Author Rae Luckie in Eden
05 Jun 2010
Life Writing workshop with Rae Luckie - Eden Saturday 5 June 2010
Rae Luckie is an extraordinarily generous and committed writer whose main
interest is helping people to preserve their life stories. Rae shows
workshop participants how to get their writing flowing, so that they can
tell the stories of their own lives and record precious family stories.
Join Rae for a one day workshop on Life Writing that will inspire or energise
your life writing project.
Just $30 for members of the South Coast Writers Centre, ACT Writers Centre
and NSW Writers Centre/$65 for non-members
What you will need for this workshop
Bring writing materials: smooth writing paper and comfortable pens or
pencils, and a photograph with a tree in the foreground or background about
which you would like to write.
When: 10am to 3.30pm, Saturday 5 June 2010
Where: Eden Log Cabin, Eden NSW
Bookings: 02 4228 0151 02 4228 0151
Cost: $30 members of SCWC, NSW WC and ACT WC/$65 non-members.
Bring your own lunch - tea and coffee will be supplied
About Rae Luckie
Rae is currently a lecturer in education at University of Wollongong's
Batemans Bay Campus. She has 12 years as a creative writing teacher and
mentor and specialises in community projects. She teaches creative writing
at University of Wollongong's Shoalhaven Campus summer session. Community
projects include: Once Upon a Time in Mosman: Intergenerational Biography
Project for Schools (for Mosman Council Library); Kirrawee Stories (for
Planning NSW Living Centres Program); Epicorma (Kiama Crisis Resource
Project); Kiama Stories (Kiama Council Cultural Grant); Searching for
Memories: Return to the Burma-Thai Railway. Mentorship/editing projects
include: Metaphysically Blue (Geraldine Fennell);Suzannah's Gold (Carol
Preston); Bluebells and Cherry Blossom:A Kentish Childhood (Joy Bedson);
Quirky Tales and Tidbits (Enid McLean); Mission Doctor to the New Hebrides
(Dr Ted Freeman).
Rae has judged short story writing competitions for Port Macquarie and Shoalhaven FAW. Her work has been published in: What Is Mother Love (2008) edited by Selwa Anthony (Penguin); Illness in the Academy (2007)edited by Kimberley Myers (Purdue University Press); Best Australian Stories 2004 edited by Frank Moorhouse (Black Inc); Stories from the Shed(1996) edited by Mark Thomson (Angus and Robertson); three works in No Thanks or Regrets(1996) edited by Jacqueline Kent; and Queen of Crime 2001 (winning entry) edited by Del Mutton. Among My Souvenirs was broadcast on Radio National in 2006.