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BWI 2021 AGM Results

Our 2021 AGM has been and gone. We would like to thank all of the members who turned up to vote, and all the members who stood for positions on our 2022 committee.

We would like to introduce to you all the 2022 BWI committee:

Chairperson: Rebecca Fletcher
Treasurer/Membership: Darren Rout
Secretary/Public Officer: Laura Wilson
Competitions Officer: Rachel Mitchell
Publicity Officer: Vacant

General committee members:
Phil Green
Nicole Kelly

All nominations were uncontested. If you are interested in the publicity position, or helping out with publicity, please contact us and we’d love to have a chat.

Thank you to everyone in the 2021 committee. Your work has been greatly appreciated!

November Meeting ticketing information

We are pleased that our last official members’ night of the year can go ahead in person at the Bunch of Grapes hotel. This is a free event  but, unfortunately, restrictions mean we will be limited in the number of members who can attend.

Please book a ticket to reserve your place – a link has been sent to current members through the newsletter. If you haven’t received it or find the process difficult, please get in touch! 

The winner of the Southern Cross Short Story Competition will be announced at the meeting.

The meeting will be seated, as per usual, with drinks and meals available to purchase, and members will be provided with a drink ticket on arrival valid for basic alcoholic beverages, soft drinks, tea and coffee!

Important: If you book a ticket and find you cannot attend, please cancel your ticket so those on the waitlist will have the opportunity to attend. Instructions for rescinding the booking will be included with your ticket.

Please note: Covid regulations apply, so those attending will need to sign in on arrival, wear a mask when not seated, and be able to show their double-vaccination certificate.

Where: Bunch of Grapes, 401 Pleasant St South, Ballarat
When: 6.30pm, 24 November 2021
Cost: FREE but booking is required. Drink ticket for each member (basic alcoholic and non-alcoholic).

Karen Turner to be guest speaker at April meeting

Karen Turner, author of the Torn series

For the April meeting, we are thrilled to welcome Karen Turner as our guest presenter. She will be talking about the role of research in historical fiction as well as general writing tips, and will be available to answer questions.

Karen, born in Australia to an English mother and Italian father, discovered a passion for historical fiction after twenty years in the financial services industry.
 
As an escape from corporate writing, Karen began writing short stories and, in 2009, published her first collection All That and Everything. Many of the short stories won awards, including the Society of Women Writers Victoria, Biennial Literary Award and the Free XpresSion Literary Award.
 
Her first novel, Torn, was followed by its sequel, Inviolate.
 
Karen’s latest, Stormbird, was written as the final instalment in the Torn series, but can also be read independently. Shortlisted for a national award, Stormbird was published by FisherKing Publishing, UK.
 
Karen is currently working on her next book, Fever, set in the Victorian goldfields.
 
Additionally, Karen writes for several financial magazines, speaks at public events and facilitates writing workshops.
 
She lives in Victoria’s Riverina region with husband Stuart and rescue cats Katie and Panda.
 
In her spare time, Karen volunteers at an animal shelter, enjoys running and drinks too much coffee.

Meeting details

Where: Bunch of Grapes, 401 Pleasant St South, Ballarat

When: 7pm, 28 April, 2021

Cost: Free

Please feel free to arrive from 6.30pm for a meal and general socialising before the meeting.

January Members’ Meeting

Our monthly in-person Members’ Nights are back! We are meeting at our old stomping ground, the Bunch of Grapes hotel, on the last Wednesday of each month. Details for January are:

Where: Bunch of Grapes, 401 Pleasant St South, Ballarat
When: 7pm, 27 January 2021
Cost: FREE but booking is appreciated
Please see your newsletter for the booking link, or contact us.

It would help us if you were able to please book a ticket using the link above, but it is not essential. Normal contact-tracing rules will apply once you arrive at the Bunch of Grapes.

To welcome you all back, Ballarat Writers will be shouting attending members a drink (house wine, beer on tap, soft drinks or tea/coffee). It’s parma night on Wednesdays so if you would like to grab a hearty meal beforehand, the room is available for dining from 6.30pm. (Full menu also available.)

Also, we will have a book giveaway, courtesy of Nicole Kelly, held over from the end-of-year picnic!

The committee has been working hard during our year of isolation and we look forward to bringing you more in-person events in 2021. With the AGM happening on 10 February, now would be a good time to chat with us if you are interested in helping out or even joining the committee this year.

Most of all, we are so excited to see some familiar faces again after so long!

Prizewinners and picnickers

It’s an action-packed week as we bid farewell to 2020, with prize announcements on Wednesday and a picnic on Sunday!

Our last monthly members’ meeting for the year is on Wednesday November 25, at which the winners of the Martha Richardson Memorial Poetry Prize (judged by Terry Jaensch) and the Pamela Miller Prize will be announced, as well as affording members a chance to catch up. The meeting will be held online using Zoom. It will start slightly later than usual, at 7.30pm. We look forward to returning to in-person meetings in the new year!

Details for joining the meeting have been sent in the members’ newsletter. Please get in touch if you’ve missed it or need help accessing Zoom.

Then, on Sunday, the easing of COVID restrictions means we can go ahead with our end-of-year picnic! Please join us at South Gardens, Ballarat Botanic Gardens, on Wendouree Parade, from 2pm on Sunday 29 November. BYO snacks, chairs and rugs as we exercise COVID-safe distancing to finally catch up in the flesh, reflect on 2020 and look forward to a more social and active 2021. 

Bonus: We will have a signed copy of Lament, by Beaufort’s Nicole Kelly, to give away to one lucky picnicker!

BWI 2019 AGM information

It’s that time of year again! Our AGM will be held on Wednesday February 13 at the Bunch of Grapes hotel from 7pm. The outgoing committee will be there early to gather feedback and ideas, and to answer questions from those who might be interested in building Ballarat Writers into something bigger and better.

To speed up the proceedings, we are making our position reports available prior to the meeting. This will save us the need to have our usual read through on the night.

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September Words Out Loud

Words Out Loud is getting some spring wind beneath its wings (not hard to do in Ballarat!) and ‘taking flight’ in September.

The September 20 event will be held at the Printers Room, in the basement of Sebastiaans at the corner of Mair and Lydiard streets. The full menu will be available, as well as a $20 two-course meal deal (there might, or might not, be golden syrup dumplings for dessert). Doors open about 6pm if you’d like to dine early.

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