Sunday 19 August 2018

Jill Jones: September Writer-in-Residence


Booranga's 2018 Writer-in-Residence program continues in September with our final writer for 2018, award-winning poet Jill Jones, in residence from 18 September to 30 September.

Jill Jones has published eleven full-length books of poetry, including Viva the Real (UQP 2018), Brink (Five Islands Press 2017), and The Beautiful Anxiety (Puncher & Wattmann 2014) which won the Victorian Premier's Prize for Poetry in 2015. 



Her work is represented in a number of major anthologies including the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature, Contemporary Australian Poetry and The Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry

In 2014 she was poet-in-residence at Stockholm University. She is a member of the J.M. Coetzee Centre for Creative Practice, University of Adelaide.

http://www.jilljones.com.au/

Latest book: Brink, Five Islands Press
http://fiveislandspress.com/catalogue/brink-jill-jones


Jill's events are as follows:

Our 'members only' event is the Meet-the-Writer soiree to welcome Jill to Booranga. This is being held on Thursday 20 September, 6pm at Booranga. 
To register your attendance please RSVP booranga@csu.edu.au 

Also available is a limited number of one-on-one consultations with Jill. 
To submit a piece of writing for consideration please email  booranga@csu.edu.au



Writing Workshop
When: Saturday 22 September, 2pm to 4pm
Where: Booranga Writers’ Centre, Mambarra Drive, Wagga Wagga
Cost: Free for members, 
$10 donation is requested from non-members. RSVP


Public Reading:
When: Thursday 27 September, 5 pm 
Where: Historic Council Chambers
Fitzmaurice St. Wagga Wagga
Cost: Free  RSVP




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.


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