picking one up from the Centre. Blackboy Hill is Calling is the never-before recorded social history of Western Australia’s most significant World War I training camp. We join former Blackboy Hill soldiers on their journey preparing for the
Great War, with humorous and touching stories of marching, firearms training, camp folklore and sufferance through countless bowls of dreary stew. New research suggests that Blackboy Hill camp training was integral in creating the ‘spirit of mateship’ now synonymous with the legend of the Anzac. Blackboy Hill is Calling is suitable for all ages, and includes optional Teacher’s Notes for educators. Book release date: March 2015. Cost: $15 posted or $10 pick-up.
Limited print run at this price: certain to sell out quickly! Be sure to secure your copy early.
SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING: a workshop with Writer-in-Residence Annabel Smith
Saturday 22 November, 1.00-4.00pm, $30 members, $45 non-members. Only a few seats left
With the aid of a PowerPoint presentation, this workshop will get you to: Define three aspects of your social media 'identity'; Identify which social media properties you plan to use; Select 'fixed pages' for your website/blog; Write the text for an 'about' page; Experiment with writing different types of blog posts; Practise 'tagging'; Create a blogging schedule; Experiment with writing Facebook posts; Decide which additional 'tabs' to add to your 'page'; Set Facebook goals and create a strategy to meet goals; Experiment with writing tweets, including hashtags; Set Twitter goals and create a strategy to meet goals; Create a Goodreads profile 'blurb'; Identify groups and forums of relevance/interest; Write a review; Define your top ten social media goals.
Katharine Susannah Prichard Foundation News
KSP verandah repairs, from this...
To this!
There’s still some work left to do, such as painting the new beams and lattice, however the important thing is that it is NOW OPEN, LEVEL and SAFE to walk on! A big thanks to local carpenter Jon Toobey for his fantastic work. On a related note, if any member has a nice outdoor patio set you’d like to donate to KSP, please email us on [email protected]
Page 4
MEMBER CONGRATS!
Glad McGough for winning second place in the
2014 ECU Talus Prize for her short prose piece
‘Whajuk Booja’.
Member Renewals winner
Fay Dease
Fay has won a voucher for a standard $30 KSP
workshop funded by DCA. Congratulations Fay!!!
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 Secretary Treasurer Robert Perks Newsletter Ed. Shannon Coyle Committee Renee Hammond
Mardi May Andrew Levett Valerie Everett Tabetha Beggs
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) Thursdays 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