Tuesday, April 9, 2013

New classes and Memoir/Nonfiction Masterclass



I'm running two new short courses in June and July, as well as a Masterclass in Memoir and Nonfiction starting in August. The first of the short courses looks at meditation and creativity in relation to writing, and will give you some practical instructions - an introduction to meditation and ways to support your writing. The second class is something I've often been asked for: a short practical course designed to help you to get started on a new project or get back to an existing one, and make some progress.

For new information about my classes, and how to register, go to the Masterclasses and Mentoring tab at the top of the page.

I've been co-editing, with writer friends and colleagues Moya Costello, Anna Gibbs and Ros Prosser, a collection of short experimental prose and poetry by Australian women. It's coming out very soon as a special issue of an e-journal, Text, with the title Mud Map. I'll let you know when it's up - is that what you say with e-journals? when it's published? when it's in the ether, on the net?

Here's a poem for memoir writers.

Instructions for living a life. 
Pay attention. 
Be astonished. 
Tell about it.

Mary Oliver

And for those of you who came to the Memoir Club in March, I read a short extract from "Searching for Monty', from Verandahs. If you'd like to read more, you'll find it in Griffith Review 34, under fiction.

NB: If you didn't come to the Memoir Club and would like to be on our mailing list, email me at
bbwritinglife@gmail.com. The next meeting is Tuesday night 30 April. 



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