Tuesday 22 October 2019Banksia Room,

Mt Claremont Community Centre & Library

Welcome to A Day of Literary Feasting 2019.

This one-day event held at Mt Claremont Community Centre and Library celebrates reading and writing with workshops from local

authors and bibliophiles.

The morning program will include a ‘Reading as a Writer’ workshop with Annabel Smith and ‘Reading for Pleasure and Wellbeing’ with Alana Marshall. Both Annabel and Alana have previously facilitated

popular events for the Nedlands Library Service.

In the afternoon we welcome local authors Lynne Leonhardt, Elliot Langdon, Tom McKendrick and Holden Sheppard to speak about

their recently published books.

We would like to say a special thankyou to Westbooks, who will have a pop-up shop with books by our guest speakers. Cash and

card are welcome.

Registrations are now open for the full day or individual sessions.We hope you enjoy A Day of Literary Feasting 2019 and will be

inspired by our special guests.

Susan WestEvent Organiser

Despina SwainLibrary Services Coordinator

Morning sessions

8.30am – 8.50am

8.50am – 8.55am

9am – 11am

11.15am – 12.45pm

1pm – 1.45pm

Afternoon sessions

2pm – 3pm

3.15pm – 4.15pm

4.30pm – 5.30pm

Registration and morning refreshments

Welcome

Annabel Smith – Writing Workshop: Reading as a Writer

Alana Marshall – Reading Workshop: Reading for Pleasure and Wellbeing

Lunch

Lynne Leonhardt – Step Up, Mrs Dugdale

Elliot Langdon and Tom McKendrick – Built Perth

Holden Sheppard – Invisible Boys

The Program

Annabel Smith – Reading as a Writer Workshop

9am – 11am

Annabel Smith is the author of interactive digital novel and app The Ark, US bestseller Whisky Charlie Foxtrot and A New Map of the Universe, which was shortlisted for the WA Premier’s Book Awards.

She is an Australia Council Creative Australia Fellow, holds a PhD in writing and teaches for the Australian Writers’ Centre.

Reading as a Writer is a hands-on interactive workshop in which you’ll have the opportunity to analyse extracts from some of the world’s best writers, understand the techniques they use and apply them to your own writing to further develop your skills.

For more information on Annabel Smith, visit annabelsmith.com

Workshops

Alana Marshall – Reading for Pleasure and Wellbeing Workshop

11.15am – 12.45pm

Alana Marshall’s passion for everything biblio-related led her to begin writing her online blog ‘The Library Within’. This has served as an expression of her enchantment with literature, libraries, lifelong learning and the engagement provided by the words of others.

‘The Library Within’ has now grown to encompass a bibliotherapy offering alongside other affiliated book-related services. Alana champions ‘deep reading’ and reading as a tool for lifelong personal development. Her cause is using reading to learn, grow, connect, recharge and find time outside technology to glean insight, reflect and build compassion – all of which she believes contributes to improved mental health.

Join Alana in this interactive workshop, where you can explore ideas and strategies for using your reading for personal and social change. This will span fostering reading insights with respect to personal wellbeing, community contribution development and life transitions. There will also be book-sharing time – a forum that will allow attendees to muse and discuss relevant books for different life themes.

To see more of Alana’s work go to her Facebook page facebook.com/thelibrarywithin

Lynne Leonhardt – Step Up, Mrs Dugdale

2pm – 3pm

In 1867, Henrietta Augusta Dugdale – dairywoman of Queenscliff – is pushed to breaking point and leaves her fourteen-year marriage. With access to her children denied, she enters the freethinking world of Melbourne bohemia and sets out to change the law that casts women as property, with no legal rights of their own.

A fearless crusader for women’s justice, the indefatigable ‘Mrs D’ outclasses those who try to silence or belittle her, all the while haunted by the loss of her three sons, the dark undercurrents of the past and the mysterious fate of her first love.

From newfound facts and family memorabilia, Lynne Leonhardt has created a luminous tale of love, loss, triumph and fortitude, set against the evocative coastal landscape of Port Phillip Bay and the wonder-city of Melbourne at the height of the gold-rush boom. Step Up, Mrs Dugdale is an unforgettable portrait of a pioneering suffragist – a hero for women, a trailblazer for her time.

For more information about Lynne visit lynneleonhardt.com

Author talks

Elliot Langdon and Tom McKendrick – Built Perth

3.15pm – 4.15pm

How often do you look up and take notice of the buildings that surround you?Although a relatively young city, Perth has a rich architectural history filled with visionary architects and iconic designs. From hard times in the fledgling colony to modern innovations changing the way we live and work, every building has a story to tell. Through beautiful graphic illustrations and captivating histories, Built Perth uncovers the stories behind 50 of Perth’s most fascinating and beautiful buildings. It is a welcome reminder that the built environment is more than just the place where people live – it is a reflection of who they are.

Born in Perth, Elliot Langdon has a Master of Architecture from UWA. He currently works as an architecture graduate at a Perth firm on projects in the education, retail, commercial and hospitality sectors.

Tom McKendrick hails from the North of England and has a degree in architecture from Northumbria University. He has worked in architectural practices in Perth before turning his attention towards his lifelong passion of illustration and graphic design. He now runs his own company, TMK Graphics, based in Fremantle.

For more information visit tomelliotstudio.com

Holden Sheppard – Invisible Boys

4.30pm – 5.30pm

In a small town, everyone thinks they know you. Charlie is a hardcore rocker, who’s not as tough as he looks. Hammer is a footy jock with big AFL dreams, and an even bigger ego. Zeke is a shy over-achiever, never macho enough for his family.

But all three boys hide who they really are. When the truth is revealed, will it set them free or blow them apart?

Holden Sheppard is an award-winning Young Adult author born and bred in Geraldton, Western Australia. His debut novel Invisible Boys won the 2018 City of Fremantle T.A.G. Hungerford Award and was published by Fremantle Press in October 2019. Invisible Boys also won the 2017 Ray Koppe Residency Award, the 2019 Kathleen Mitchell Award and was Highly Commended in the 2018 ASA Emerging Writers’ Mentorship Prize.

Holden’s novella Poster Boy won the 2018 Novella Project competition and was published in Griffith Review. His true story Fight, Deny, Delete was published in the 2019 Margaret River Press anthology Bright Lights, No City. Holden graduated with Honours

Author talks

from Edith Cowan University’s writing program and won a prestigious Australia Council ArtStart grant in 2015.

Holden serves as the Deputy Chair of WritingWA and is an ambassador for Lifeline WA.

Holden Sheppard has always been a misfit: a gym junkie who has played Pokemon competitively; a sensitive geek who loves aggressive punk rock; and a bogan who learned to speak French.

For more information visit his website holdensheppard.com

Registrations are essential as places are limited. Please select either full-day registration or the sessions you are attending.

Morning sessions

9am – 11amAnnabel Smith – Writing workshop $5

11.15am – 12.45pmAlana Marshall – Reading Workshop $5

Light lunch after workshops $15

Afternoon sessions

2pm – 3pmLynne Leonhardt – Step Up, Mrs Dugdale $5

3.15pm – 4.15pmElliot Langdon and Tom McKendrick – Build Perth $5

4.30pm – 5.30pmHolden Sheppard – Invisible Boys $5

Full-day registration $30

Registration

Total: $______________________________________________Full name: _______________________________________________Address: _______________________________________________Phone: _______________________________________________Email: _______________________________________________

Payment and registration can be made in person (cash or EFTPOS) or by phone (credit card payments) at Nedlands and Mt Claremont Libraries. Registrations close on Sunday 20 October 2019. For more information, contact library@nedlands.wa.gov.au or call 9273 3644.

A Day of Literary Feasting 2019 will be held from 8.30am-5.30pm at Mt Claremont Community Centre and Library,

107 Montgomery Ave, Mt Claremont. Register for the entire day, writing workshops or for select sessions only.

Registrations close Sunday 20 October 2019.

For more information visit nedlands.wa.gov.au/day-literary-feasting

or call Nedlands Library on 9273 3644

Presented by Nedlands Library Service, A Day of Literary Feasting offers a series of mouth-watering sessions for book lovers, aspiring writers and anyone seeking

inspiration from authors and the written word. This one-day event celebrates reading, writing and publishing

featuring the following guest presenters: Annabel Smith, Alana Marshall, Lynne Leonhardt, Elliot Langdon, Tom

McKendrick and Holden Sheppard.

Nedlands Library60-64 Stirling Highway Nedlands WA 6009T 9273 3644E library@nedlands.wa.gov.auW nedlands.wa.gov.au

Mt Claremont Library105 Montgomery Avenue Mt Claremont WA 6010T 9383 1462E library@nedlands.wa.gov.auW nedlands.wa.gov.au

Nedlands Library opening hoursMonday 9.30am – 6.00pmTuesday 9.30am – 8.00pmWednesday 9.30am – 8.00pmThursday 9.30am – 8.00pmFriday 9.30am – 6.00pmSaturday 9.00am – 1.00pmSunday 1.00pm – 5.00pm

Mt Claremont Library opening hoursMonday 9.30am – 7.00pmTuesday 9.30am – 6.00pmWednesday 9.30am – 6.00pm

Thursday 9.30am – 6.00pmFriday 9.30am – 6.00pmSaturday 9.00am – 12.00pmSunday Closed

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