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October 2011
Writing from life: the craft of story
A workshop with Arnold Zable
An exploration of the craft of writing, with techniques that can be applied to both fiction and non-fiction, memoir, autobiography, biography and family history, the short story and the novel. What unites all these genres is creativity and imagination.
Arnold will draw upon three decades of experience as both a novelist and writer of creative non-fiction, and on the work of other writers, in responding to questions from participants.
He will look at key areas such as scene construction, the borders between fiction and non-fiction, and how to revive and breathe new life into stories that may not quite be working.
The workshop will include discussion and exercises on the art of narrative, writing from different points of view, writing character and place, developing structure, and the link between writing and the senses.
DATE: Saturday 22 October, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
VENUE: NEWC
COST: $65 members / $75 non-members
Arnold Zable is an award winning writer, storyteller, educator and human rights advocate. His book Jewels and Ashes (1991), has won five Australian literary awards and depicts his journey to Poland to trace his ancestry. One of his novels Café Scheherazade is being staged in Melbourne. Other titles are The Fig Tree (stories) and Scraps of Heaven, and Sea of Many Returns (novels). His most recent book, Violin Lessons, published in August 2011, is a collection of stories.
He is the author of numerous columns, essays, stories and features, and co-writer of the play Kan Yama Kan, in which asylum seekers tell their stories. Zable speaks and writes about memory and history, displacement and the multiplicity of cultures within Australia.
He has been a visiting lecturer at Deakin, Melbourne, Monash, RMIT and Latrobe Universities, a writer-in-residence at Victoria University.
He has worked in a range of cross-cultural projects and conducted writing workshops for many groups including refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants, the homeless, the hearing impaired, and most recently, problem gamblers and survivors of the Black Saturday bushfires.
He is president of the Melbourne Centre of Melbourne PEN and has a doctorate from the School of Creative Arts, Melbourne University.
Inquiries
All workshops must be booked and paid for in advance. For information about the program or to book for events:
Phone (02) 6772 7210 or send an email message to newc44@dodo.com.au
NEWC membership entitles you to do the workshop at the reduced member rate.
You can become a member when you book a workshop. Our annual membership fees are:
| Adults: | $30.00 including GST |
| Students (tertiary): | $20.00 including GST |
| Students (under 18): | $15.00 including GST |
Venue
Unless otherwise stated, all events will be held at the New England Writers' Centre (NEWC), in the Neighbourhood Centre, 129 Rusden Street, Armidale (between the Council Building and the Town Hall).
Access
During opening hours and workshops, access is through the Cinders Lane car park (first door on left, in the corridor).
Parking
There is a one-hour parking restriction in the Cinders Lane carpark.
The New England Writers' Centre is assisted by the NSW Government through Arts NSW.
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