The May Gibbs Children’s Literature Trust is delighted to announce:
The Ian Wilson Memorial Fellowship
The Ian Wilson Memorial Fellowship will give an emerging author or illustrator creative time away from home in Adelaide for 21 nights in March 2019. This aims to be a gift of time and support, enabling you to concentrate intensively on the development of new work, as well as offering networking opportunities and professional development.
Applications open Monday 15th August 2018
Visit maygibbs.org.au and find more information via: Creative Time Fellowships, The Ian Wilson Memorial Fellowship.
To request an application form, or if you have any questions, please contact Polly Hamer, Fellowships Coordinator, for details of what to do next:
contact@nullmaygibbs.org.au
The deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 30th September 2018.
This month’s meeting has a “Read Your Own” component, with critiquing if required. Bring along a novel or short story you are working on and read an exerpt to the group. Members will critique your work if you wish.
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For members who were there last month, you can finish the work you started last meeting and read it to the group.
October Meeting – 27th Oct at 2pm – We will be announcing the winners of the Literary Competition. The judges reports will be read and if any winners are in attendance they will be asked to read their entries.
This will be followed by a writing exercise presented by Jacqueline. If time permits we will have a Read Your Own so pleae remember to bring along a piece to read.
It has been decided that the November Christmas meeting will NOT be held at the Redcliffe RSL, as previously discussed.
Instead we will meet at our usual venue at the Redcliffe Library between 2pm and 3pm, to discuss our plans for 2019, after which we will have a Christmas celebration at the library.
We would ask members to bring a plate to share.
Thank you.
THIS MEETING AND AGM HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO MARCH 9TH DUE TO THREAT OF WILD WEATHER.
The first part of the meeting, from 2pm, will be the conclusion of the AGM, finalising business held over from last meeting.
This will be followed by a Poetry Workshop by Poetry Editor, Rob Morris.
There will not be an April Meeting.
This meeting will feature a presentation by Imaginarium 2.0. Sellers of titles from hand selected Authors and Publishers.
THIS MEMBERS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
THE NEXT GENERAL MEMBERS MEETING WILL BE ON JULY 27 AT 2PM.
The poetry workshop with Rob Morris, will be posponed to a date to be announced.
Please be aware, this meeting is a Public Meeting. All are welcome to attent.
The main thrust of discussion will be the FAWQ, 100 year celebrations. This important an historical organization will be 100 in 2021 and we are planning events to occur accross the year.
We would like input from all interested parties and membership applications from as many creative people as are interested in being a part of this prestigious, creative arts association.
Rob Morris, our poetry editor will be presenting a Poetry Workshop at this meeting, from 2pm.
The workshop will be followed with an overview of our July 27th, public meeting by our President Jim Higgins.