Coming up - Writer's Festival
A weeklong festival, Mon 15 August - Sat 20 August.
Authors to visit NHS to run Student Writing Workshops
Extending on last year’s inaugural NHS Writers’ Festival and linking with the last two successful Literary Talkfest, this year’s Writers’ Festival will be running a series of workshops for students. They will be able to speak to and work with a range of successful authors in a series of workshops running from Monday, 15th August until Friday, 19th.
Returning to Northcote High School after being panelists on the Literary Talkfests are authors Simmone Howell and Ruth Claire. Also returning from last year’s Writer’s festival is Archie Fusillo. Joining them are John Harms, James Thyer and Tric O’Heare.
The workshops topics include:
- Sports Writing
- Writing Memoirs and Autobiography
- Writing Young Adult Fiction
- Illustrating and Publishing online
- Creating new fiction
- Creating poetry
- The publishing industry
Students will be able to make selections for their preferred workshops using myNH in the coming week.
Enquiries about the in-school workshop program can be directed to Paul Gilby (Head of English) Email: gilby.paul.p@edumail.vic.go.au
Workshop presenters and topics include:
| John Harms (The Footy Almanac) | Sports writing |
| Archie Fusillo | Fiction writing |
| James Thyer | Online publishing |
| Simmone Howell (The Girl Defective) | Young adult fiction writing |
| Ruth Clare | Young adult memoir writing |
| Tric O’Heare | Poetry writing |
A Poetry Slam with MC Mantra for students, parents and staff will take place at 7.00pm on Friday 19th August.
The Community Festival will be welcoming students, parents and the community on Saturday 20th of August between 12 midday and 4pm, to the presentation sessions listed below:
| 12 midday | Will Kostakis (Writer of The First Third ) |
| 1.00pm | Patricia Karvelas (Journalist, Host of RN Drive on Radio National) |
| 2.00pm | Alice Pung (Writer of Unpolished Gem, editor of Growing Up Asian in Australia) |
| 3.00pm | Myfanwy Jones (Shortlisted for 2016 Miles Franklin Award for Leap) |
There will be music, and food available, and Fairfield Bookshop will be onsite. Each session will be 45 minutes long, leaving time to ponder, chat, and have a book signed.
Student writing by Year 7 and Year 8 students will be on display from Monday to Saturday, and parents and community members are welcome to view it during that time.
Students will be informed about how to join the workshop sessions by their English teachers.
Tickets for the Slam and Community Festival available online from Trybooking .
Follow these links:
Poetry Slam (Friday 19th August 7.00pm, School Hall): https://www.trybooking.com/MENH
Community Writing Festival (Saturday August 20th 12 Midday-4.00pm, School Library):
https://www.trybooking.com/214328
Ms Prue Morris