EVENTS-What’s On

LISTED DATES:
September 8, 2010 – Workshop and Luncheon Meeting
September 21, 2010  – 85th Year Anniversary Celebration

Credits:
Photography for SWW: Joy Williams
Caterer: Laissez Faire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Note: The State Library will be using the Dixson Room on the second Wednesday of August.
We therefore had to move our meeting back to the 4TH.

WORKSHOP – 10.00 A.M. to 11.45 A.M.  $10 Everyone welcome
Convenor – Beatrice Yell

Topic: ‘Transformational Characters in Film’
Tutor: KAREL SEGERS

Workshop: ‘Transformational Characters in Film’ to be presented by Karel Segers. Those interested in writing a screen play shouldn’t miss this flash yet comprehensive workshop.

Tutor Bio: Karel Segers is a former international movie buyer who blogs, teaches and consults on screen story. Karel ranks in the world’s Top 10 most influential people on Twitter for screenwriting and is recognised as an authority on the Hero’s Journey and story structure. Among his clients are writers, producers, the AWG and government agencies locally and overseas. Karel was the head of Programming and Acquisitions at the Digital Broadcasting Company in London, bought films for Europe’s biggest pay-tv Canal Plus and was a movie show host for MTV Europe.

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Before I moved to Sydney in 2001, I headed Production, Programming and Acquisitions at the Digital Broadcasting Company (DBC) in London, I was a film buyer for Europe’s largest pay-tv group Canal Plus and a movie show host for MTV Europe.  I started my career in the late eighties producing top rating radio shows in Belgium, my country of birth.

Since moving to Australia, I have produced three short films, co-produced two documentaries and two feature films.  Alongside my production work, I have always enjoyed blogging, teaching and consulting. My clients have been writers, directors and producers and a few of them have won some cool awards. They’ve each told me they wouldn’t have won without my help. (I only take on very kind clients.)

My work as a Producer, Co-Producer and Exec Producer has resulted in a diverse range of projects finding development money, production funds, post-production investment, international sales, film festival wins, etc. – KAREL SEGERS

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LUNCHEON MEETING: 12.00n for 12.30pm – 2.30pm

Member Talk:  Pam Bayfield and Joan Fisher – COME WITH ME

SWW Immediate Past President Pam Bayfield and Joan Fisher who will both talk about Joan Fisher’s memoir Come With Me. Her book tells the experiences of World War II nurses on board the hospital ship Oranje at a military hospital base in the Atherton Tablelands and her time in Borneo on board the hospital ship Manunda.

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GUEST SPEAKER: LORRAINE McGEE SIPPEL – HEY MUM, WHAT’S A HALF CASTE?

 

In 2008, Lorraine was the recipient of the Inaugural Yabun Elder of the Year Award, for her commitment to reconciliation and for her work in her local community of Lane Cove. Her recently published book Hey Mum, What’s a Half-Caste? was shortlisted for the David Unaipon Award in both 2006 and 2007. Apart from her talent as an author, Lorraine is also a registered nurse and mid-wife.

 

 

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010 –
THE SOCIETY OF WOMEN WRITERS’
85TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY GARDEN PARTY

Venue:   Government House, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Time:      2pm – 4pm
Ticket:    $50
Attire:     Business or lounge suit for men. Afternoon formal for women. Hats optional.
NO PARKING AVAILABLE.  If needing wheelchair access, please contact the Society.