Workshops Schedule Released

All workshops are held in locations in central Ubud. Venue details will be provided on registration.

Wednesday 6 October

9.30 am - 4.30 pm

Translation Masterclass with John McGlynn, Sofia Mansoor and Hendarto Setiadi

This full day workshop is suitable for both Indonesian to English and English to Indonesian translators. The morning session will be devoted to issues of how to obtain work, how much to charge, the impact of new technologies, and developments in the industry. The group will break into two for the afternoon session, one for the English translators, the other for Indonesian translators. These sessions will focus on practice of translation. Presented by the International Publishers Forum.
Participants must submit a piece of translation work on registration.
* ONE PRICE Cost: Rp150,000

 

9.30 am - 12.30 pm

Go on, Show us Your Lines with Shelley Kenigsberg and Selena Hanet-Hutchins

The old adage Show Don’t Tell is enough to drive a person crazy! That is, unless they get the thrill of scenic splendour that comes from doing precisely that! This is one of the most heard about and (probably) least understood elements of writing. Join prominent editor Shelley Kenigsberg and author and editor Selena Hanet-Hutchins for this comprehensive workshop that will help you get the gist of what it is and how to apply it to your work (fiction, non-fiction, long pieces, short pieces). Is it always true that we should show not tell? Is it okay to sometimes tell what’s happened or will this just give the reader a ‘blueprint’ of the novel? How does ’Showing’ and ’Telling’ relate to scene-shaping and word choice, or dialogue? How can it help a writer craft a marketable novel or non-fiction work? All these questions will be answered ... and more.

Shelley Kenigsberg and Selena Hanet-Hutchins will also be offering their Editing in Paradise workshop from 12 - 17 October. An annual retreat, this is the brainchild of prominent editor Shelley Kenigsberg. She and colleague Selena Hanet-Hutchins developed the retreat program, tailored to developing writers — those who have completed a fiction or creative non-fiction manuscript to at least first draft — and delivered it successfully in 2009. Held in Pemuteran, northwest Bali, the program is structured over 6 days and offers individual consultations and self-editing techniques along with market awareness tools, designed to help writers recognise when they are at pitching point or how to read the feedback in reports and rejections. Editing in Paradise is designed to kick-start the writer’s own editing process, to guide experienced writers wanting to take their written manuscripts to the next stage and increase their chance of publishing success. www.editinginparadise.com.

 

1.30 pm - 4.30 pm

Blogging for Beginners with Jeff Loewenstein

Ever wanted to blog but don’t know where to start? Why share? How do you start? Is it hard? Who are you writing for? Join Jeff Loewenstein, who was given the ‘gift’ of a blog for his birthday, and learnt the hard way. He’ll take you through a step by step process from setting up your first blog, to keeping the content fresh and engaging, to talking to your readers and managing their comments. Special guest bloggers will inspire you, and then you’re off. Participants will be eligible to become part of the official Festival blogging team over the following 5 days.

 

Thursday 7 October

9.30 am - 4.30 pm

Travel Writing with Zhang Su Li

This intensive full day workshop focuses on the storytelling aspect of travel writing, and offers you guidance on how to identify and execute a powerful concept, craft your work, avoid clichés and make your story come alive. www.zhangsuli.com

 

1.30 pm - 4.30 pm

How to Start a Reading Group with Caroline Baum

Australian journalist and broadcaster Caroline Baum has started four reading groups in Australia. All are still going, some after more than twenty years. As the founding editor of Good Reading magazine she created a dedicated page each month for reading groups to share their stories, reading lists and anecdotes. In this workshop Caroline Baum explains how to start and run a reading group. She’ll cover topics including how to choose the books that make for stimulating, lively conversation, how to avoid arguments and other finer points of book group etiquette and share stories and anecdotes about various reading group models she’s experienced.

 

Friday 8 October

9.30 am - 4.30 pm

Short & Sweet: How to write a 10 minute play with Alex Broun

Short and Sweet is designed to inspire and inform/inspire you to write, and inform you of the basic techniques and tools you’ll need to write it. Alex Broun, Artistic Director of Short and Sweet Theatre Company, and one of the world’s leading ’10 minute playwrights’, will introduce you to the concept, then work with you to harness creativity. This full day workshop covers how to find your story, the four stages of writing a play, possible styles, the six stages of story, and the 10 minute structure.

 

9.30 am - 12.30 pm

Sex, Drugs, Love and Life: Writing Fiction for Young Adults with Daniel Ducrou

So you want to write young adult fiction? How hard is it to get published? How do I make my stories both believable and challenging? How can I improve quickly? Young adult fiction often focuses upon the pivotal moments in young people’s lives: the life changing decisions, accidents and experiences that shape the people they become. Young people are prone to taking risks and making spectacular mistakes on a variety of fronts: relationships, sex, drugs, first love, even just day-to-day living. This not only provides the writer with the key ingredients for dramatic storytelling, it also makes these characters a tremendous amount of fun to write. This workshop will equip you with a range of ideas and techniques for tapping into some of the juicier young adult subjects and bringing them to life.

 

1.30 pm - 4.30 pm

Make it Small and Make it Matter with Cate Kennedy

Do you find your short stories are overambitious and difficult to keep within word length? Does your plot seem too complex to explore, or is successfully resolving your story a problem? Join award-winning writer Cate Kennedy, one of Australia’s finest short story writers, where she will discuss the kind of subject matter which makes a short story work - how to spot a potentially great idea, how to approach it and how to make the most of it. Both beginner writers and more experienced practitioners will enjoy making this workshop part of their Festival experience.

 

Saturday 9 October

9.30 am - 4.30 pm

Your Successful Non-Fiction Book with Steve Mettee

Eighty-five percent of all books are nonfiction. Learn the ins and outs of writing and publishing a nonfiction book from a seasoned pro. (You can always write that novel while you’re collecting royalties for your nonfiction book). www.thewriteway.com .

 

9.30 am - 12.30 pm

From Reading to Writing: How a Writers’ Group can help with Ubud Writers Group

For those who are moving from dreaming of writing, to actually writing. How can writers groups facilitate this move? How do you set the rules? What are the etiquettes? How does constructive critique differ from personal response? This workshop will take you through step-by-step guide to successful writers groups, and the path to collaborative publication.

 

1.30 pm - 4.30 pm

Control I_Shift: How to Inject More Imagination into Your Writing with Kris Saknussemm

An intensive participatory workshop in making more interesting machines and monsters that move on the page. We will crush writer’s block, dispose of conventional wisdom and experience directly some practical methods of attacking a story, engaging readers and harnessing some of the elusive powers of the artistic mind. Be prepared for fun and hard work. Please bring a notebook or your laptop.

 

Sunday 10 October

9.30 am - 4.30 pm

Creating Real Characters with Lisa Teasley

It is our job as writers to find the humanity in any character, as well as to inspire empathy in the reader for all characters, no matter what gender, race, and religion, regardless of any emotional, moral, or even heinous crimes a character might commit. Inhabiting each and every one of our created characters is essential to good writing, so in this day workshop we will learn how to write only the truth, and take authorial judgment out of the narrative, allowing the characters to breathe and come to life.

 

9.30 am- 12.30 pm

Writing for children with Kirsty Murray

Children can be harsh critics of stories that fail to capture their imagination. In this practical workshop, children’s novelist Kirsty Murray explores techniques that help adult writers rediscover the secret child within and enhance writing successful novels for younger readers. From developing realistic child characters, through to understanding the world of children’s publishing, Murray will take participants through the process of turning ideas and inspirations into publishable children’s books.

 

1.30 pm - 4.30 pm

Reality Literature: Writing and Publishing your Memoir with Steve Mettee

A great memoir tells as much about the times and the attitude of the people in the memoir as it does about the life of the author. Join Steve Mettee to learn the other essential ingredients for a successful memoir.