As part of the South Coast Writers Centre’s series of full-day writing workshops, acclaimed writer and mentor Kathryn Heyman presents "Voice and Vision: Bringing Your Characters To Life" on Saturday, May 6.

For writers of fiction and non-fiction, this one-day workshop will help you find joy and freedom in your writing. Using unique methods developed over many years, Kathryn will help you develop new techniques, find your character’s voice and the voice for your novel or memoir. You will leave the class with a stronger sense of your writerly voice and vision, a deeper understanding of your characters and a toolkit of techniques to carry into your writing.

Hon. Professor Kathryn Heyman’s seventh book, the memoir Fury, was nominated for the international Folio Prize, shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature, and won the Copyright Agency Author Fellowship. She is also the director of the Australian Writers Mentoring Program.

Also on Saturday, May 6, esteemed local director Graham Thorburn presents All That Heaven Allows (1955) at the May Film Club. Cary, a wealthy widow, falls in love with the much younger nurseryman, Ron Kirby. This provides gossip for the country club set, and her children are ashamed that she plans to remarry below her station. Ron is an independent man who can ignore the petty conventions of society, but can Cary also ignore them?

Film Club is open to anybody interested in seeing, thinking, and having fun talking about films; each Film Club session will start with some background information from Graham about the film – the times and context of its making, the people who made it, and something notable about the content or techniques of the film – perhaps even a bit of gossip. After the film screening, there will be a chance to discuss the film together.

More info & bookings: southcoastwriters.org/upcomingevents