AUSTRALIA DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY:

All library branches will be closed on Monday 26 January for the Australia Day Public Holiday. Return chutes remain open for your convenience and remember our digital library is always open, as well as our Library Locker at Carnegie. All branches reopen as normal on Tuesday 27 January. 

Stranger than Fiction: Writing Workshop with Kate Mildenhall

Ready to take your writing skills further?

How do you write fiction that is based on a real event? What are your obligations? How much research should you do? In this writing workshop, author Kate Mildenhall draws on her personal experiences on how she came to write her novel “Skylarking” based on a true story that she came across when inadvertently camping next to a grave.

This session will cover finding stories in history, research tips, challenges of fiction VS facts and some reading recommendations.

Kate Mildenhall is the author of Skylarking, The Mother Fault, The Hummingbird Effect and her latest novel The Hiding Place, as well as children’s book To Stir With Love. The’s also a writing teacher and a podcaster.

Suitable for adults. Tickets $7. Bookings essential.

Please note: No refunds.

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