Byron Writers Festival 2023 — Upcoming Workshops

Writing as Catharsis

with Tim Baker

SATURDAY 6 MAY — SOLD OUT

Waitlist open for second workshop TBC

10.00AM — 4.00PM

In person at the Byron Writers Festival office

$180 /140 Members & Students

Writing has long been recognised as a way of processing profound moments, deep trauma and grief. Does it have the power to heal? After eight years living with stage 4 cancer, Tim Baker would like to believe it does. Personal writing has formed an important part of his own holistic self-care, long before he imagined there might be a book in it. Can we become authors of our own life story and write our way out of the existential corners we might sometimes feel hemmed in by? Find out in this single day workshop with author Tim Baker.

Tim Baker is an award-winning author, journalist and storyteller specialising in surfing history and culture, working across a wide variety of media, from books and magazines to video, theatre and digital. Tim is the bestselling author of numerous books on surfing, including The Rip Curl Story, Occy, High Surf, Bustin’ Down the Door, Surf For Your Life, Century of Surf and Surfari. His latest book Patting the Shark documents his journey managing a stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis.

The Next Draft

with Laurel Cohn

FOUR FRIDAYS: 13 OCT, 17 OCT, 10 NOV, 1 DEC

10.00AM — 1.00PM (1st & 2nd session)

10.00AM — 4.00PM (3rd & 4th session)

In person at the Byron Writers Festival office

$520 / $450 Members & Students

Have you got a finished manuscript? Are you bogged down in the revision process? Are you resisting approaching the next draft because it all feels too hard and you don’t know how to go about it? This course helps you understand the role of redrafting in the development phase of a manuscript, how to go about it, and how to survive it.

Laurel Cohn is a developmental book editor passionate about communication and the power of stories in our lives. She has been helping writers prepare their work for publication since the mid 1980s, and is a popular workshop presenter. Laurel has a PhD in literary and cultural studies. www.laurelcohn.com.au

Please note we are still in the process of curating our 2023 workshops program. For more information on upcoming workshops please visit www.byronwritersfestival.com/whats-on/