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Events

Welcome to the Good Reading Events Calendar for writers! Here you'll find writing-related events near you. From festivals, exhibitions, writing competitions to talks and interesting courses, there's always something happening in the writing world.

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Into the Blue Creative Walks Australia Wide: Australia Wide

Contact Raymond for more details, 15-Nov-2007 to 01-Sep-2008
Travel...Walk... Write...

Into the Blue Creative Walks offer a range of writing & creative opportunities that allow you to explore Australia while you embark upon fascinating journeys of cultural and self discovery.

In 2008 Jan Cornall will take you into Tarkine rainforests, along the Larapinta Trail in Central Australia and to explore characters and country in the Australian Outback.

In “the Decisive Moment” Moshe Rosenzveig will explore photojournalism in the context of aboriginal Australia. With Professor Liz Ashburn you will dot paint in a river bed with aboriginal people. Into the Blue explores the link between creativity and experience in a series of programs designed for artists, writers & photographers.

New Year in the Tarkine - 28th Dec to 3 Jan - 2008
A New Year’s writing & meditation experience deep in Tasmania’s Tarkine wilderness.

Desert Writers - 28 June to 5th July - 2008
A profound writing & walking journey in the desert with Jan Cornall.

The Decisive Moment - 19th to 26 July - 2008
Real life photojournalism with Moshe Rosenzveig in Central Australia.

Outback Writers - 20th to 28th September - 2008
A week exploring character & country in the Australian Outback with Jan Cornall.

Tel: 02 47876027 or 0414 929 768
Email: info@intotheblue.com.au
View the website for more details

Meet the Authors QLD: Gold Coast

2pm, 13-Feb-2008 to 19-Nov-2008
Swingin’ Safari
cnr Thornton St & Gold Coast Hwy
Surfers Paradise Qld

Last Sunday of every month at Swingin’ Safari, cnr Thornton St & Gold Coast Hwy, Surfers Paradise. Critically acclaimed award-winning Australian novelists read from and discuss their work.
Free admission. Bar, coffee, menu service available. Book signings.

Tel: Email for more info
Email: writsalon@yahoo.com.au

Writing Competition International: USA

See website for entry details, 01-Jun-2008 to 30-Nov-2008

International Writing Competition

Enter our women's writing competition, A Woman's Write. Entries are received from all over the world. We are featuring a "Good Read" novel competition open to female writers in English over age 18. Full details can be found at our website.

Tel: See website for more information
Email: editor@awomanswrite.com
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Society of Women Writers NSW Inc Lunch NSW: Sydney - CBD

12 noon, 09-Jul-2008
State Library of NSW
Dixon Room
Macquarie Street
Sydney NSW

This month's Literary Lunch speaker is Ann Whitehead who will be discussing her book Australia Street.
Pre-luncheon workshop with Patti Miller on 'Borderlands: Between Memoir and Fiction' and the member talk will be by Barbara Fisher who will talk about her book of poems Still Life Other Life.
Bookings required by 10.00am Mon 7 July 2008.
Cost: $30 for non-members, $25 for members, $10 for workshop.
All welcome.

Tel: 9326 1518 or 9163 0621
Email: pambayfield@hotmail.com

Tony Park at Warringah Mall Library NSW: Sydney - North

6.30pm, 10-Jul-2008

Warringah Mall Library
Shop 650, Level 2 Arena Cove
Brookvale (near Hoyts Cinemas)

Tony Park, bestselling author of Safari will discuss his latest novel Silent Predator. Bookings Essential.

Tel: (02)9942 7999
Email: library@wls.nsw.gov.au
View the website for more details

Soul in the City NSW: Sydney - CBD

9am to 5pm, 27-Jul-2008

North Sydney Harbourview Hotel
North Sydney

Soul in the City is for people wanting to co-create an experience of community that raises consciousness, lifts the spirit and nourishes the soul.

Soul in the City is an invitation to join with fellow travellers and kindred spirits – artists and authors, philosophers and practitioners, social ecologists, entrepreneurs and educators – to explore what it means to truly meet with ourselves and with each other.

At this event we will explore how our experiences, attitudes, relationships, creativity and everyday choices, interconnect with our ability to heal and learn – as individuals, communities, nations, and as one people. 

Presenters and performers include:
Donna Jacobs Sife, Storyteller, Writer, Peace Activist
Living in Harmony
Roger Cole, Palliative Care Physician, Author of “Mission of Love”
Walk the Soul Talk – Language of Truth
David Tacey, La Trobe University, Author of “Spirituality Revolution”Soul, Flow, Healing
Tim Rayner, Philosopher, Author of “Foucault's Heidegger: Philosophy and Transformative Experience”
Philosophy for Change
Werner Sattmann-Frese, Psychotherapist, Social Ecologist, Author of “Learning for Sustainable Living”
Cultivating Eco-Consciousness
Martin Hughes, Writer, Publisher of “The Slow Guides, Sydney & Melbourne”
Live more, fret less
Christina Nielsen, Holistic Practitioner, Founder of “Metavision Institute”
Claire Jankelson, Social Ecologist, Educator
Soul Learning
Andrew Gaines, Psychotherapist, Creativity Trainer
Social Change as a Spiritual Discipline
Jess Locke, Singer Songwriter
Ode to Midnight

Tel: Visit the website for details
Email: che@goodtherapy.com.au
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Melbourne Writers Festival VIC: Melbourne - CBD

See website for details, 22-Aug-2008 to 31-Aug-2008
Melbourne

Tel: 03 9645 9244
Email: admin@mwf.com.au
View the website for more details

2008 Genre Fiction Award NSW: Albury - Wodonga

Entries close 5 Sept 2008, 05-Sep-2008
Contact the NSW Writers' Centre for more details.

This Award is a call for unpublished genre fiction manuscripts by published or unpublished writers of any age who are resident in Australia.  Genre fiction categories include crime, adventure, action/thriller, historical, family saga, romance, science fiction, fantasy, humour and others.
First prize is publication by New Holland Publishers.
For more information click here.

Tel: 02 9555 9757

Brisbane Writers Festival QLD: Brisbane

See website for details, 17-Sep-2008 to 21-Sep-2008

Tel: 07 3255 0254
Email: info@brisbanewritersfestival.com.au
View the website for more details

Ubud Writers' Festival International: Bali

See website for programme, 14-Oct-2008 to 19-Oct-2008
Ubud, Bali

Tri Hita Karana is the theme of the  Fifth International Ubud Writers & Readers Festival.  Tri Hita Karana is a Balinese Hindu concept that translates as our relationship between God, Humanity and Nature.

Invited international guests include acclaimed Indian author Vikram Seth, US novelist John Berendt, Ceylon-born writer Nury Vittachi, Mexican author Alberto Ruy-Sanchez, Indonesian writer Andrea Hirata, Australian writer Alexis Wright and 2007 Man Booker Prize short-listed writer, Indra Sinha.

Tel: See website for details
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