Events | Greening the Silver City
Events
WritersLINK Forum
WritersLINK is a workshop aimed at the professional development of regionally-based writers, poets, critics, publishers, storytellers, songwriters, performers, artists, family history groups, library staff, community groups and anyone interested in exploring their options for writing, publishing, marketing, performing and networking in regional areas and beyond.
Join those with similar interests to discuss working across distance and isolation, storytelling, crossing the digital divide and writing for young people.
We invite you to Macquarie Regional Library, Dubbo Branch on Thursday 3rd December2009 to discuss burning issues and questions and learn from the experts available. Appearing at this years WritersLINK are Trudi Sheppard (AbaF): Marketing 201, Dr David Reiter: Digital Futures, Kathielyn Job: Travelling the Distance, Peter and pat Dargin: Author-preneurs, Paul Stafford: Writing for Children, Burning Issues: Open Forum.
Places are limited and cost of $25 per person, this includes morning tea and lunch. Participants must register with Orana Arts before Tuesday 1 December 2009.
Greening the Silver City: seeds of bush regeneration
Greening the Silver City: seeds of bush regeneration will be running until 31st January 2009. It is a travelling exhibition from the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney which explores the collaboration between community and industry in creating one of the first bush regeneration sites in Australia.
I dream of a green belt around Broken Hill Albert Morris, 1938.
For more information visit the Powerhouse Museum's Greening the Silver City website.
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Rolf Boldrewood Literary Awards
The Rolf Boldrewood Literary Awards honour Rolf Boldrewood, the pen name of Thomas Browne, who during his time as a police magistrate in Dubbo wrote Robbery Under Arms, one of the first major Australian novels. The competition aims to foster the writing of prose and poetry with an Australian content.
Prose
1st Place John Millett, Fox Fire
2nd Place Warwick Sprawson, The Indefatigable Gentleman
3rd Place Fleur Hunt, The Table
Highly Commended Kate Rotherham, Butterflies and Dragons
Highly Commended Mike Cooper, Uses of Seaweed
Highly Commended Jacqueline Winn, Crumbs of Wisdom
Highly Commended Michelle Brock, Vanishing
Poetry
1st Place Max Merckenschlager, Mosquito, The Black Bushranger
2nd Place Max Merckenschlager, Says Martin Cash
3rd Place Caroline Glen, Tasmanian Tiger
Highly Commended Mark Miller, Variations on Rain in the Time of Drought
Highly Commended Mike Cooper, The Midges
Highly Commended Gordon Shrubb, Flying