Les Wicks Touring Poet: Riverina Lecture & Writing Workshops
Les Wicks Touring Poet: Riverina Writing House and Western Riverina Arts presents two major writing events in Leeton. This is an opportunity not to be missed, running over two days.
Wednesday 2nd March 2022 : 6-9pm. Western Riverina Arts presents The Riverina Lectures. Gala Poetry Reading & Open Mic Night. In conversation with Les Wicks and Leeton Writers' Collective.
Thursday 3rd March 2022 : 9am-12pm. Les Wicks Writer Workshop. “YOU HAVE GOT A STORY TO TELL”
Want to swim in the word world but it all seems a bit daunting? How to start? How to finish? This supportive and wide-ranging workshop will inspire and clarify the processes of getting your work out to readers. All those who wish will have a piece published in a leading internet magazine.
Thursday 3rd March 2022 : 6-9pm. Les Wicks Writer Workshop. ”PLAN TO BE PUBLISHED"
You’ve worked hard, those writings of yours deserve a wider audience. This workshop will give you a unique set of strategies for polishing your work and getting it published regardless of whether you are new or developing voice. Les' programs are known for their constructive and friendly orientation. This workshop will have an emphasis on the nuts and bolts of establishing an audience. A key component of the evening will be traditional workshopping where 1 of each participant's pieces are discussed collaboratively should participants so wish. But this won't be all that's covered. Participants will benefit greatly from applying insider's hints on how the poetry scene works. Pieces are examined with a view to finding outlets that fit your style... all in addition to intensive editorial feedback. Everyone who so wishes will have their piece published in an established internet magazine. Experience has shown this approach is highly effective… combining practical insight with an artistic dialogue among peers.
Participants should bring pen, paper & should they so wish 15 copies of one piece (max 30 lines poem. max 1 page prose).
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Les Wicks – For over 45 years, Wicks has performed widely in Australia and internationally. He has been published and broadcast in over 400 different channels, magazines, anthologies and newspapers across 35 countries in 15 languages. He conducts workshops around Australia and has edited various projects over the decades, the latest being Guide to Sydney Crime (2022). He runs Meuse Press which focusses on poetry outreach projects like poetry on buses and poetry published on the surface of a river. His 15th book of poetry is Time Taken – New & Selected (Puncher & Wattman, 2022). http://leswicks.tripod.com/lw.htm
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Presented by The Riverina Writing House and Western Riverina Arts through the support of Create NSW.
