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136 WORKSHOP: LUCINDA HAWKSLEY
BIOGRAPHY WRITING
SATURDAY MAY 19 – 9.00-10.30AM GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM, LEVEL 4, AOTEA CENTRE
Biographer and historian Lucinda Hawksley leads a workshop on
the art of biography and memoir: how to begin your research, ways to structure your writing, remedies for writers’ block, and how to bring your biography to life. Bring your ideas – and a notebook – and get ready to
be creative.
137 WORKSHOP: JEFF GOODELL
LONGFORM
SATURDAY MAY 19 – 11.00-12.30PM GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM, LEVEL 4, AOTEA CENTRE
Long-form, creative non- ction or narrative journalism are all terms used to describe lengthy, content-rich essays and articles. Exponent of the form, Jeff Goodell, who contributes to Rolling Stone and The New York Times sets out the key skills, processes and ingredients necessary to deliver a great piece. Supported by Platinum Patrons Julienne Brown & David McLean.
138 WORKSHOP: TERESE SVOBODA
SIX WAYS TO DISRUPT YOUR POETRY
SATURDAY MAY 19 – 1.00-2.30PM GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM, LEVEL 4, AOTEA CENTRE
Using the work of six poets including Brenda Hillman and Tusiata Avia,
US poet Terese Svoboda delves
into poetic disruption through: re-lineation, incorporation, un- translation, collaboration, narration and investigation, before orchestrating some in-classroom disruption on a poem of your own you have brought with you.
139 WORKSHOP: JESSE BLACKADDER
GOING DOWN IN HISTORY
SATURDAY MAY 19 – 3.00-4.30PM GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM, LEVEL 4, AOTEA CENTRE
Through hands-on exercises Jesse Blackadder introduces the foundations for writing dramatic historical fiction: drawing on history as a rich source of stories; the perils and rewards of using real characters, events and settings; and using language to create a sense of time and place.
140 WORKSHOP: VICTOR RODGER
FOUR PLAY TOOLS
SATURDAY MAY 19 – 5.00-6.30PM GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM, LEVEL 4, AOTEA CENTRE
One of New Zealand’s most successful playwrights, Victor Rodger, offers a tour of the four basic tools for telling compelling stories: strong characters, believable dialogue, engaging con ict, and goals and obstacles which protagonists must face.
141 WORKSHOP: PAULA MORRIS
WORKING THE MOMENT
SUNDAY MAY 20 – 9.00-10.30AM GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM, LEVEL 4, AOTEA CENTRE
Accomplished writer and teacher Paula Morris explores the question of point-of-view, and investigates why that decision is critical to working the emotional and dramatic moment, whether in ction or memoir form.
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