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Upcoming Events:
Special dates to mark in your diary for 2024 are:
- Announcement of the winner of the Book Links Award for Children’s Historical Fiction
Meetings:
Book Links meetings are held online via ZOOM, generally the Monday evening before the monthly Write Links meetings.
Email the secretary@booklinks.org.au for dates if you are interested in getting involved.
Write Links meetings are generally held on the first Saturday of the month at the State Library of Qld and online. Venues can vary.
The general structure is generally:
● 1:00 pm – Networking
● 2:00 pm – Topic of interest or professional development
● 3.00-5.00 – Critique groups
Workshop meetings are also scattered throughout the year and on those days sessions can begin earlier.
Sometime there is a fee to attend to cover presenter fees.
The next Book Links meeting will be via ZOOM on Monday 29 July from 6pm followed by Monday 2 September.
If you wish to join in please email info@booklinks.org.au for a link.
The next Write Links meeting will be Saturday 3 August from 12:30pm followed by Saturday 31 August from 12:30pm.
The August Write Links meeting will be held at State Library of Qld in Meeting Room 1b on Saturday 3 July 2024. This will be a hybrid meeting so at the point of booking select ‘in person meeting’ or ‘zoom session’. If you book for in person then find you can’t come, you can still join via ZOOM with the link sent in the confirmation email.
This is a special workshop meeting so we charge a fee to cover costs of the guest presenter. It will be $20 or for Book Links members $15. To get the discount, add in your members discount code at the point of payment. It was sent to you in the Trybooking confirmation email when you joined. Not a member? JOIN HERE FIRST to get your booking code.
BOOK HERE – Remember the ZOOM link is in the confirmation email.
- 12:30 pm Write Links networking
- 1:30 pm Topic: Adaptable with Josie Montano
- 3:00 -5:00 Critiquing
If you are coming just for the critique session no booking is required.
In this session, Josie Montano will chat about the key points of adapting from manuscript to movie. As a prolific author who has been shortlisted and longlisted three times with QWC’s Adaptable Program, she will share her inside knowledge of what Producers are seeking as well as her technical expertise as a scriptwriter and filmmaker herself.
Adaptable is an annual program organised and managed by Queensland Writers Centre, with the support of Screen Queensland. It usually runs mid-November to mid-January.
The Program seeks material for film or television adaptation, and accepts submissions of manuscripts of any genre, fiction or non-fiction, published and unpublished. Successful applicants to the Program (up to 25 shortlisted writers) are given the opportunity to pitch works with potential for screen adaptation to producers, showrunners, screenwriters and industry professionals.
The September monthly Write Links meeting will be held a week early on Saturday 31 August 2024at State Library of Qld in Meeting Room 1B.
This will be a hybrid meeting so at the point of booking select ‘in person meeting’ or ‘zoom session’.
If you book for in person then find you can’t come, you can still join via ZOOM with the link sent in the confirmation email.
If you are coming just for the critique session no booking is required.
This is a special workshop meeting so we charge a fee to cover costs of the guest presenter. It will be $25 or for Book Links members $15. To get the discount, add in your members discount code at the point of payment. It was sent to you in the Trybooking confirmation email when you joined. Not a member? JOIN HERE FIRST to get your booking code.
- 12:30 pm Write Links networking
- 1:30 pm Topic: Editing with Kristy Bushnell
- 3:00 -5:00 Critiquing
Remember the ZOOM link is in the confirmation email.
Editing
- What does an editor do – covering structural editing, copyediting to proofreading
- Differences with editing compared to manuscript appraisals and beta readers
- When do I need an editor and how to find one
- Any insights to what publishers are looking for – dos and don’ts
Kristy Bushnell is an experienced freelance book editor and mentor specialising in children’s and young adult literature.
Book Links StoryArts Brisbane Conference is now open for bookings to the general public.
Please go to this part of our website to find out about the program and how to book.
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