Benjamin Law

2011 Ubud Writers Festival
5-9 October 2011
Sessions and workshops with DBC Pierre, Marieke Hardy, Corinne Grant, Brenda Walker, Rosemary Sayer, O Thiam Chin, Juan Gabriel Vasquez, Alicia Sometimes, Martine Murray, Meredith Costain and Phillip Gwynne.
Full program: ubudwritersfestival.com

Brisbane City Council Libraries
Free author talks about The Family Law
Sunnybank Library:
Saturday 2 July, 1pm
Indooroopilly Library:
Sunday 3 July, 10.30am
Grange Library:
Saturday 9 July, 11am
Garden City Library:
Sunday 10 July, 10.30am

Byron Bay Writers Festival
North Byron Events at North Beach (NSW)
5-7 August 2011
Full program details here.

Business of Being a Writer
The Wheeler Centre (Melbourne)
Friday 27 May 2011
Finding work, filing tax, managing deadlines, sending invoices… welcome to the life of a writer. We know how confusing it can be trying to navigate the business side of creativity so we’ve designed this special masterclass to give you the tools and confidence to work as a writer.
Appearing with:
Paul Callaghan, Mel Campbell, Matt Davies, Lisa Dempster, Anita Heiss, Sarah Jansen and Aden Rolfe.
Full details here.

2 Sides of the Coin
Swanston Hall, Melbourne Town Hall (Melbourne)
Sunday 29 May 2011
Faking it Vs Making it. You envy their careers: they are published. Their Twitter followers number in the tens of thousands. They have been on TV! They have made it! Or have they? Four writers plead their case and then you be the judge… are they making it, or faking it?
Appearing with:
Clem Bastow, Sammy J, Penny Modra and Ben Birchall (host).
Full details here.

Big Gay Week: The Only Gay Book in the Village
The Wheeler Centre (Melbourne)
Tuesday 01 March 2011
What makes a piece of writing gay? The author? The subject matter? The characters? Is Queer literature alive and well in Australia and what value is there in identifying it as such?
Appearing with: Fiona McGregor, Sophie Cunningham and William Yang
Full details here.

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