If you are interested in freelancing as a creative, in research and writing, or getting creatively inspired under a grand tree in Wollongong Botanic Garden, you can learn from SCWC’s Wollongong Botanic Garden Writers-in-Residence in November.
On Saturday, 5 November, Rebekah Lambert leads ‘Translating your creative love into paying your way’ at Coledale Hall. You might be dreaming of the day where you can work from home as a creative – but, how green will the grass really be? Writer, freelancer and freelance advocate Rebekah will take you through an interactive test, and will be your guide to creative courage, value, and commercial reality.
On Wednesday, 23 November award-winning essayist Elizabeth Walton will share her workflow in a research masterclass. Regardless of your genre of writing, at some stage you may be faced with the daunting task of reducing all of your material into the tip of the iceberg that goes to publication. In this workshop, Elizabeth will throw open her own research process to help you to enhance yours.
And on Sunday, 13 November you can meet us at Wollongong Botanic Garden to creatively explore the spectacular Dragon Tree. Working from the mythologies and origin stories of the Dragon Tree, singer and voice teacher Karen Cummings will take participants through exercises using sound, writing and drawing to respond to the tree and its stories, in embodied and creative ways.
We are also welcoming new books! Coledale Community Hall will host the launch of Two Hearts by poet Kathleen Bleakley on November 5, and The Heroines Anthology Volume 4 of short fiction and poetry.
If you’ve ever wanted to deepen your understanding of film, don’t miss out on our monthly Coledale Film Club. Hosted by film director Graham Thorburn, these screenings come with the added benefit of receiving Graham’s rich insights into film-making and the opportunity to join the post-film discussion. In November, Film Club presents the funny, tender and thought-provoking The Truman Show; then, in December, the Swedish film As It Is In Heaven, in which a world-class conductor agrees to help the local choir hone their harmonising skills.
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