DAY 1 – A CELEBRATION OF READING
10.30 am-11.25 am
Main Hall – It’s a Write Off!
Michael Pryor & Leanne Hall battle it out by creating a short – audience chosen piece LIVE followed by a panel discussion on turning a bad first draft into a finished manuscript.
Hosted by Holly Harper
Studio – Bookshop
11.30am – 12.25 pm
Main Hall – @ books
Bloggers Holly Harper, Andrew McDonald & Megan Burke talk about the rise of online reading and writing as well as how and why they blog.
Studio – Bookshop
12.25am – 1.00pm
LUNCH
1.00pm – 1.55pm
Main Hall – Generation why?
Authors answer the age old question “why should I read” with their take on what it takes to write books people want to read.
Steph Bowe & Michael Pryor
Hosted by Bec Kavanagh
Studio -Bookshop
2.00pm – 2.55pm
Main Hall – Still Life
Bringing characters to life – literally!
Two authors work on two actors to transform them from bland statues to three dimensional characters.
Followed by a panel discussion on character building.
Fiona Wood & Cath Crowley
Hosted by Bec Kavanagh
Studio –Bookshop
3.00-3.55pm
Main Hall – Dear Diary
How do we turn our own thoughts into novels? A sneak into Simmone Howell’s diary, her favourite diarists and writing teenage characters.
4.30pm – 6.00pm
Studio – PD for teachers
“Bringing books out of the classroom” Using the festival momentum to engage reluctant readers in class.
Bec Kavanagh in conversation with Fiona Wood, Cath Crowley and Steph Bowe
5.00pm onwards –
Main hall – launch of Voiceworks September issue!
DAY 2 – FOR YOUNG ADULT WRITERS & WRITERS FOR YOUNG ADULTS
11.30 am-12.25am
Main Hall – Turning “no” into “yes”
Getting rejected and getting over it – with Tim Pegler and Marisa Pintado
Hosted by Lucy Mackay-Sim
Studio – Story time
With Sally Rippin & Sue deGennaro
12.30am – 1.25 pm
Main Hall – Still Life
Bringing characters to life – literally!
Two authors work on two actors to transform them from bland statues to three dimensional characters.
Followed by a panel discussion on character building.
Andrew McDonald & Leanne Hall
Hosted by Holly Harper
Studio – Writing & Illustrating
With Sally Rippin & Sue deGennaro
1.25 – 2.30pm
LUNCH
2.30pm – 3.25pm
Main Hall – Making it Work
A panel discussion on writing as a career – what’s out there, how can you make it work, what do you need to know?
Tim Pegler, Aimee Said & Bec Kavanagh
Studio – Bookshop
3.30pm – 5.00pm
Main Hall – Biggest Book Swap
Studio – Biggest Book Swap
In this open mike style session audience members are invited to swap an old story for a new. Bring a book that you’ve read and tell someone else what you loved/ hated about it, then swap it for something new! Any leftover books will be donated to charity.
5.15pm-7.00pm
A Thousand Words Gala
Includes readings and announcements of ATW short story competition winners & key note speech by Tim Pegler.
