Bob Natiello Author- THE ALMOST PERFECT CRIME AND OTHER AWARD WINNING STORIES OF NEW YORK

THE ALMOST PERFECT CRIME AND OTHER AWARD WINNING STORIES OF NEW YORK

by Bob Natiello

Bob Natiello’s collection of 22 short stories and memoirs is now available on Amazon, Authorhouse and Barnes&Noble. Titled THE ALMOST PERFECT CRIME AND OTHER AWARD WINNING STORIES OF NEW YORK, it’s offered in hard cover, soft cover and ebook. Included is his satire, “J.D. Salinger’s Tobacco Dependency,” awarded first prize for literary humor by the Society of Southwesern Authors. Four have been nominated for national Pushcart Prizes, those highly competitive awards given to the best of the small presses. Flap copy states, “All are clear, straightforward narratives from an accomplished miniaturist and verbally thrifty storyteller whose endings often surprise.”

Bob has also been selected to join a limited team of University of Pennsylvania faculty and alumni who have the privilege of submitting blogworthy pieces for THE WHARON MAGAZINE BLOG.

Taken from THE WRITE WORD, the newsletter of The Society of Southwestern Authors Vol. 41. No. 2. Apr.-May 2012

2012 Arizona International Film Festival- CLOSING WEEKEND ROCKS WITH GREAT INDIE FILMS

2012 Arizona International Film Festival- CLOSING WEEKEND ROCKS WITH GREAT INDIE FILMS

Saturday, April 28, 12:00 Noon – The Screening Room Tucson, Arizona

INDIEYOUTH SHORTS

A program of shorts made by the filmmakers of tomorrow.

Admission $6

Saturday, April 28, 2012 2:00pm –

The Screening Room Tucson, Arizona

UNDER ARPAIO

J. M. Aragón, USA, 2011, 60 min.

He bills himself as tough on crime, but what is really happening in the Maricopa County communities where Sheriff Arpaio is conducting his crusade to enforce immigration laws? (Filmmaker in attendance – screening followed by panel discussion)

Admission $6

Saturday, April 28, 3:00pm – Crossroads Festival

KINDERBLOCK 66: RETURN TO BUCHENWALD

Rob Cohen, USA, 2012, 87 min.

On April 11, 1945, Buchenwald was liberated. Nearly 1000 young boys were alive in the camp. Sixty-five years later, several of these survivors return to Weimar and to Buchenwald. This is their story. (Filmmaker in attendance)

Admission $6

Saturday, April 28, 2012 4:30pm –

The Screening Room Tucson, Arizona

MORE THAN FRYBREAD

Travis Hamilton, USA, 2012, 97 min.

Arizona’s 22 federally recognized tribes convene in Flagstaff for the annual, regional state Frybread Championship. The prize: $10,000 and the spot to represent Arizona in the National Frybread Championship!

Admission $8

Saturday, April 28, 2012 7:00pm –

The Screening Room

SHOUTING SECRETS

Korinna Sehringer, Switzerland/USA, 2011, 88 min.
When successful novelist Wesley’s mother suffers a stroke and falls into a coma, he returns to the San Carlos Apache Reservation to be with his family. There, he learns that they have not forgiven him for leaving them and using their likenesses in his novel.

Admission $8

Saturday, April 28, 2012 9:00pm – The Screening Room

IRVINE WELSH’S ECSTASY

Rob Heydon, Canada, 2011, 99 min.
Based on a short story by Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting), director Rob Heydon revisits the gritty realism of the Scottish drug scene through the seemingly carefree life of Lloyd (Adam Sinclair), a raver, dealer, and user who escapes life’s responsibilities while being bullied and coerced by the local kingpin.

Admission $8

The Screening Room, 127 East Congress, Tucson, Arizona

Crossroads Festival, 4811 East Grant Tucson, Arizona

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University of Arizona Poetry Center- Join our Team of Poetry Center Experts! Become a Docent

University of Arizona Poetry Center- Join our Team of Poetry Center Experts! Become a Docent

The Poetry Center seeks enthusiastic individuals to serve in its docent program helping to provide groups, institutions, and individuals with a positive and engaging introduction to the Poetry Center as a living archive. Docents encourage a love of language and advance a positive perception of poetry. Potential docents should feel comfortable with public speaking, leading discussions, and facilitating short activities with a variety of age ranges. While no prior experience with poetry is necessary, an interest in learning more about poetry and a sense of the value of public arts programming is required. You’ll find more information about the program and a downloadable application here.

Watch a slideshow of highlights from our Docent Name Badge Ceremony:

University of Arizona Poetry Center | 1508 East Helen Street (At Vine Avenue) |Tucson , AZ 85721-0150
Phone: 520-626-3765 | Fax: 520-621-5566 | email: poetry@email.arizona.edu
THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | UA COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES

Randy Ford Author- Revised INFLATION, DEFLATION, WAR! 51st Installment

But it couldn’t have been easy for Pauline. She had never had much of a home life and didn’t have a close relationship with her sons. She said she missed it. Sometimes she made an effort to be with them. Sometimes she and Eva took them to someplace like the Prater and rode the giant Farris wheel. And every night, whenever she got home and before she went to bed, she’d check on them. And once she took the boys and introduced them to Frederick and Herr Lippert. She didn’t feel that she had anything to hide and didn’t see how her behavior affected them. In those early days she was naive. The only problem was, as far as she was concerned, she couldn’t juggle everything, and it seemed as if she was being pulled in all directions.

Of course she hadn’t completely changed. She’d say “I am the only one here with a mind,” but she knew that wasn’t true. If she’d been a man, it wouldn’t have been so hard. Sometimes she felt like a tramp. That was true when for the most part she acted like a lady. It would’ve been easier for her had she never married. Unlike most women she didn’t need marriage.

The whole family went one Sunday, not long after Fritz returned, to her father-in-law and mother-in-law’s home. It was a big affair. Fritz’s whole family was there and a few old friends. In those days few people had servants, save for the very rich. Still Fritz’s parents had a cook, who on this occasion also served the meal. After they ate people separated according to gender, the women excusing themselves so that they could gossip and the men went where they could smoke. Pauline knew that these women didn’t totally approve of her, and she didn’t really care. Pauline hadn’t stayed in touch with them and would’ve rather have gone with the men or the children, who were turned loose. Eva had the day off, a rare one for her. Now Pauline envied Eva because she didn’t want to be there. She was expecting them to say something snide, but they didn’t. The women, in fact, didn’t talk about her at all. It was as if she didn’t exist. When it came time to go they said goodbye without giving each other hugs, and for Pauline and Fritz, the silence continued all the way home.

Pauline had clearly benefited from and enjoyed her freedom. These circumstances rather than her family’s position and wealth had protected her. She later said, “They don’t know what to make of me.” Fritz’s father had gallantly tried to hang onto the family’s wealth. It hadn’t been easy. There had been quite a few failures. He tried to hedge his bets and insolate himself against inflation. He believed that the expansion of free markets, the division of labor, and private capital investment was the only possible path to prosperity, and that socialism was disastrous, so he literally threw his hands up when he learned that his daughter-in-law was working at the Obdachlosenhein. He blamed the inflation and later the depression on them (the socialist) but never encouraged Fritz to go into business with him. They spoke about it once. He surprised his son when he told him that he thought it would be a mistake and felt pleased when Fritz took a job with the court. So that he’d be insolated. There would always be a need for the courts.

About the people his daughter-in-law worked with at the Obdachlosenhein, he told Fritz, “They don’t know what they’re doing. They’re ruining the country. They’re dividing us when we need to come together. They’re where they are because most of them refuse to get their hands dirty.” In those days even the workers hadn’t totally bought into socialism and by and large kept their heads to the grindstone. They didn’t appreciated being told what to do. But it would change within a decade. Now they were being offered socialism and were told what was good for them.

Those were the days when women could have many lovers and could escape criticism for it. That was when the lovemaking between Pauline and Frederick, between Pauline and Herr Lippert, and between Fritz and Eva was the most intense. As was stated before, Pauline loved all three men, and Fritiz loved both women, but with liberation, for Pauline, came a sense of dread and fear. For one thing she didn’t want to get pregnant again, and she had gone through the pain of an abortion and once was enough. There was birth control (she preached birth control), but she wasn’t sure that she could rely on it. Frederick vied with his friend Herr Lippert for her affections, and she didn’t know how to say “no” to either one of them until one day she realized that if she didn’t choose one she’d lose everything. Then out of fear she dropped Herr Lippert, and Frederick, a notorious philanderer, would eventually break her heart.

Pauline knew what marriage to a respected court official entailed. She however knew nothing about keeping a marriage alive. But there were sons to think about, and they were the reason why she stayed with Fritz. They lived two tram rides from the court, down a narrow street, on the top floor of a four-story apartment building. Pauline said she that would’ve been willing to live in the Karl Marx Hof, except the flats there were too “compact” to accommodate her sons and live-in help. If she were on her own, she would never need any more room than that, but she wasn’t on her own. She also knew that by not living on her own, she was accepting Fritiz’s authority. So she tried to get along. That was when she learned that she couldn’t have everything.

Randy Ford

The Playwrights Foundation- Playwriting Classes BOOT CAMP: FINISH THE DAMN PLAY!& EVERYBODY’S WRITING A MUSICAL, WHY SHOULDN’T YOU?

The Playwrights Foundation- Playwriting Classes BOOT CAMP: FINISH THE DAMN PLAY!& EVERYBODY’S WRITING A MUSICAL, WHY SHOULDN’T YOU?

Last Chance to Sign Up for Dominic Orlando & Class Monitor Discount!

Have you been trying to finish a play that you’ve been writing for way too long? Do you have a great idea for a musical but are not quite sure where to start? Let Playwrights Foundation help you! We are proud to welcome back the playwriting talents of Dominic Orlando to the Bay Area, and he’s here to teach TWO classes that can help you out! There are very few spots left, so sign up today.

BOOT CAMP: FINISH THE DAMN PLAY!
Monday, April 29: 11am-2pm
Monday, April 30: 7-10pm
Thursday, May 3: 7-10pm
Saturday, May 5: 11am-2pm

•Cost: $300
EVERYBODY’S WRITING A MUSICAL, WHY SHOULDN’T YOU?
Saturday, April 29th: 5-8pm

•Cost: $100
DISCOUNT OPPORTUNITY! We need one class monitor for each one of these classes. In exchange for serving as the monitor and being the first person to respond, we’ll give you 25% off your tution. People who have already registered are eligible for this as well. You’ll be responsible for assisting the playwright and classmates through the 1 day of the musical class OR 4 days of the Boot Camp. Please email Randy (randy@playwrightsfoundation.org) if you’re interested.

Visit our Website http://www.playwrightsfoundation.org

Playwrights Foundation uses Vendini for ticketing, marketing, and box office management.

Playwrights Foundation – 1616-16th Street, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA, 94103, (415) 626-2176
Vendini, Inc. – 660 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, 94104, 1 (800) 901-7173
http://www.playwrightsfoundation.org

Pan Left Productions- Librotraficantes smuggles books into Tucson, Arizona & The Homeless Youth Program

Pan Left Productions- Librotraficantes smuggle books into Tucson, Arizona

After the Arizona Legislature and Governor Jan Brewer passed HB2281 in 2010, the Tucson Unified School District eventually voted to ban the Mexican American Studies (MAS) program, in a 4-1 vote in January, 2012. The successful MAS program was dissolved and books were removed from classrooms.

On March 16, 2012, a caravan of Librotraficantes (book traffickers) came to Tucson, Arizona. These librotraficantes were comprised of authors, poets, artists and activists. They smuggled more than 1,000 Mexican American Studies books and literature worth $20,000. Their goal: to stash a caché in the Southwest with underground libraries of the contraband materials.

Tucson Grassroots Campaign producers Brenda and Piper were there to document.

Manuel Muñoz: Librotraficante Caravan Tucson, Arizona

Liana Lopez: Librotraficante Caravan Tucson, Arizona

“This is only the beginning,” said El Librotraficante Tony Diaz. “Arizona legislators need to know the whole world is watching. This is just the first chapter in a future book about this Civil Rights Movement that some regime will want to ban some day just as the book CHICANO, about the Mexican American Civil Rights movement of the 60s, is now prohibited. Evidently every 60 years despots try to destroy the American Dream. We did not let them before, and we won’t let them now. Freedom of Speech is at stake for all Americans. We beseech people from all walks of life to unite to defy the Censorship imposed by Arizona’s Draconian laws. Right now, you are deciding what side of history you are on. There is a ban in Tucson. If you enforce the Double Speak that denies there is a ban, you are on the wrong side of history. Let Freedom ring. Phase II of the Librotraficante Movement begins today.”

Lorna Dee Cervantes: Librotraficante Caravan Tucson, Arizona

Dagoberto Gilb: Librotraficante Caravan Tucson, Arizona

Diana Lopez: Librotraficante Caravan Tucson, Arizona

Homeless Youth Project

The Homeless Youth Project is a partnership between Pan Left Productions and The Carlos G Figueroa Foundation.

It is a series of short video interviews with homeless youth in Tucson. The series will culminate in a documentary tentatively named the Homeless Youth Project Tucson, Arizona.

It is an attempt to make Tucsonans aware of the deplorable conditions that homeless youth are living in. We anticipate that an aware populace will be motivated to bring about a positive change in their living conditions.

A sub-category of the Homeless Youth Project involves Music Videos. The Carlos G Figueroa’s Music Director Doug Davis will work with homeless youth lyricists to write about homeless experience and put music to their lyrics.

That package will then go to our script writer Michael Kruse Craig and he will script it. The package will then go to the videographers, photographers and video editors and they will make a music video from the package.

Should acting be required in the making of the video, homeless actors will be given a stipend of $10 a day and a meal.

The lyric writers will have five sessions with Doug. After the first session is complete they will receive $10; after the fifth session they will receive $40.

The basic plan is to meet with any youth interested at these sessions and provide feedback on where they are with their music all the way up to getting basic tracks recorded and their pieces copyrighted.

If you live in Tucson and know a homeless youth that writes lyrics and is willing to participate in this program have him/her get in touch with Doug Davis at 520 339 9925 – dougie_10@hotmail.com.

If you know of a youth that wants to tell their story on video or in audio have them call Ron Austin at – 520 909 6913 – chakazuluu@gmail.com.

Editor and Board Member

Ron Austin

Pan Left Productions | 631 S. 6th Avenue | Tucson | AZ | 85711 panleft@panleft.org

Sydney Writers’ Centre- Alan Marshall Short Story Award & Varuna Sydney Writers’ Festival & WRITING COURSES

How to write a business book; Short story award;
In this issue:

This seminar will cover:

•how to make your business book different from the rest of the market
•the right way to structure your book
•innovative ways to keep your reader interested and engaged
•whether you should write it yourself, or outsource to a ghostwriter
•your publishing options – mainstream publishers versus self-publishing
•how to use your book as a lead generation tool
•the basics of publicity, marketing and promotion
•and MUCH more.
I’m only holding this seminar in May and November this year!

How to Write a Business Book with Valerie Khoo
When: Friday 4 May 2012 (half-day seminar)
Time: 9.30 am – 1.00 pm
Cost: $295

•Best Australian Blogs 2012 Competition finalists have been announced! You can still be a part of the competition by voting in the People’s Choice Awards.

•Filling fast: How to Get Your Book Published, Monday 7 May 2012.

•Legendary American broadcaster Ira Glass on storytelling – watch the video on Writing Bar.

Boost your creativity and get started writing fiction
Want to know how to boost your creativity and explore the world of writing fiction? Our next Creative Writing Stage 1 course starts soon and this is your chance to get those ideas out of your head and onto the page.

This five-week course will show you how to turn your dream of writing into a reality. You’ll learn about what makes great fiction and how to apply these skills to your own writing. You’ll also learn how to tap into your imagination and how to draw from everyday experiences to inspire your stories. Whether you’ve experimented with writing fiction before or you’re a complete beginner, this course will help you get started.

What past participants say:
“Jeni was great! I had so much fun listening, writing, talking and I loved all of her advice and motivation.”
- Chantelle Ravenswood

“The Sydney Writers’ Centre helps to get your ideas out of your imagination and onto paper. Plus, the location is amazing and you are spoilt with a great view!”
- Shelley Hall

Creative Writing Stage 1 with Jeni Mawter
When: Thursdays starting Thursday 3 May 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Alan Marshall Short Story Award
If you’ve completed your creative writing course then your next step is to put what you’ve learnt into practice. The best way to do this is to write, and what better motivation to write than short story competitions!

One of Australia’s most well-known is the Alan Marshall Short Story Award. Held in memory of short story writer and author of the classic I Can Jump Puddles, the competition is open to all Australian residents. The open section is for short stories up to 2,500 words long and offers a first prize of $2,000 cash. There are also prizes for local writers (in the Nillumbik Shire Council area in Victoria) and young writers.

Varuna Sydney Writers’ Festival
Less than three weeks to go until the 2012 Sydney Writers’ Festival kicks off, and we’re busy planning our festival schedule. One event we’d love to attend features our own life writing guru, Patti Miller. She’ll be discussing Memoir: Public Issues and Private Lives with Robert Hemley and Carol Major at the Carrington Hotel in the Blue Mountains.

For younger readers, there’s also a Varuna Sydney Writers’ Festival Children’s Day featuring some of Australia’s best writers for young people, including our own creative writing presenter, James Roy.

There are lots of events happening in the Mountains as part of the Sydney Writers’ Festival.

Learn online from the best
We may be known as the Sydney Writers’ Centre, but that doesn’t mean we can’t be an international writers’ centre… If you don’t live in Sydney or prefer to learn online, you can still join us for some of our most popular courses. And that’s exactly what many students from around Australia and the world have already done.

If you’re interested in writing for magazines, writing fiction, writing for kids or writing travel articles, we have an online course for you. The courses are interactive and cover the same great content we teach at our face-to-face classes, and you’ll also benefit from the expertise of your own online tutor.

We schedule online courses very regularly so there’ll be a course and a date to suit you.

What past participants say:
“It was easy and convenient doing an online course. The best thing was being able to study around my busy life, when and where it suited me.”
- Vanessa Bernardo

“This is one of the best online courses that I’ve done.”
- Michelle Crutcher

ONLINE COURSE Magazine and Newspaper Writing with Sue White/Allison Tait
When: Week beginning Monday 30 April 2012 for five weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

ONLINE COURSE Creative Writing Stage 1 with Cathie Tasker/Pamela Freeman
When: Week beginning Monday 30 April 2012 for five weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

Did you know?
This year’s announcement of the Pulitzer Prize winners created news not so much for those who won, but for the fact an award for fiction was not given. For the three shortlisted authors it must have come as a shock that the board could not agree on one outstanding novel for the year.

Maybe they’ll take some comfort in the fact that many great authors struggled to achieve fame and fortune in their lifetimes – some receiving no recognition until long after they died. Consider these initial reactions to some of literature’s greatest novels:

“It is impossible to sell animal stories in the USA.”
– Publisher’s rejection of George Orwell’s Animal Farm

“It is a compound of vulgar depravity and unnatural horrors.”
– Graham’s Lady Magazine on Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights

“It is no discredit to Walt Whitman that he wrote Leaves of Grass, only that he did not burn it afterwards.”
– Thomas Wentworth Higginson in The Atlantic, 1867 on Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass

You can find more examples of ill-judged book reviews here.

How you can edit with confidence
To turn even the clumsiest writing into clear and concise communication, you need to know the rules of editing. Many of us have to edit documents at work – correspondence, reports, proposals – but if you’re not familiar with the process, you may be spending more time on this than you need to.

In one day, we can show you how to edit for structure and style, how to set up and use style guides, and show you the editorial style rules you need to know. After our Editing Essentials seminar you’ll be able to tackle all your editing tasks with confidence and efficiency.

What past participants say:
“Very practical, clear and easy to understand advice. This is definitely the best course of this type that I have attended.”
- Catherine Thrum

“Deb was brilliant! She has amazing knowledge and knew how to make the seminar fun.”
- Aine Dowling

Editing Essentials with Deb Doyle
When: Thursday 3 May 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Cost: $450

WEBPICK: Easy Street Prompts
Need more than just a word to get your creativity flowing? Then Easy Street Prompts is the place to go. Here you’ll find visual prompts – including photos, paintings and even short videos.

It’s the perfect place for the “terminally creative” to go if they’re feeling the dreaded writers’ block coming on.

Other upcoming courses
Course: Travel Writing with Sue White
When: Every Thursday starting Thursday 26 April 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Seminar: Blogging for Business with Steven Lewis
When: Friday 27 April 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.30 am – 4.30 pm
Cost: $395

Online Course: Magazine and Newspaper Writing Stage 1 with Sue White/Allison Tait
When: Week beginning Monday 30 April 2012 for five weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

Online Course: Creative Writing Stage 1 with Pamela Freeman/Cathie Tasker
When: Week beginning Monday 30 April 2012 for five weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

Seminar: Editing Essentials with Deb Doyle
When: Thursday 3 May 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Cost: $450

Course: Creative Writing Stage 1 with Jeni Mawter
When: Every Thursday starting Thursday 3 May 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Seminar: How to Write a Business Book with Valerie Khoo
When: Friday 4 May 2012 (half-day seminar)
Time: 9.30 am – 1.00 pm
Cost: $295

Seminar: How to Get Your Book Published with Geoff Bartlett
When: Monday 7 May 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Online Course: Creative Writing Stage 2 with Pamela Freeman/Cathie Tasker
When: Week beginning Monday 7 May 2012 for five weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

Online Course: Travel Writing with Sue White
When: Week beginning Monday 7 May 2012 for five weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

Seminar: Business Writing Essentials with Tony Spencer-Smith
When: Tuesday 8 May 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.30 am – 4.30 pm
Cost: $395

Course: Magazine and Newspaper Writing Stage 1 with Marina Go
When: Every Wednesday starting Wednesday 9 May 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Seminar: Writing for the web with Grant Doyle
When: Thursday 10 May 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.00 am – 4.00 pm
Cost: $450

Seminar: Grammar and Punctuation Essentials with Deb Doyle
When: Tuesday 15 May 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Cost: $450

Seminar: Introduction to Travel Writing with Geoff Bartlett
When: Tuesday 15 May 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Seminar: Perfect your Proofreading with Deb Doyle
When: Thursday 17 May 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.30 am – 4.30 pm
Cost: $395

Seminar: Sell Your eBook on Amazon with Steven Lewis
When: Monday 21 May 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Program: Write Your Novel with Pamela Freeman – FULL
When: Every Monday starting Monday 21 May 2012 for six months
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $1980

Seminar: From Blog to Book with Kerri Sackville
When: Tuesday 22 May 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Seminar: Professional Business Writing with Sue White
When: Wednesday 23 May 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Cost: $450

Course: Travel Memoir with Claire Scobie
When: Every Wednesday starting Wednesday 23 May 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Seminar: PR and Media Releases that Get Results with Catriona Pollard
When: Thursday 24 May 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.00 am – 5.00 pm
Cost: $495

Online Course: Writing Books for Children and Young Adults with Judith Ridge/Nicola Robinson – NEW DATE
When: Week beginning Monday 28 May 2012 for five weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

Course: Screenwriting Stage 1 with Tim Gooding
When: Every Monday starting Monday 28 May 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Course: Introduction to Novel Writing with Pamela Freeman
When: Every Tuesday starting Tuesday 29 May 2012 for six weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $495

Course: Writing Books for Children and Young Adults with Judith Ridge
When: Every Tuesday starting Tuesday 29 May 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Seminar: Self-Publishing – How to do it with Geoff Bartlett
When: Thursday 7 June 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Course: Writing Picture Books with Cathie Tasker
When: Every Wednesday starting Wednesday 13 June 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30pm
Cost: $395

Course: Food Writing with Carli Ratcliff – NEW COURSE
When: Saturday 16 June and Sunday 17 June 2012 (2 consecutive days)
Time: 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Cost: $395

Course: Write a chick-lit novel with Lisa Heidke – NEW COURSE
When: Saturday 16 June and Sunday 17 June 2012 (2 consecutive days)
Time: 10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Cost: $395

Course: Writing about Interiors, Style and Design with Nigel Bartlett
When: Wednesday 27 June and 4 July 2012 (2 evening classes)
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $175

Course: Screenwriting Stage 2 with Tim Gooding
When: Every Monday starting Monday 9 July 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Seminar: Successful Freelancing with Valerie Khoo and Gayle Bryant – NEW DATE
When: Tuesday 10 July 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Seminar: Build Your Profile Using Twitter with Steven Lewis – NEW DATE
When: Tuesday 17 July 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Course: Creative Writing Stage 2 with Pamela Freeman – NEW DATE
When: Every Tuesday starting Tuesday 17 July 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Course: Life Writing with Patti Miller
When: Every Friday starting Friday 3 August 2012 for six weeks
Time: 10.00 am – 12 noon
Cost: $450

Course: Thriller Writing with L.A. Larkin
When: Every Thursday starting Thursday 9 August 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 – 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

WRITING TOURS
Writing in Bali with Patti Miller
When: Saturday 21 July to Saturday 28 July 2012

Writing in Paris with Patti Miller – FULL
Arrival: Thursday 18 October 2012
Departure: Saturday 3 November 2012

Sydney Writers’ Centre
Suite 3, 55 Lavender Street Milsons Point NSW 2061
http://www.sydneywriterscentre.com.au