The State Library of NSW would love to invite you to a wonderful event!
Renowned horticulturalist and garden historian Judyth McLeod (Heritage Gardening and In a Unicorn’s Garden) gives an illustrated talk about sustainable food gardens, conserving heirloom plants and their future role in the climate change garden.
With a particular historical emphasis on the medieval period, this popular speaker discusses the skills of women throughout history in producing food.
Date: Tuesday 2 March 2010 Time: 5.30 pm for 6 pm to 7 pm
Venue: Dixson Room, Mitchell building, State Library of NSW, Macquarie
Street
Cost: $15 (Friends, students and concessions), $20 (seniors), $22,
includes light refreshments
Bookings essential!
Online :
HERE Phone: (02) 9273 1770 Email:
bookings@sl.nsw.gov.au
For more information see the flyer
Varuna has formed a partnership with the Watermark Literary Society and the Mick Dark Watermark Fellowship which will replace the original Mick Dark Writing Fellowship for Environmental Writing. This fellowship will be offered once every two years, starting from 2010.
Mick Dark, son of Eleanor Dark and Dr Eric Dark, made a gift of their
Blue Mountains family home, Varuna, to Australian literature in memory
of his parents.
Full details: http://varuna.com.au/
Closes March 1
Arts NSW generously funds the NSW LitLink Program – with four exciting professional development opportunities for writers living outside Sydney. These programs link New South Wales’ unique network of regional Writers’ Centres – Northern Rivers, New England, Hunter, Central West, South Coast, Riverina (Booranga) and Blue Mountains (Varuna).
The NSW Litlink Varuna Writing program uses and extends the resources of Varuna, the Writers' House, Australia's national centre for residencies and writing programs. Depending on the program, writers selected will have valuable time at Varuna to work on their project or consultation time with a member of the Varuna Creative Team (Peter Bishop, Helen Barnes-Bulley and Carol Major) or have their poetry published by Picaro Press.
"Receiving the Litlink Award for my unpublished novel
was validating, particularly as the judges were general readers. I have
had good responses from the handful of publishers but no publication
offer. Winning Litlink boosted my confidence - an assurance I was on the
right track. Varuna has proven the perfect setting for a concentrated
examination of what my novel needs to give it lift-off. Working with
Carol Major has been extraordinary. From the basic premise that a
manuscript can be a cage she suggested doing a range of exercises
instead of plodding through a rewrite. The aim was to distill the
essence of why I was writing the novel, and to find the core of the
issues and characters' concerns and motivations. It worked. It has been
a privilege having time in the Varuna environment, where writers and
writing are valued and nurtured, with access to a wealth of
experience."
Dael Allison, LitLink Unpublished Manuscript Award, 2009 In 2010,
The following programs are available exclusively to writers living in regional NSW:
Application form (both parts) available late February.
Full information: http://varuna.com.au/