Workshop – Judith Beveridge: The Role of Imagery in Poetry
Time: 10:15 am to 12:00 pm
Place: Dixson Room, State Library of NSW
Cost: Members $40, non-members $55
The language of powerful writing is almost always picturesque. Rather than depending primarily upon abstract ideas, good writing depends mainly upon the creation of images in our minds which help us to see things new, or to feel them suggestively through the senses. This workshop will explore ways of strengthening and heightening the images we use in our writing, it will examine the value of showing through the image, rather than telling through statement.
Judith Beveridge has published eight volumes of poetry and has edited or co-edited a number of anthologies. She was poetry editor for Meanjin from 2005-2016. Her work has been studied in schools and universities and translated into many languages. Her volume Sun Music: New and Selected Poems (Giramondo, 2018) won the Prime Minister’s Poetry Prize in 2019. She taught poetry for 16 years at post-graduate level at The University of Sydney. Her latest book is Tintinnabulum (Giramondo, 2024).
Literary Event
Time: 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Place: Dixson Room, State Library of NSW
Cost: Members $25, non-members $40
Member Spotlight – Sophie Masson: A foot in both worlds: my French and Australian inspirations
Sophie Masson AM is a French-Australian author of fiction for children and adults. She was born in Indonesia of French parents who are of mixed ancestry (French, Basque, Spanish and Portuguese).
Sophie will talk about her new releases – A Secret Garden in Paris released in November 2024 and Bold Ben Hall out in March. Bold Ben Hall is a middle-grade historical novel for kids featuring the famous bushranger, to be published by Walker Books.
A Secret Garden in Paris is the second in her adult novels set in Paris, written under the pen name of Sophie Beaumont, and published by Ultimo Press.
Guest Speaker – Magdalena Ball: The lost art of focus
We are all busy multitaskers, trying to do too much, juggling family, work, our own wellbeing, and creativity, while trying to resist the endless lure of the news cycle, entertainment pixels and advertising. Good writing is all about detail. This talk will be about the importance of focus, why it matters, how to fight distraction to focus more in order to enrich your work.
Magdalena Ball is a novelist, poet, reviewer, interviewer, Vice President of Flying Island, and managing editor of Compulsive Reader. Her work has appeared in an extensive list of journals and anthologies, and has won or shortlisted in many local and international awards, including the Melbourne Poets Union International Poetry Competition, the SCWC Poetry Award, the Liquid Amber Press poetry prize, the University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor’s international poetry prize, and the Woollahra Digital Literary Award, as well as shortlisting for a Red Room Poetry Fellowship. She is the author of several novels and poetry books, most recently, Bobish, a verse-memoir published by Puncher & Wattmann in 2023.
Special Animation Video Launch
Time: 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Place: Dixson Room, State Library of NSW
Cost for animation video: $0
SEE DETAILS BELOW
The Society of Women Writers NSW Centenary Year Launch
Time: 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm
Place: Rooftop Bar, State Library of NSW
Cost for SLNSW Rooftop Bar Centenary Launch: Members $30, non-members $40
SEE DETAILS BELOW … please note: this function/cost are in addition to the Workshop/Literary Event.
Book and pay:
Members, you can book for yourself and a friend at member pricing, if purchased at the same time.
Workshop: Members $40, non-members $55
If you have a Workshop Voucher, please email Julie Thorndyke, Workshop Coordinator, to advise your intention to attend.
Literary event: Members $25, non-members $40
Discount for full program (Workshop and Literary Event) when booked together:
Members $60, non-members $85
By Credit card: https://www.trybooking.com/CYAJA
or by Direct debit:
The Society of Women Writers NSW Inc
BSB: 062 018
Account: 00950433
Code: VM
Email Amanda and include
your name, receipt number and date of event
Zoom ($10) will be available for this function – please click here to book: https://www.trybooking.com/CYAIT
The Society of Women Writers NSW Inc is 100 Years Strong
Please join us on 12th March to commence our celebrations of this milestone.
Following our regular March workshop and literary event, we will be presenting a specially created animation video in the Dixson Room at approximately 3 pm. The animation viewing is free.
After the video screening, we will make our way to the Rooftop Bar at the State Library of NSW where our Centenary will be launched by a guest speaker (to be announced). We can also enjoy a celebratory drink and partake of shared platters of bar snacks.
Please note that booking is required.
Book and pay:
Cost: Members $30, non-members $40 – includes 1 drink and light snacks
By Credit card: https://www.trybooking.com/CYLZH
or by Direct debit:
The Society of Women Writers NSW Inc
BSB: 062 018
Account: 00950433
Code: VM
Email Amanda and include
your name, receipt number and date of event