Calendar of Events
Saturday 30th September - Lamb Island
- 08:30 LIRA Gallery Bookshop Café opens & Ticket office opens at the Pioneer Hall
- 09:00 Welcome to Country – With Avril Quaill
- 10.00 Tell me a Story - Avril Quaill & Anita Heiss discuss ways of listening. $10
- 12:00 Lunch – A la carte Bistro & pre-ordered picnics at the Lamb Island Rec Club.
- 13:00 Children's Picnic Storytime with Redland Libraries. Free
- 13.30 Writing Biographies with Historians Troy White, Dr Deborah Jordan, Dan Griffiths, Chantelle Honey and Adrian Hellwig. $10
- 19.15 Moonlight Movies - Free Outdoor Screening of Red Dog at Macleay Island Community Centre
Sunday 1st October
- 08:00 Shinrin-Yoku (Nature bathing) Haiku Poetry workshop - Lamb Island Community Garden with Karen Throssel - Free
- 09:00 LIRA Gallery Café opens for refreshments
- 09.30 Pioneer Hall: Spitfires! Writing strong women in literature - Judy Lattas (Convenor), Donna Cameron, Mirandi Riwoe, Michelle Upton and Melissa Lucashenko. $10
- 11:30 - Various Book Clubs – concurrent events.
- Book Club with a View – Terms of Inheritance, Michelle Upton
- Speedboat Book Club - Redlands Coast Guard, Natalie Sprite & Brian Falkner
- 12:00 Lunch, book swap/signing in LIRA Gallery Bookshop
- 13.00 Lawn Amphitheatre - Create an Opera in an Afternoon & Perform it! Ages 14+. Presented by Professor Anna Reid, Head of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. $10
- 13.30 Book Clubs
- Book Club with a view - The Burnished Sun, Mirandi Riwoe
- Non-Fiction Book Club - We Come with This Place, Dr Debra Dank
- 15.30 Festival goers are invited to the Lawn Amphitheatre to watch the newly created opera.
Monday 2nd October
Macleay Island Progress Hall (MIPA Hall)
Macleay Island Progress Hall (MIPA Hall)
- 9 -11.30am - Writer's Workshop with Mel Archer: Embodied - Simple daily rituals to nourish your creative self (includes a break for morning tea) includes gift bag and morning tea. Participants should bring a yoga mat. Cost: $50 - Book here!
- 13:00 - The Business of Writing Panel Discussing publishing options and the importance of editing - featuring a Self-Published Author, an Editor and a Publisher. $10
Mid-week workshops
Tuesday 3rd October
- 10am-1pm, Russell Island Community Centre: Workshop with Sandra Sciberras - Writing for the Screen. Interrogating an idea in a poem, novel, short story, play or image that has potential to translate to the screen is the subject of this event. A Writers on Water event. $20 or $10 concession
- 11am - Lamb Island (Venue TBA) - Calming Guided Meditation Workshop with Kay McInnes. Mindful mechanisms for coping with grief.
Wednesday 4th October
- 10am – Meet at the Ferry terminal on Russell Island for Sharon Jewell’s Nature & the Poetic Stroll - Writing within the natural provides abundant opportunities for contemplation and wonder. Stroll from the Jetty to Kennedy Farm and build a series of poetic works, where the written word becomes more than a reflection of what you see and reveals the world in new and surprising ways. A Writers on Water event. $20 or $10 concession
Friday 6th October
- 11.00am Yarning on the Bay on the MV Lady Brisbane. Storytelling and spring cornucopia luncheon featuring local seafood and island delicacies. Created in conjunction with the Russell Island Writers on Water, with sponsors: Sirromet and 8th Sense Kitchen.
Friday 6th October
17.00 - South Passage departs Manly Qld. Stargazing & Adventure Stories - two nights cruising Moreton Bay to SMBIs with 26 passengers with special events scheduled in the islands. Guest storytellers include Quandamooka woman and cultural icon Avril Quaill, Andrea Baldwin, Scientist and sax player Alan and dark sky stargazing with Astronomer Professor Duane Hamacher. Guests are welcome to bring a musical instrument. Cruise ends at Manly on Sunday Evening 8th October. Age 14+. $550.00pp. No smoking or alcohol permitted on board.
Saturday 7th October
17.00 - South Passage departs Manly Qld. Stargazing & Adventure Stories - two nights cruising Moreton Bay to SMBIs with 26 passengers with special events scheduled in the islands. Guest storytellers include Quandamooka woman and cultural icon Avril Quaill, Andrea Baldwin, Scientist and sax player Alan and dark sky stargazing with Astronomer Professor Duane Hamacher. Guests are welcome to bring a musical instrument. Cruise ends at Manly on Sunday Evening 8th October. Age 14+. $550.00pp. No smoking or alcohol permitted on board.
Saturday 7th October
- 10am – 3pm: Festival goers board South Passage at Macleay Island and sail to Dunwich for Whodunnit on the Bay with Donna Cameron, Melanie Myers and Dr Karen Thurecht and Floating Book Club with Melanie Myers.
- 10.00am - 12pm Festival Goers board South Passage at Macleay Island for the final event of the festival - Sea Shanties and working songs. this event has a capacity of 25 people. $10pp