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Welcome to the Northern Rivers Writers' Centre
The Northern Rivers Writers’ Centre is a full-time centre that provides resources, information and literary activities for writers and readers. The Writers’ Centre is a non-profit, incorporated organisation receiving core funding from Arts NSW. We are member-based with a membership of more than 800 individuals and organisations. The Centre offers a year-round program of workshops, seminars and events as well as the annual Byron Bay Writers Festival. As a regional writers’ centre, we are responsible for promoting Australian literature and enhancing the skills of writers and readers in the Northern Rivers of NSW and beyond. The region we cover stretches from Taree to Tweed Heads and west to Kyogle.
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WRITER DEVELOPMENT MANAGER |
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The pitching sessions in the Chatroom tent at this year’s Writers Festival were a runaway success once again. Pitch Perfect 2010 was won by Melburnians Kate Burt and Jol Temple, whose proposal was a non-fiction time travel guide, Ancient Rome on a Shoestring. All finalists acquitted themselves well; they were Neal Bowhay, Neil Young and Chris Dewhirst [Mullumbimby], Peter Breen and Mark Lang [Byron Bay], and Annie Kia [The Channon].
Emcee Di Morrissey pushed the event along at a cracking pace and the judging panel, publishers Michael Heyward [Text Publishing], Bernadette Foley [Hachette] and Madonna Duffy [UQP Publishing], provided insightful and constructive commentary on each proposal. The winning proposal is under consideration by all three publishers on the panel and several other pitch entrants have sent manuscripts away to publishers, as a result of their Pitch Perfect performance.
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The winner of the 2010 Heading North young writer story competition is Alexandra Neill, from Grafton. This competition is a significant opportunity for young writers in the Northern Rivers region, with a first prize worth $1,100. It is generously sponsored by ADFAS Byron & District and by Bangalow Lions.
This year’s Heading North competition was judged by Daniel Ducrou. Daniel is a past Byron Bay local whose first novel, The Byron Journals, was launched at the 2010 Byron Bay Writers Festival, where the winner of the Heading North competition was also announced.
Daniel’s thoughts on the judging process, and on the entries he encountered, is as follows.
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NRWC HALF PRICE MEMBERSHIP |
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Celebrate spring with half price membership of the Northern Rivers Writers' Centre. Take advantage of all the resources and benefits of being a member of the NRWC, the price may be reduced but the rewards are complete please click here to join.
Membership valid until 28 February 2011
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A CONFIDENT VOICE WORKSHOP |
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A poem will live or die depending on how it is read - Billy Collins
Writer, performer and poetry educator, Harry Laing from Braidwood, NSW has been invited to Bangalow by Dangerously Poetic Press. He will offer his workshop, A Confident Voice: Reading Poetry In Public for all the poets and poetry lovers in this community who enjoy sharing poems at poetry readings. Harry says, Poetry audiences are precious. Let’s make sure we don’t switch them off!
The three hour workshop will be held from 10:30-1:30 pm on Sunday 19 September at the Yogalates Studio, 72 Byron Street, Bangalow. This will be followed by a lunch break and the Dangerously Poetic reading/performance at 3 pm. Those enrolled in the workshop will have free entry into the reading and will be encouraged to read a poem. Tuition for the workshop is $45/$40 for Dangerously Poetic members. For more information or to enrol in the workshop, contact Laura on 66801-967 or visit www.dangerouslypoetic.com
Whether you can participate in the workshop or not, come along for the next Dangerously Poetic Reading in Bangalow.
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