Friday, November 16, 2012

WHITSUNDAY WRITERS FESTIVAL 12-14 JULY 2013


The fourth festival promises to be diverse and informative.  Friday 12th July there will be a thriller writing workshop with L.A. Larkin, who studied Literature at the University of London and then emigrated here.  She became a publisher and returned to University of Sydney to study Corporate Responsibility amongst other things.  Her latest novel is set in Antarctica where she spent time researching her subject.  Welcome drinks around the pool in the evening where participants and speakers can mix and mingle.

On Saturday L.A. Larkin is joined by Dr. Tony Ayling who has written about a dozen books on the subject of marine biology and will give us an update on the Great Barrier Reef.  Dr Anita Heiss is a member of the Wiradjuri nation of central New South Wales and is one of Australia’s most prolific and well-known authors of Aboriginal literature.   She is an author, a poet and the recipient of many awards.  Joyce Morgan has worked as a journalist for more than three decades in London, Sydney and Hong Kong. Her work has appeared in The Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Bangkok Post and The Dawn (Pakistan). She is a former arts editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and now a senior arts writer. She has also worked as a radio producer with ABC radio.Conrad Walters has worked in the media for more than thirty years in the United States, where he won awards for investigative journalism, and in Australia, where he is a senior feature writer and book reviewer at The Sydney Morning Herald
This promises to be an entertaining weekend where authors and guests will mix over wine and good food. Special rates at Coral Sea Resort for participants, book direct.

COST
$95 Thriller writing workshop
Full Conference Friday evening until after lunch Sunday $595.00 (twin share basis) Includes : Two nights luxury Bayview accommodation at Coral Sea Resort, arrival cocktail party with drinks and canapés, full day conference Saturday and half day Sunday with morning and afternoon tea and lunches. Divine degustation dinner (5 course) with speakers Saturday night in the award winning Clipper Restaurant.
Conference only rates available.  Please email or call Gloria for details.

TO BOOK
Send cheque to Whitsunday Writers Festival, P O Box 1400, Airlie Beach 4802 or
Direct payment Commonwealth Bank account 064826 10220777 and send email to GloriaBurley@bluepeace.com.au.
Call Gloria on 0422026793 for further details. Jetstar or Virgin Flights to Hamilton Island or Proserpine can be booked through your local agent.