Calendar of events
Upcoming Booranga events
- Writer-in-residence, Christopher 'Kit' Kelen: 1-15th May 2012
- Writer-in-residence, Jennifer Mills: 16th-30th March 2012
Past Booranga events 2011
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fourW twenty-two launches:
- Wagga: Saturday November 19th, 2.30pm, Wagga City Library. Launched by Graham Gorrell.
- Melbourne: Sunday November 20th, 2.30pm, Courthouse Theatre, Carlton. Launched by Petra White.
- Sydney: Saturday November 26th, 3.30pm, Gleebooks. Launched by Rhyll McMaster.
- Writer-in-residence: Kalinda Ashton - 8th - 23rd September. Events include:
- Writing Workshop, Saturday 17th September, 2pm, Booranga Writers' Centre (workshop is free to the public).
- Reading, Thursday 22nd September, 5pm, Wagga City Library (alongside local writer Kelly Shaw).
- Writer-in-residence: Jim Haynes - 18th - 30th July. Events include:
- Writing Workshop, Saturday 23rd July, 2pm, Booranga Writers' Centre (workshop is free to the public).
- Performance, Tuesday 26th July, 5pm, Wagga City Library (alongside poets Jane Williams and David Reiter).
- Writer-in-residence: Ali Cobby Eckermann - 1st - 13th March. Events include: Reading (with Lionel Fogarty), Thursday 10th March, 5-7pm, Wagga City Library; Writers' Workshop, Saturday 12th March, 2-4pm, Booranga Writers' Centre.
Past Booranga events 2010
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fourW twenty-one launches:
- Wagga: Saturday November 20th, 2.30pm, Wagga City Library. Launched by Jennifer McKinnon
- Melbourne: Sunday November 21st, 2.30pm, Courthouse Theatre, Carlton. Launched by Nathan Curnow.
- Sydney: Saturday November 27th, 3.30pm, Gleebooks. Launched by Keri Glastonbury.
- Writer-in-residence: Louise Waller - 6th May to 20th May. Events include: Reading (with special guest David Reiter), Thursday 13th May, 5-7pm, Wagga City Library; Writers' Workshop, Sunday 16th May, 2-4pm, Booranga Writers' Centre.
- David Finnigan (AKA 'Blind') performs Sun Drugs. Supported by Booranga performance poets. - 12th April, 7pm, Wagga's Basement Theatre
Past Booranga events 2009
- Rhyll McMaster Residency - Author Talk: 15th October, 5pm, Wagga City Library
- Anita Heiss - Author Talk: 21st August, 5pm, Wagga City Library
- Celebrating the Voice - Performance Evening: 31st July, 5pm, Wagga City Library / Workshops: 1st August, 10am - 1pm & 2-5pm, Wagga Council Meeting Room.
- Monthly Writers' Meeting: with special guest Alice Pung - 6th June, 2-5pm, at Booranga
- Writer-in-residence: Sarah Holland-Batt - 1st May to 12th May. Events include: Reading / Q&A session, Thursday 7th May, 5-7pm, Wagga City Library; Writers' Workshop, Saturday 9th May, 2-4pm, Wagga Historic Council Chambers.
- Writer-in-residence: Scott Monk - 1st March to 15th March. Events include: Reading / Q&A session, Thursday 5th March, 5-7pm, Wagga City Library; Writers' Workshop, Saturday 14th March, 2-4pm, Wagga Historic Council Chambers.
Past Booranga events 2008
- Writer-in-residence: Alice Pung - 14th October to 28th October. Events include: Reading / Q&A session,Thursday 16th October, 5-7pm, Wagga City Library; Reading, Wednesday 22nd October, 5-7pm, Albury City Library; Writers Workshop, Sunday 26th October, 2-4pm, Wagga Historic Council Chambers.
- fourW nineteen launch - 15th November, 2.30pm, Wagga City Library
- fourW nineteen launch (Sydney) - 22nd November, 2.30pm, Glebebooks
- March 5th: 4pm - Rachel Tonkin children's book author & illustrator workshop at the Wagga Wagga City Library - contact Sharon Smith, Children's and Youth Librarian, Riverina Regional Libraries for further details.
Past Booranga events 2007
- March 5th: 4pm - Rachel Tonkin children's book author & illustrator workshop at the Wagga Wagga City Library - contact Sharon Smith, Children's and Youth Librarian, Riverina Regional Libraries for further details.
- November 17th: 2.30 pm - fourW launch in Sydney at Glebebooks
- November 10th: 2.30 pm - fourW launch at Wagga City Library and WWWW 20th birthday celebrations
- October 19th: Australian Poetry Slam 07 (Wagga Heat) - 7pm at Wagga City Library [read Booranga Newsletter]
- October 4th: Cyberwriters launch at 6pm, Wagga Historic Council Chambers [view poster]
- September 15th: Tara June Winch Residency (Includes bbq at Booranga on Saturday 15th) [read Booranga Newsletter]
- September 5th: Statelines 'Poets on Wheels' reading (Angela Stretch - Sydney, Petra White - Melb, Derek Motion (Wagga)) [read]
- September 1st-3rd: 3-Day Novel Writing Contest [read]
- August 21st: Alan Gould (Canberra) with David Gilbey (Wagga) reading. [read]
- July 18th: Lee Kofman's reading at the Wagga Library [read]
- June 13th: HSC Open Mic [read]
- May 16th: Tara June (visit one) reading at Wagga City Library (with John Muk Muk Burke (Wagga)) and workshop at Booranga [read]
- March 28th: Poetry reading featuring Les Murray, Michael Crane (Melb) and Sarah Tiffin (Cootamundra)