KSP hosts quite a number of writing groups both at Katherine's Place and off site. For enquiries on any of the writing groups please phone the KSP Office Manager on 08 9294 1872 or email kspf@iinet.net.au
Contact: Collin O'Brien Venue: Katharine's Place Meets: Thursdays at 4.00pm - 5.00pm Cost: $3.00 members/$5.00 Non members
If you are between 10 to 13 years of age and love to write, come to 'Grease Writing' at Katharine's Place, every Thursday (during school term) and meet other young people interested in writing.
Just bring some writing material and your imagination - you'll get to do some cool writing!
Contact: Collin O'Brien Venue: Katharine's Place Meets: Thursdays at 5.00pm - 6.00pm Cost: $3.00 members/$5.00 Non members
Genius-ish Young Writer-Types for young writers 13-18 meets from 5.00 to 6.00 pm.
Contact: Esme Park Venue: Council Chambers, Helena St, Midland Meets: 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month 9.30am - 11.30am Cost: $3.00 members/$5.00 Non members
A women's writing group that meets in the Council Chambers in Helena Street Midland. It writes for fun and for competitions and to get published, with visiting authors, even snatches of voluntary homework, for beginners and the already-successful of all ages from teens to centenarians.
It provides encouragement and inspiration to keep writing. Like other KSP writing groups it publishes an anthology each year of its members' best stories and poems.
The venue is within easy walking distance of the Midland rail and bus station. There is free parking in the Centrepoint carpark across the road.
Contact:Glad McGough and Salamah Pope Venue: Katharine's Place Meets: 1st Sat of the month 10am - 12noon Cost: $3.00 members/$5.00 Non members
Non-fiction writing covers a broad range of subjects spanning from biographies, newspaper articles, ghostwriting, letters, anecdotes; speeches and historical writing. The new group will explore skills to tackle non-fiction writing projects, such as developing your ideas; writing commercially, writing for the internet, the children's and youth market; research and interviews, selling your work; editing, polishing promoting and marketing your writing; copyright and plagiarism, critiquing and creative non-fiction.
Contact: Mardi May Venue: Katharine's Place Meets: 2nd Saturday of the month at 10am Cost: $3.00 members/$5.00 Non members
The group for people wishing to write the history of their families, their localities, or special events. The monthly session is facilitated by Mardi May who has written several books on the people and children of the Swan Valley.
Aims of Past Tense
Bring along your work. Get and give help with style, ideas, editing, and publishing.
Everyone is welcome. The group meets 2nd Saturday of the month at 10am for about two hours or as long as you wish.
Contact: Helen Venn Venue: Katharine's Place Meets: 3rd Sun of the month 10.00am Cost: $3.00 members/$5.00 Non members
If you to love to read good SF and/or fantasy, and you'd like to write, this is for you. No writing experience required, but you have to have a sense of wonder, a hankering for the heroic, and a sense that Earth is not room enough. So, if you can't watch the shuttle launch without feeling that dampness about the eyes and that tightness in the throat; if you wonder what meeting an alien would be like; if strange landscapes and stranger folk give you joy, then come and learn how to give those feelings to others.
This group runs a closed listserv to which members send new work for peer critiquing, and discuss ideas and publishing opportunities.
Contact: Chris Oakeley Venue: Katharine's Place Meets: Thursdays at 7.30pm Cost: $3.00 members/$5.00 Non members
Bring your work, read it, or just listen. Whether your writing is free-form poetry or bush verse, a short story, or a chapter from your autobiography or novel, the group can give help with constructive comment or assist with editing and publishing. The group believes that writing should be fun and that everyone should enjoy the evening.
The group self-publishes an anthology each year of work submitted by its members.
Everyone is welcome. The group meets every Thursday night at 7.30pm for about two hours and provides a light supper.
Contact: Jill Southgate Venue: Katharine's Place Meets: Wednesdays at 9.30am - Starts back on Wednesday 6 February 2008! Cost: $3.00 members/$5.00 Non members
The highly motivated Writefree Women's Writing Group has been meeting regularly at Katharine's Place for seven years. The enthusiasm and humour the group members bring to the weekly meetings is contagious. It provides encouragement and inspiration to keep writing. The group has self-published an anthology of their writing every year for the past nine years.
Contact: Faye Dease Venue: Katharine's Place Meets: Alternate Thursdays at 9.30am Cost: $3.00 members/$5.00 Non members
The Tall Tales Writing Group focuses on short stories of fact and fiction and anywhere in between, with peer critiquing and writing exercises. New members are welcome.
Contact: John Lewington Venue: Katharine's Place Meets: 3rd Sat of the month 10.00am Cost: $3.00 members/$5.00 Non members
The Scriptwriting Group or, as we sometimes call ourselves, the 'Playgroup', meets every third Saturday in the month from 10am to 12 noon. To start 2006 we will be concentrating on small plays for theatre of from 15-30 minutes (good competition size) and will hold our own mini workshop for ideas on characters and story lines. Later we'll do some performance readings from our efforts. As an interesting exercise will will be looking to put some entries into Channel 10's short short series MARX and VENUS. This TV station is looking for public input of scripts for 26 5 minute episodes for later in the year. Everybody welcome, come along and surprise us with your scripts.
Contact: Mardi May Venue: Katharine's Place Meets: Alternate Mondays 12.45pm - 2.45pm Cost: $3.00 members/$5.00 Non members
For enquiries on any of the writing groups please phone the KSP Office Manager on 08 9294 1872 or email kspf@iinet.net.au