NEW Thinking at Newcastle Writers Festival
More than 30 University of Newcastle staff and students will share their creativity and insights at the 2018 Newcastle Writers Festival through a series of workshops, presentations and masterclasses.
Hosted for the first time at the University of Newcastle’s city campus, NeW Space, will be a Masterclass which delves into connecting family and local histories with current issues and audiences. The ‘Making family and local histories global’ Masterclass will be held on Friday 6 April with the University of Newcastle’s Associate Professor Nancy Cushing and researcher Dr Julie McIntyre, along with Professor Andrew May (University of Melbourne) and Sue Ryan.
The University of Newcastle will also host a NEW Thinking Series which will explore new ways of thinking, involving some controversial topics. University of Newcastle’s Professor Lyndall Ryan will discuss her ground-breaking research of the colonial frontier massacres map with Professor Catharine Coleborne in a session on ‘Mapping Aboriginal Massacres’.
Head of Humanities and Social Science and Dean of Arts at the University of Newcastle, Professor Coleborne said, “Professor Ryan’s work was an incredible way to visualise frontier maps in general and there has been an overwhelming global engagement with it.
“We’re looking forward to inviting conversation around the topicality of the map and the map itself. Attendees will also have an opportunity to ask questions.”
University of Newcastle higher degree research students are also involved in presenting NEW Thinking Series sessions.
“By engaging University of Newcastle students as leaders in the Newcastle Writers Festival they have the opportunity to gain immersive work experience,” Professor Coleborne said.
In its sixth year, the Newcastle Writers Festival will host 140 writers and thinkers from throughout Australia from 6-8 April in the Civic precinct with the support of University of Newcastle’s Faculty of Education & Arts, and the Centre for 21st Century Humanities. The University is a founding sponsor of the Festival.
Sessions presented by University of Newcastle staff and students are listed in the table below. The full Newcastle Writers Festival program is available at http://www.newcastlewritersfestival.org.au/program/.
Friday 6 April
Time | Event | Presenters | Location |
11am – 1pm | Masterclass: Making family local histories global Free session | Nancy Cushing, Julie McIntyre, Andrew May and Susan Ryan | NeW Space. University of Newcastle. Room X201 |
Saturday 7 April
Time | Event | Presenters | Location |
10am – 10.30am | NEW thinking series Free session | Alexandra Lewis | Cummings Room, City Hall |
10am – 11am | Too much Rock ‘n’ Roll: A life in music Free session | Mark Tinson in conversation with UON’s Phillip McIntyre | The Marquee, Wheeler Place |
10.45am – 11.15am | NEW thinking series Free session | Kate Ariotti | Cummings Room, City Hall |
11.30am – 12.30pm | NEW thinking series Freesession | Nancy Cushing, Xanthé Mallet, Alistair Rolls. Host / Rachel Franks | Cummings Room, City Hall |
1.30pm – 2.30pm | NEW thinking series Free session | Greg Blyton, Gionni di Gravio, Ann Hardy and Craig Williams. Host / Marguerite Johnson | Cummings Room, City Hall |
3pm – 4pm | NEW thinking series Free session | Nicole Kimball, Gabrielle McGinnis, Elicia Taylor. Host / Amy Dewar
| Cummings Room, City Hall |
4.30pm – 5.30pm | NEW thinking series Free session | Christina Twomey. Host / Kate Ariotti | Cummings Room, City Hall |
4.30pm – 5.30pm | Life Experience: How do you transform real events into fiction?Free session | Jesse Blackadder, Kathryn Heyman and Michael Sala. Host / Suzanna Leal | The Marquee, Wheeler Place |
4.30pm – 5.30pm | Beyond the Capitals: The Voice of Regional PoetryFree session | Dael Allison, Steve Armstrong and Judy Johnson. Host / Magdalena Ball | Hunter Room, City Hall |
4.30pm – 5.30pm | Free session | Robert Drewe will launch UON’s Joanna Atherfold Finn’s book | Mulumbinba Room, City Hall |
Sunday 8 April
Time | Event | Presenters | Location |
10am – 10.45am | The Corridor of Truth: What fiction adds to history NEW thinking series Free session | Evelyn Conlon | Cummings Room, City Hall |
11.30am– 12.30pm | Mapping Aboriginal Massacres Free session | Lyndall Ryan, Catharine Coleborne | Cummings Room, City Hall |
1.30pm – 2.30pm | Why Study Writing? Freesession | Dael Allison, Keri Glastonbury and Kathryn Heyman. Host / Michael Sala | Cummings Room, City Hall |
3pm – 3.30pm | Picnic at Hanging Rock 50 Years On Free session | Marguerite Johnson | Cummings Room, City Hall |
3pm – 4pm | Free session | Chris Brown, Keri Glastonbury and Emily Stewart. Host / Claire Albrecht
| Mulubinba Room, City Hall |
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