OOTA Newsletter April 29, 2014
WRITING AT THE CENTRE Helen Hagemann’s Prose class resumes on Friday 2nd May. The class will read Chapter 2 of Burial Rites by Hannah Kent. Writing exercises and discussion will revolve around the placement and story perspective of different characters within the one chapter. For the short story writer the aim will be to practice two points-of-view within the one narrative.
Nandi Chinna invites OOTA members to the launch of her new collection of poetry “Swamp” walking the wetlands of the Swan Coastal Plain, published by Fremantle Press. Launched by John Mateer with performances by Danna Checksfield - Viola and Mei Saraswati - Swamp Gospel Saturday, May 10 2pm for short wetland walk (depending on weather) 3pm – 5pm launch. at the Cockburn Wetlands Education Centre 184 Hope Road Bibra Lake For more details on directions go to the OOTA blog In northern Iceland, 1829, Agnes Magnusdottir is condemned to death for her part in the brutal murder of two men. Agnes is sent to wait on the farm of District Officer Jon Jonsson and his family, who are horrified about having Agnes living with them. Only Tóti, the young assistant Reverend appointed as Agnes's spiritual guardian, is compelled to try to understand her. As the summer months fall away to winter, Agnes's story begins to emerge. And as the days to her execution draw closer, the question burns: did she or didn't she? This novel is based on a true story, and portrayed by Hannah Kent in her first novel published in 2013 by Pan MacMillan.
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BOOK LAUNCH: OPERATION PARADISE THIS THURSDAY MAY 1ST AT 6PM AUTHOR SARAH EVANS PRESENTS HER LATEST NOVEL AT THE CITY OF BUNBURY’S PUBLIC LIBRARY. THE EVENING INCLUDES NIBBLES, WINE AND BOOK SIGNINGS. SARAH EVANS IS AN ENGAGING AND COMICAL WRITER WHO WILL BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR INTEREST RIGHT FROM THE WORD GO... REGISTER YOUR INTEREST BY PHONING 97927190 OR EMAIL BUNLIB@BUNBURY.WA.GOV.AU
The Demon Party Join Cecily Scutt on Saturday May 3rd. 1.30 – 4.30pm: Mattie Furphy House, Claire Copse, Swanbourne for a writing workshop that will summon up a chorus of doubting and distracting inner voices – variously whispering, howling, critiquing and cajoling. You will be able to play with them, feed them brightly-coloured sugary stuff, and consign them to The Demon Box. GIGS PERTH POETRY CLUB 3rd May Guest: Mathus @ the Moon, 2pm, 323 William Street, Northbridge. HI POET TEA Sunday, 4th May 2pm $30.00 13 Salisbury Street, Bayswater. Tickets available from Helen Janice or Neil Pattinson. Phone 0431035540 May 17th - A Poetry Concert in Albany A poetry concert to be held at Albany Town Hall - a centre for monthly poetry nights featuring poets and performers. The 'Poetry Concert' event is a theatre style featuring comedy, performance poetry, general anarchy for the first half and then in the second half of the evening, a Poetry Slam. Doors and bar open 6.30pm - show starts 7.30pm - 20 minute intermission - tickets available at Paperbark Merchants Albany (instore and online at www.paperbarks.com.au) Further information: poetsandperformers@gmail.com
CALENDAR APRIL 2014 30 – First Thousand Words competition. Details here. 30 – Bristol Short Story Prize: Details @ writingWA MAY 1 - The Shock of the New Haiku: paper wasp. Details here 1 –WA Edition: http://griffithreview.com/future-editions 1– Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize 30 – PCWC Patron’s Prize cowan05@bigpond.com 30 – Second Bite Poetry Prize. Details here JUNE 01 – The Lyndall Hadow/Donald Stuart Short Story Comp 06 – The Big Issue – “Take Me Away” Details. 30 – Page Seventeen & competition. Details. 30 - Joe O’Sullivan & Joyce Parkes Writers Prizes details here. JULY 4 – 2014 Blake Poetry Prize. More info here 31 – The Bruce Dawe Poetry Prize. Info here AUGUST 1 - New England Thunderbolt Prize for Crime Writing 31 - Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition 2014 Details here.
Regime Magazine #04 Seeks Submissions Regime Books is calling for submissions of poetry, short fiction and performance writing to the latest issue of the world's most frivolous serious literary magazine. As well as opening their doors to your work, Regime is launching a new model of community publishing - an idea they invites writers and poets to join. Submissions close 16 May. For all details, click here. Call for Contributions: Anthology of Loss Original submissions are invited for an anthology on the topic of loss, to be compiled and edited by Dr Gina Mercer and Dr Terry Whitebeach. The territory of loss is vast: loss of people we love; of country, culture and identity; of love, of innocence, of a way of life; of ecosystems and species; of bodily capacity or integrity; loss brought about by migration and other transitions; losing one’s head, one’s job, one’s beliefs… the possibilities are multiple. Seeking prose to 3000 words and poetry to 100 lines. Unpublished work is preferred; previously published work will be accepted only if the author obtains all necessary permissions from the publisher/s. For details, click here. Submissions close 1st September. POEM OF THE WEEK Cabbages by Lorna Crozier Long-living and slow, content to dream in the sun, heads tucked in, cabbages ignore the caress of the cabbage butterfly, the soft sliding belly of the worm. You know it’s crazy but they lie so still, so self-contained, you imagine them laying eggs in the earth’s dark pockets, expect one morning they’ll be gone, dragging themselves to the creek behind the house, making their way with great deliberation to the sea. ootawriters@gmail.com http://ootawriters.blogspot.com.au