WRITING classes with tom keneally and claire corbett

Course Details

Over 3 fortnightly sessions, participants will gain the skills to stimulate and enhance their writing.

Covering the philosophy of writing, plotting, moving forward when stuck and how to approach publishers, the sessions will also offer participants valuable one-on-one time with Tom Keneally for feedback and coaching on their writing projects.

The classes are two weeks apart to allow participants to practice what they have learned between sessions.

This master class is open to members and non-members. It is suitable for both published and unpublished writers.

Course Requirements

In order to customise the classes to participant’s needs, we are asking all interested participants to complete an online questionnaire and submit a short piece of writing (for example, a short story or a chapter of a work in progress). This will allow us to gain an understanding of what you would like out of the course.

There may also be some required reading and/or a writing exercise to be completed before the first session.

Thomas Keneally

Thomas Keneally is one of Australia’s best known and most respected authors, writing both fiction and non-fiction. In 1982, he won the Booker Prize Schindler’s Ark, later made into the Academy Award-winning film Schindler’s List by Steven Spielberg. Tom lives in Sydney with his wife, and has the won the Miles Franklin Award, the Booker Prize, the Los Angeles Book Prize, the Royal Society of Literature Prize, the Scripter Award of the University of Southern California, the Mondello International Prize and the Helmerich Prize. His most recent novel Shame and the Captives explores how an Australia farming community is impacted by captive European, Korean and Japanese housed in an nearby POW camp. Released in November 2013, it has received critical acclaim here and overseas. Tom is working on the the third volume of his history, Australians.

Claire Corbett

Claire Corbett’s novel When We Have Wings was published by Allen & Unwin in 2011. It was shortlisted for the 2012 Barbara Jefferis Award and for the 2012 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction and is published overseas. Her essay The Last Space Waltz? was shortlisted for the 2012 ABR CAL Essay Prize. She has been awarded a writer’s residency at Ledig House in upstate New York in 2014. Claire Corbett writes for The Monthly magazine. She is writing her second novel for Allen & Unwin.

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Writing Master Classes with Thomas Keneally & Claire Corbett

Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 10:00am

Venue: Tom Keneally Centre

Applications for the master class with Thomas Keneally and Claire Corbett are now closed. We are in the process of contacting successful applicants.

This master class is a unique opportunity to learn the craft of writing from Booker Prize-winner Thomas Keneally and author Claire Corbett in the beautiful Tom Keneally Centre.

3 x fortnightly classes as follows:
10:00am – 4:00pm,
Wed 19 March 2014
Wed 2 April 2014
Wed 16 April 2014

Course cost is $575 inc GST
(SMSA Members: $315 inc GST)
Lunch and afternoon tea will be provided.

Apply online

Important Notes

Applications

Applications are to be made via the web form only. (NB: We will not be taking bookings or payments in the Library)
Your application must include responses to the questionnaire and a writing sample for review.

There are limited places for this course and we anticipate high demand, therefore we cannot guarantee applicants a place in the course.

SMSA will contact applicants regarding payment and required reading or writing, which must be received as early as possible to secure your place in the course.

Cancellations & Withdrawals

If you cannot attend the master class, you must advise us in writing at least 10 working days before the course starts.

If you withdraw from the master class 10 working days or less from the start date, we will be unable to refund your course fees.

We reserve the right to cancel or terminate a course or refuse any enrolment.

If a course is cancelled by us, you will be offered a credit note or full refund.