We’ve well and truly dived into Word Play fun at UPLIT headquarters, with tickets being snapped up by schools all across Queensland. Five sessions are now sold out, with 10 or less tickets available for some sessions with Anna Fienberg (4005, 5006), James Foley (5007, 5009), Jackie French (4007), Leigh Hobbs (2008), Garth Nix (1107), Wendy Orr (2004) and Mark Smith (1105, 4009).
While sessions with Jackie Smith, Leigh Hobbs and James Foley are filling up fast, teachers can still hear from these popular Festival artists by attending their Professional Development sessions throughout the week.
Good news for those passionate people with a hankering to get involved in this year’s Brisbane Writers Festival - volunteer applications are now open for submissions.
And don't forget to save the date! On Monday 24 July our full program will be released. Be sure to follow us onFacebookandTwitterto stay up to date, or request a printed program here.
This year the University of Queensland Press has released a special reissue of Steven Herrick’s bestselling Australian classic Love, Ghosts & Nosehair, a bittersweet comedy about the infinite promise of first love and the everlasting sorrow of grief. See Steven at Word Play.
In the bestselling tradition of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Wonder, comes James Moloney’s new book The Beauty is in the Walking (head to the Harper Collins website to read an extract).
Brisbane Writers Festival could not take place without the generosity of our 200-strong team of volunteers whose invaluable commitment allows us to deliver a spectacular event.
Volunteer opportunities before and during the Festival are available across a range of areas, including Artist Services and Program; Development and Administration; Front of House; Marketing and Sales; Production and Venue Management.
To find out more about volunteer opportunities, including full position descriptions and other frequently asked questions, visit uplit.com.au or fill out and submit the the online registration form here.
When: Fri 14 July, 6.30pm - 7.30pm Where: Auditorium 2, SLQ, South Bank Tickets and more info: slq.qld.gov.au
NAIDOC WEEK WRITING WORKHOP
Indigenous writers of all ages and experiences are invited to bring a story, song or poem to this free writing workshop with black&write!'s Grace Lucas-Pennington, a young Aboriginal woman of Bundjalung/European descent. Even if you've never written before, join Grace tonight and come and share your stories.
When: Tue 4 July, 6.30pm Where: Logan North Library, Underwood Tickets and more info: loganlibraries.org
QLD POETRY AWARDS
Queensland Poetry Festival's 2017 Poetry Awards are now open until July 10. This year there are three Arts Queensland Poetry Awards - including the Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize for an Unpublished Manuscript (QLD only), the Val Vallis Award for an Unpublished Poem, and the XYZ Prize for Innovation in Spoken Word - as well the Philip Bacon Ekphrasis Award and the Oodgeroo Noonuccal Indigenous Poetry Prize. QPF2017 are also holding a new competition, Distant Voices – Poetry Bridge whereby a writer will see their words projected onto the William Jolly Bridge. More info:queenslandpoetryfestival.com
QWC JULY-DECEMBER PROGRAM
Pictured are just some of the titles from just some of the artists featured in QWC’s latest events program. From Star Wars universe writers through to internationally acclaimed playwrights, children’s authors, memoirists, travel writers and New York Times best-sellers, QWC’s exciting program covers an extensive range of writing topics and literary interests. So be inspired and develop your skills through our range of workshops, in-conversations and special author events for readers and writers alike!
Thanks to Palace Films, we have some double passes up for grabs to the new literary biopic, A Quiet Passion, now showing in cinemas. Cynthia Nixon gives a career-best, tour-de-force performance as legendary poet Emily Dickinson in this luminous, witty, and intensely moving new portrait from award-winning filmmaker Terence Davies (Distant voices, Still LIves and The House of Mirth), named by The Guardian as 'Britain's greatest living director'.
To go into the draw to win a double pass, email win@uplit.com.auwith DICKINSON as the subject heading and your details in the email body. Good luck!
Images from Top: Steven Herrick by RD Greenwood; James Moloney (supplied); Info Booth 2016 by Dani Taylor; Untitled, 1990, Luke Roberts, Australian Library of Art, SLQ; Grace Lucas-Pennington (supplied); QWC Distant Voices (supplied); QWC Jul-Dec (supplied); A Quiet Passion Poster artwork (supplied).
