Events Alert: Growing Young Writers

Northcote High School Poetry Slam 2018

The NHS Writers' Festival kicks off on Friday night with a poetry slam run by local poet Emilie Zoey Baker. Student teams have been training for the event but anyone is welcome to participate. Poetry slamming is fast, furious and most of all its fun. Join us for a great family night, take part or sit back and enjoy.

When:   Friday 7 September, 7–9pm

Where:  Olver Hall, Northcote High School, St Georges Road, Northcote

Cost:      $15 

Tickets: http://www.trybooking.com/XECT

Northcote High School Writers Festival: Growing Young Writers 2018 

Join us for the 4th annual Northcote High School Writers’ Festival: Growing Young Writers.  Featuring Fiona Wood, Cath Crowley, Jack Heath, and Bernard Caleo.

Program

12.00                     Welcome - Rebekah Keenan Mount 

12.20                     Jack Heath   

1.20                       Bernard Caleo   

2.20                       Cath Crowley & Fiona Wood   

3.30                       Panel : Jack, Bernard, Cath and Fiona hosted by Rebekah Keenan-Mount

4.20                       Book signing and meet the authors

Over the afternoon the Literary café will provide refreshments.

When:      Saturday 8 September 2018, 12–5pm

Where:    Northcote High School Library, St Georges Road, Northcote

Cost:        $25 for adults, $15 for students

Tickets:  www.trybooking.com/XDZO

Young Writers’ Summit

Ever wondered what the secret is to writing a stellar short story? Author, Emily Brewin, is facilitating a writing workshop that covers the essential ingredients of micro, flash and short fiction. You will be guided through writing exercises with an aim to forming fresh ideas or the basis of your own story. You will also be issued a ‘toolkit’ of literary resources to keep you writing long after the workshop is done.

This event is open to all young writers’ in our community who are currently at Secondary School.   

1.30 – 3.30pm @ Northcote High School

Tickets: $15 for 3 hour workshop

                 $25 includes entry to Writers’ Festival on the Saturday

Limited places

Trybooking:  www.trybooking.com/XEDB  

Author Bio:

Emily Brewin is a Melbourne-based author and educator.

Her first novel, Hello, Goodbye was published in 2017 by Allen & Unwin. Her second, A New Day, is due for release in February 2019.

She has been awarded an Australian Society of Authors Emerging Writers’ and Illustrators’ Mentorship for her fiction writing, and was recently granted a 2018 Bundanon Trust artist residency to develop her third novel, The Piano.

Emily's short stories have been short listed for a number of literary awards. She has also written for publications, Feminartsy, Meanjin, Kill Your Darlings, Mamamia, Shine, Metro and Screen Education magazines.