Featured presenters and venue locations

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1 Featured presenters and venue locations Monday 3 rd July at Elizabeth College and Tuesday 4 th July at Hobart College Alice Pung Alice Pung is an award-winning writer, editor, teacher and lawyer based in Melbourne. She is the bestselling author of Unpolished Gem and Her Father s Daughter and the editor of the anthologies Growing Up Asian in Australia and My First Lesson. Her first novel, Laurinda, won the Ethel Turner Prize at the 2016 NSW Premier s Literary Awards. Cameron Hindrum Cameron Hindrum is a writer and English teacher based in Launceston. His first novel The Sand was published in 2011 and he has also published two collections of poetry and two articles in Island Magazine. His first full-length play, I Am A Lake, premiered at the Unconformity Arts Festival in Queenstown in October 2016, and also enjoyed a successful run of shows in Launceston. He is currently working on a second play and a Doctorate in Creative Writing through the University of Wollongong. Danielle Wood Danielle Wood is the author of the story collections Mothers Grimm and Rosie Little s Cautionary Tales for Girls. She has also written a biography, Housewife Superstar: The Very Best of Marjorie Bligh and the Australian/Vogel prize-winning The Alphabet of Light and Dark. With Heather Rose, she is Angelica Banks, author of the Tuesday McGillycuddy adventure books for children. She teaches writing at the University of Tasmania. 1

2 Wednesday 5 th July: MONA Museum of Old and New Art Eros Function Room (655 Main Road, Berriedale TAS 7011) am Karen Rantissi: Teacher Empire Vale Public School NSW How to get a picture to tell 1,000 words They say a picture tells 1,000 words, let s discover how to effectively draw them out! Our ancestors drew upon cave paintings to express and share their stories today we have a wealth of artworks that ignite imaginative stories within their onlookers. Discover ways to harness arts potential to improve literacy outcomes, through artistic discussions, imaginative writing and vocabulary enrichment through creating, appreciating and conceptualising artworks. The 1,000 Words program aims to implement creative ways to harness art s potential and improve literacy outcomes through artistic discussions, creative writing and vocabulary enrichment by interpreting and conceptualizing artworks pm Writers Workshop program for senior students and adults, featuring: Benjamin Law Benjamin Law is a journalist, columnist, TV screenwriter and author of two books The Family Law (2010) and Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East (2012). Both were nominated for Australian Book Industry Awards and The Family Law is now an AACTA-nominated TV series for SBS. 2

3 Finegan Kruckemeyer Fin has had 81 commissioned plays performed on five continents and translated into six languages. His work has been performed in over 100 international festivals, twelve US/UK national tours, and at the Sydney Opera House, America s Kennedy and Lincoln Centers, Ireland s Abbey Theatre and China s Malan Flower Theatre. He and his works have received 34 awards over the past thirteen years, including five Australian Writers Guild awards. He has presented papers at conferences in nine countries, with essays published and plays studied at universities worldwide. Will Kostakis After dabbling in celebrity journalism and reality TV, Will Kostakis now writes for young adults. His first novel, Loathing Lola, was released when he was just nineteen, and his second, The First Third, won the 2014 Gold Inky Award. It was also shortlisted for the Children s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year and Australian Prime Minister s Literary awards. The Sidekicks is his third novel for young adults. As a high school student, Will won the Sydney Morning Herald Young Writer of the Year Award for a collection of short stories pm MONA 24 Carrots School Program Leigh Hobbs Author, artist, teacher, European travel explorer, classic music & architecture enthusiast, dog lover. Leigh Hobbs is the best-selling author of more than 20 books, including the iconic Old Tom, Mr Chicken Goes to Paris and Horrible Harriet. Leigh is the Children s Laureate for His theme for his term as Laureate is to champion creative opportunities for children, and to highlight the essential role libraries play in nurturing our creative lives. Leigh s official website is leighhobbs.com. 3

4 Thursday 6 th July: St Michael s Collegiate School Performing Arts Centre (Davey Street, Hobart 7000) am Q and A Panel discussion: The current and future state of Australian women's writing, publishing and editing: its challenges and promise. Chaired by Queensland based author, editor and publisher, Aleesah Darlison. Aleesah is an internationally published, awardwinning children s author. Her titles include picture books, chapter books, novels and series. She has been published by Random House Australia, Oxford University Press, Walker Books and others. She was also the winner of the 2015 Environment Award for Children s Literature (Non- Fiction). In 2016, she established Greenleaf Press, which provides critical support services to authors, illustrators and small businesses. She is also a writing mentor to several aspiring and emerging authors and has already helped two authors secure publishing contracts this year. Other panel members include: Libby Gleeson Libby Gleeson grew up in a number of country towns in Australia. She trained as a teacher, but gave it up to travel and to write. She lived in Europe and England for five years, but has since returned to Australia, where she writes full-time. Libby has written more than thirty books for young readers, including picture books, junior fiction, fiction for older readers and non-fiction. Libby s work has received high acclaim both internationally and in Australia and has won many awards. Her books have been shortlisted nine times for the Children s Book Council of Australia Awards and Libby has won several times with Hannah Plus One (Fiction for Young Readers Book of the Year 1997), An Ordinary Day (Picture Book of the Year 2002) and Amy and Louis (Early Childhood Book of the Year 2007). Libby received the prestigious Lady Cutler Award for Services to Children s Literature in

5 Angela Meyer Angela Meyer embodies the multi-faceted 'Cutting Edge' Writer of now. She is the author of a book of flash fiction, entitled Captives (Inkerman & Blunt), and the editor of an anthology of spooky Australian stories, The Great Unknown (Spineless Wonders). As a writer and commissioning editor, Angela commissions for Echo (Bonnier Publishing Australia) and is behind all of the company's Australian fiction, and some of the non-fiction. She started her career as a bookseller and a blogger (LiteraryMinded), and has also lectured, reviewed books, and interviewed authors at major festivals in Australia and overseas. She has a Doctor of Creative Arts from the University of Western Sydney. literaryminded.com.au Danielle Wood Danielle Wood is the author of the story collections Mothers Grimm and Rosie Little s Cautionary Tales for Girls. She has also written a biography, Housewife Superstar: The Very Best of Marjorie Bligh and the Australian/Vogel prizewinning The Alphabet of Light and Dark. With Heather Rose, she is Angelica Banks, author of the Tuesday McGillycuddy adventure books for children. She teaches writing at the University of Tasmania. Julie Koh Julie is the author of two short-story collections, Capital Misfits and Portable Curiosities. Portable Curiosities was one of The Guardian s Best Australian Books of 2016, an Australian Book Review 2016 Book of the Year, a Sydney Morning Herald Daily Life feminist reading pick of 2016, and a Feminist Writers Festival Best Feminist Book of In May, Julie was named a 2017 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist. She is also the editor of BooksActually's Gold Standard 2016, an anthology of the best cult writing from East Asia, South-east Asia and the diaspora, and is a founding member of the experimental literary collective Kanganoulipo. 5

6 Thursday 6 th July A number of our authors will be visiting schools and groups of schools during the day, but due to high demand, no further places are available. Thursday evening 6 th July: pm (WP Plenary Hall) Official opening and reception for the 2017 AATE ALEA National Conference, Cutting Edge: margin to mainstream Opening address Dr Danielle Wood The Cutting Edge inside ourselves - Why new technologies are not always the answer Even as we fall in love with new technologies and the miracles of connection they can deliver, many of us feel an increasing sense of division as we are forced both as students and as teachers to spend more and more time with our computer screens, and less with the human beings around us. In her address, writer and university lecturer Danielle Wood considers where the cutting edge really lies when it comes to teaching and learning in the deeply human disciplines of English and creative writing. 6

7 Throughout the conference Copyright Agency Cultural Fund sponsored Litfest Master Class authors will be presenting at various sessions over the course of the event. Friday 7 th July: am and pm Book Signings and pre-launch of the new title in the Felix series: Morris Gleitzman Also Julie Koh will be available for book signings. Friday 7 th July: am pm (Derwent Room 3) Benjamin Law: Story of my Life Writing about your life can be one of the most satisfying and fun things for students to do, however, it can also be a minefield of ethics and craft too. Columnist and author of the memoir The Family Law (now an SBS TV show), Benjamin Law will chat to teachers about some tricks you can use to help students explore their experiences, identify interesting elements of their lives interesting and elevate it from a Wikipedia entry to an actual story. Saturday 8 th July: am Literary Breakfasts x two Angela Meyer (Pier One Private Dining Room) Aspects of culture, which may have previously been considered marginal, are moving into the mainstream. What power and responsibility do we have, as cultural gatekeepers, educators, or even just as everyday people, in ensuring a greater balance of voices and stories are heard, written, read, and taught? Leigh Hobbs (The Green Room) Leigh s breakfast session combines his experience of 25 years of secondary school art teaching - as in surviving it - only just... combined with his work as an artist / author and producer of 21 children s books...18 of which are in print. 7

8 Saturday 8 th July (cont.) Will Kostakis Saturday am (Wellington 2) Bring Out Your Best One of the biggest barriers to students enjoying creative writing is thinking that their stories aren't good enough. Award-winning author Will Kostakis guides secondary teachers, particularly graduate and proficient teachers, through a collaborative and engaging editing exercise they can replicate with their students to help bring out their best. Angela Meyer Saturday am pm (Plenary Hall) Flash Fiction Very short stories have been around a long time. Kafka, Woolf and Hemingway all have stories that can be read in a matter of minutes. But flash fiction happens to be a friendly form for people who ve grown up in the age of the Internet. This workshop will encourage you (and your students) to delight in brevity, and allow you to experiment with notions of character, conflict and resolution, and evocation of place and mood, in few words. Sunday 9 9h July Finegan Kruckemeyer Sunday am (Wellington Room) Out of Character They begin as an outline. Then features form, histories are built, futures invented. From these first silhouettes, characters will come to life and finally, the world which might hold them. Replicating techniques taught to thousands in schools, universities and writing groups worldwide, build the beginnings of a play from the protagonist out. 8

9 Sunday 9 th July (cont.) Leigh Hobbs and Coral Tulloch Friends and fellow artists: passionate about creating books for children Sunday am pm (The Showroom) Friends and fellow artists Coral Tulloch and Leigh Hobbs are very much involved in and passionate about the creation of books for children. Though in one sense their books are very different, both artists are connected in that they are enthusiastically driven by their personal interests which feed very much into the books that they create. Coral Tulloch is an author and illustrator who has worked on 60 books for children in both fiction and non fiction, several award winning. Coral created a syndicated children s page that appeared for 20 years in newspapers throughout Australia and internationally and also studied Fine Art at East Sydney Technical College, Animation at Randwick, drawing in Florence, and lithography at The Academy of Applied Arts, Prague, and worked in advertising, film, theatre and magazines. The major sponsor of the Cutting Edge: Litfest Master Class program is Copyright Agency s Cultural Fund AATE and ALEA are proud to be strong supporters and partners with the Cultural Fund, especially through the Reading Australia initiative: 9