FAIRFIELD WRITERS BOOK LAUNCH 2011

If you missed the book launch of the
Fairfield Writers Group

SECOND Anthology

then here is your last chance so
don't miss out!

Life's a Roller Coaster

is a collection NINE short stories

exploring the uncertainty and excitement
of what life can bring.

Some of the writers will be reading from their stories and signing books on the night.

Copies of the anthongy will be on sale.

Registration for this event is open from
Friday 7th of October to Sun 30th of October


When:
Tuesday 1st November 2011


Where:
Avid Reader Bookshop ,
193 Boundary Road, West End, Qld 4101 

 

Time:

6pm – 8pm

BOOK LAUNCH 2011

Working With Words

FAIRFIELD WRITERS GROUP

PRESENTS

"LIFE'S A ROLLER COASTER" 

BOOK LAUNCH

$19.95 (plus $2.70 to any address in Australia) at the launch or from selected retailers.

To pre order your copy, please email   fairfield_writers@yahoo.com.au

Seven local writers of Fairfield Writers Group are launching  their 2nd short story anthology.

When

Saturday 15 October 2011

Time

11am – 1pm,

Venue

Brisbane City Council Library

Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre,

 180 Fairfield Road, Fairfield.

The anthology explores the ups and downs of life: life versus death; nature as destructive versus comforting; adversity versus hope.

Noted Queensland author and Patron of the Society of Women Writers, Estelle Pinney said of the anthology:
“It’s a roller coaster of fact and story-telling fiction. A thoroughly enjoyable read.”

Estelle Pinney will be joined by Sophie Overett from QWC and local councillor for Tennyson, Nicole Johnston, to officiate at the launch and hear the authors read extracts from their stories.

QUOTE FOR THE MONTH

 

A successful novel should interrupt the reader’s life,

make him or her miss appointments, skip meals, forget to walk the dog.

- Stephen King

NEXT FWG MEETING

NEXT FWG MEETINGS

24th of September 2011

Novel/Short Group-10.30am

Anthology Group-12.00pm

8th of  October 2011

Exercise Group-10.30am

Anthology Group-12.00pm


15th of October 2011
ANTHOLOGY 2011 BOOK LAUNCH

22th of October  2011 

Novel/Short Group-10.30-12pm

 

VENUE:

Fairfield Library

Fairfield Gardens Shopping Centre
180 Fairfield Road
FAIRFIELD Q 4103

COMPETITIONS

Third National Republican Short Story Competition

Blog: http://republicanfiction.blogspot.com
W: http://www.republic.org.au

Closes 6 November 2011

Third National Republican Short Story Competition

Entry: $11.99
Length: 2000-4000 words
First Prize: $500
Details at http://republicanfiction.blogspot.comE: fiction@republic.org.au
The theme for the Third National Republican Short Story Competition is 'Citizen or Subject'. Short stories will speculate on Australian republican futures. They don't have to be political thrillers or constitutional whodunits as long as they are an exploration of our future, our republican future.

The 2011 judges are novelist Thomas Keneally, Professor John Warhurst (ANU) and Professor George Williams (UNSW).

Send entries to:Australian Republican Movement
PO Box 87
Geebung Q 4034

Inaugural Writing Australia Unpublished Manuscript Award

http://writingaustralia.org.au/

$10,000 + $2,000 for a mentor of your choice

The Award, to aid in the development of the next stage of an unpublished manuscript, is for a work of adult literary or genre fiction. It will be granted to the work that shows the greatest promise and likely to benefit most from this opportunity.

The winner will receive a cash prize of $10,000 and, in consultation with organisers, will be offered a suitable mentor selected from some of Australia’s best authors.

The Judges

Valerie Parv, international best-selling author, is a successful writer of romance and non-fiction. Valerie’s books have sold more than twenty-six million copies internationally, and been translated into over twenty languages from Russian to Japanese and Icelandic.

Mark Macleod is a Senior Lecturer in English at Charles Sturt University and well known as a Television and Radio Presenter. Mark was Project Manager of ‘My Favourite Book’ for ABCTV. He published books for young readers and for adults under his own name imprint at Hodder Headline.

Peter Bishop is one of Australia’s most effective writing teachers and mentors. Working with Australia’s leading authors he has enjoyed outstanding success as the Creative Director of Varuna -The Writers’ House in the Blue Mountains - from 1994 to 2010.

Applications close: Thursday 13 October 2011

Entry form: http://writingaustralia.org.au/

COMING EVENTS 2011

Writers Festivals and Events 2011

Australia

http://bclbooks.com.au/festivals.htm

• 7 to 11 September 2011 - Brisbane Writers Festival

• 7 to Sunday 11 September - Write Around the Murray Festival - in Albury, New South Wales.

• 2nd to 5th October 2011 - Australian School Library Association XXII Biennial Conference