WORKSHOPS AT TATHRA BEACH HOUSE
SATURDAY 19 OCTOBER
CRAFTING YOUR CRIME NOVEL WITH DINUKA MCKENZIE
10AM - 1PM TATHRA BEACH HOUSE
Join Dinuka McKenzie as she breaks down the key elements underpinning compelling crime fiction, and how a crime writer’s toolkit can benefit your work-in-progress, whatever genre you are writing in. Dinuka will take participants through what makes a crime novel work, with specific focus on writing believable antagonists and generating forward momentum within the narrative. With writing exercises and plenty of time for questions, this workshop is suitable for early-stage writers working on a crime fiction manuscript (mystery, thriller or suspense).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dinuka McKenzie is an Australian writer and the author of the Detective Kate Miles crime series, The Torrent, Taken and Tipping Point, published in Australia and the UK. She is the winner of the 2020 HarperCollins Australia Banjo Prize. Her writing has been shortlisted for the Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards, the Bad Sydney Crime Danger Awards, and longlisted for the Richell Prize. Her short fiction appeared in the 2022 Dark Deeds Down Under Crime and Thriller Anthology. Dinuka lives with her family in Southern Sydney on Dharawal country.
RUBY TODD
From Fact to Fiction: Using research to inspire and strengthen your creative writing
2PM - 4:30PM TATHRA BEACH HOUSE
In this workshop, Ruby Todd will share some of the ways in which her novel, Bright Objects, was inspired by various threads of research and real life – from famous comets to conspiracies and funeral homes. She will lead participants through various practical exercises designed to provide them with fresh ways of drawing from research and real life to inspire and enrich fiction – so that they leave the workshop with new ideas and strategies for their writing.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ruby Todd is an Australian writer, creative arts researcher, and teacher, with a PhD in Writing & Literature. She is the recipient of the inaugural 2020 Furphy Literary Award, the 2019 Ploughshares Emerging Writer’s Contest award for Fiction, and the 2016 AAWP Chapter One Prize. She has completed residencies at The Wheeler Centre and La Trobe University, and her work has appeared in Ploughshares, the Guardian, Crazyhorse, Overland and elsewhere.
WORKSHOPS AT TATHRA BEACH HOUSE
SUNDAY 20 OCTOBER
SARAH TEMPORAL
10AM TATHRA BEACH HOUSE (WORKSHOP)
CONFESSIONS, SECRETS & LIES
“Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we’ll ever do.” – Brene Brown.
Join prize-winning poet Sarah Temporal to explore how poetry reveals our hidden selves. In an inclusive workshop suitable for beginner to advanced writers, you will be guided through creative exercises to unlock your secrets and transform them into powerful poems.
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF HANDMADE BOOKS WITH PIP MARSHMAN
2PM TATHRA BEACH HOUSE (WORKSHOP)
Pip Marshman is a Tathra local and has a long association with the arts community. She has held exhibitions in New Zealand, Tathra, Cooma, Jindabyne and Bega. Her work is held internationally and in Australia. Making artist books has been a feature of her artmaking, along with painted canvases, drawing, eco dyeing, mono-printing and shibori.
The workshop will be an introduction to the wonderful world of handmade books. No previous experience is necessary.
We will make 2 projects: a folded, sculptural book and a simple book made from a single sheet.
If you have a protractor that would be handy; all other materials provided.