St Kilda Writers' Festival 2006

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Wednesday 26 April
6.15–8.00pm Writing for standup comedy with Scott Steensma plus a performance by Miracle Man; performed by Bernard Caleo and Bruce Woolley, MiracleMan is a live action comic strip full of breathtaking adventure, heroic deeds and great humour. St Kilda Library / free (bookings essential 9209 6655)
7.00 – 10.00pm Forum: Screen write 3182 – looking at courage and conviction.
Includes the work of Fiona Tuomy, Kathleen Mary Fallon, Tahir Cambis and Helen Newman. Features a screening of Anthem by Tahir Cambis and Helen Newman. Venue: Theatreworks / $10

All weekend:
Writers’ Market outside Theatreworks

Visual art: Tribulation Paintings and drawings by Richard Holt at
Theatreworks

Thursday 27th April
7.30–8.30am Literary breakfast with Dr Lisa Dethridge talking about screenwriting. Dogs Bar / 25 people, $20 buffet breakfast & coffee

6.15–8.00pm Reading from Kevin Summers’ play Amendment to Terror
PLUS: Sedition and the Writer, Amnesty International Australia
looks at the new sedition laws and their impact on writers.
St Kilda Library / free (bookings essential 9209 6655)

7.00–8.00pm
The inaugural Kenny ‘Scoop’ Douglas Memorial Lecture on Journalism by Stephen Mayne, Walkley Award-winning
journalist, former spin doctor and founder of alternative
news e-zine crikey.com.au. Theatreworks / free

8.00–10.00pm Lentil Bash:
Open-mic poetry and performance.
At Lentil as Anything, Blessington Street/ free

Friday 28th April
7.30–8.30am Literary breakfast with Ken Ludden on science fiction and fantasy novel writing at Dogs Bar / 25 people, $20 buffet breakfast & coffee

3.00–5.00pm AMAG Workshop: Protecting your Ideas. Copyright and contractual agreements with William Mullholland, Dogs Bar / $15

6.00–7.30pm
Buffy the Vampire Slayer presentation with Sue Turnbull at St Kilda Library / free (bookings essential 9209 6655)

8.00–11.00pm
Civil Rights Defence present Performing Sedition: Cabaret Fundraiser at Theatreworks / $10 (Download flyer, PDF 430KB)

8.00–10.00pm
NOTE: THIS EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS
Sisters in Crime present Australia’s model crime writer: Tanya King talks to Australia's best-selling crime writer Tara Moss at Leo’s Spaghetti Bar (backroom) / $10 or $5 for SIC members

Saturday 29th April
Theatreworks panels:
10.00–11.00am
Travel writing by Lonely Planet with Sean Condon, David Astle, Virgina Maxwell and George Dunford (moderator). $10

11.30am–12.30pm
Cynthia Troupe in conversation with Dewi Anggraeni and Alexis Wright on their quest for liberty through writing. $10

12.45–1.45pm
Fiction: Is the novel dead? Readings, Penguin Books, Carmel Bird & Tony Birch with Russ Radcliffe (moderator). $10
(Download flyer about Tony Birch's latest, Shadowboxing.)

2.00–3.00pm
On writing for performance with Maryanne Sam, Raimondo Cortese & John Bolton with Greg Ulfman (moderator). $10

3.30–5.00pm
Mikelangelo and Undine workshop 'How to write a ground-breaking piece of musical performance'. $15

6.30 – 7.30pm
Robin Bowles on famous St Kilda Murders. $10

8.00 – 10.00pm
Mystic Medusa: How to guess anyone’s sun sign in six seconds.
An interactive astrology lesson with The Australian’s Queen of
Surreal Astrology. $10

Events at Alliance Francaise and Linden Gallery
11.00 am–1.00pm
Self publishing presented by Fellowship of Australian Writers.
Alliance Francaise / free

2.00–3.00pm
Roomers Magazine 10-year anniversary celebration.
There’s nothing funny about living in a rooming house, or is there? Roomers magazine will look at the brighter side of life for its Renovator’s Delight 10th Anniversary magazine launch. Share a laugh with Roomers as they share their spoken word with you.
Alliance Francaise / free (Download flyer, 670 KB PDF)

2.30 – 4.30pm
Three steps to successful writing presented by the Fellowship of Australian Writers with Jen McVeity at Linden Gallery / $15

3.00–5pm St Kilda Writers Tour with Meyer Eidelson from St Kilda Historical Society. St Kilda's landscape has been the backdrop for books for over 150 years, as well as being home and inspiration to innumerable writers. Take a guided walk through St Kilda's streets and biographies, non-fiction works and children's books. Leaving from Theatreworks / free (Bookings essential, Kristy 9209 6229)

Leo's Spaghetti Bar: 'Famous St Kilda murders' with Robin Bowles. 6.30pm, Theatreworks, $10
True-crime writer, Robin Bowles, talks about murders — fictional and real — which took place in Kilda 1880s to the 1990s. Some still unsolved. One resulted in a person being convicted on astonishing evidence. The cases include:
• Fergus Hume’s 1886 classic, The Mystery of the Hansom Cab, where the murder took place on St Kilda Road. This was the first mystery novel in the world to sell more than 500,000 copies, easily outstripping Sherlock Holmes in popularity.
• The unsolved murder of Molly Dean, a teacher, artist’s
model and aspiring writer who was murdered in 1930 on her way home from St Kilda Railway Station. A fictionalised account of the murder appeared in George Johnston’s 1964 classic, My Brother Jack.
• The (unsolved) murders of St Kilda prostitutes , Amanda Jane
Barnes* and transsexual Adele Baily & and the (solved) murder of an Elwood woman Grace Johnson*. (* pseudonyms to protect the sensitivities of surviving relatives)
Phone: 9534 3388 for bookings. Info: 0412 569 356.
(Download flyer, PDF 30KB)

Events at Dogs Bar
9.00–10.00am Literary breakfast
Ross McMullin speaks about his biography of Will Dyson, Australia’s Radical Genius. (25 people, $20 buffet
breakfast & coffee

3.00–4.00pm Working with Asia
Join past Asialink residents to discuss the highs and lows of working in the arts in Asia. Hot tips and anecdotes from people who have run literary festivals in India, restored artworks in Vietnam, created arts management workshops in Indonesia and curated multi-media projects in Korea and Japan.
Speakers: Barry Scott (participating chair), Linda Bartholomew, Caroline Fry, Liz Hughes / free

4.30–5.30pm Reading Asia
Blogs from gaming rooms in Seoul, authenticity in voice via long walks in laddakh, castrati opera in Singapore, intense and intriguing Japanese arts communities and ‘definition poems’ from Jakarta... Hear writings inspired by Asian residencies from Asialink Literature Residents who lived, worked and travelled in Sri Lanka, Indonesia, South Korea, Japan and Singapore.
Speakers: Sophie Cunningham, Paddy O’Reilly, David Prater, Andy Fuller and Terry Jaensch / free

5.30–7.00pm
Soap Box Dusk Corner Poetry Slam / free

Sunday 30th April
Theatreworks panels:
10.00–11.00am
Contemporary trends in publishing for children and
young adults with Goldie Alexander, Margaret Cossey & Ann
James; moderated by Paul Collins. $10

11.30–12.30pm
New Media with Phillippe Pasquier, Keren Flavell & Dean
Keep and Dr Lisa Dethridge (moderator) $10

1.00–2.00pm
Inspirational nonfiction with Aunty Carolyn Briggs, Mirka Mora &
Sophie Maj moderated by Dr Judith Buckrich $10

2.30 – 4.30pm
History writing with Inga Clendinnen, Henry Reynolds, Richard J Frankland & Maria Nugent; moderated by Toby Heydon $10

Workshops at Linden Gallery
12.00–2.00pm
AMAG: Grant writing for beginners with Michael Mitchener.
Have you got a great idea for a new artistic work? Or perhaps you want to tour a work that already exists? Do you want to apply for funding but don’t know where to begin? This workshop is for you. Learn where you can look for funding and how to write a competitive grant application. Learn the Do’s and Don’ts of grant writing and give yourself the advantage. $15

2.30–4.30pm
Getting your feature film made with Paul Kooperman. $15

Events at Dogs Bar
9.00–10.00am
Literary breakfast John Armstrong talks about The Conditions
of Love and his upcoming book Love, Life, Goethe: How to be happy in an imperfect world. (25 people, $20 buffet breakfast & coffee)

Boozy close at Dogs Bar