Annual General Meeting

Our Annual General Meeting was held on Wednesday 18 April at the Historic Council Chambers and the executive positions and committee vacancies have been filled with David Gilbey returned for another term as President. Welcome to our three new committee members Ian Stewart, Kate Allman, and Ruby Foxlewin and to our continuing committee members from 2017.

A change in structure sees Sandra Treble filling the role of Treasurer and Kathryn Halliwell, as Secretary. These positions are titles which are taken on in line with their paid positions.

David Gilbey and Julie Montgarrett

Thanks to Dr Julie Montgarrett for being our guest speaker on the night and presenting a portion of her PhD titled Messy Resistance: the artist as doubtful writer?

"Julie Montgarrett spoke of the nuanced values of writing as a visual artist. She drew our attention to how the processes of creating text-like forms (asemic writing) and her research into archival written, visual, and archaeological sources informs her creation of artists' books. 

These complex, layered, intricate and challenging artefacts present 'fraught fictions and fragile facts'. Each page explores, both directly and indirectly, our understanding of colonial Tasmania (Van Dieman's Land) and the displacement of indigenous and familial knowledge from that region. Her use of writing - both found and made - provides one of several means of guiding speculation about the past while tentatively informing the present, particularly regarding historic events and the influence of absent individuals upon identities today."—Dr Sam Bowker

Jacob's Book from the Tideline by Julie Montgarrett     Photo: James Farley

Booranga Writers' Centre is supported by the  NSW Government through Create NSW.

Booranga Writers' Centre gratefully acknowledges the financial and in-kind support provided by Create NSW, Wagga Wagga City Council and Charles Sturt University.