Each year KSPF is proud to promote the craft of writing by hosting a number of writers in our residency program which is funded by the Department of Culture and the Arts. The residency program includes positions for established and emerging writers as well as our young writers residency. As well as allowing each writer the time and space to work on their own writing projects, the writers participate in the events of the centre and run workshops thus sharing their knowledge and experience throughout our writing community. WIR Comments
The Writer in Residence Accommodation and three other Writers' Retreats are also available for rent by writers wishing to get away from the distractions of normal life to progress a piece of work, when it is not being used by KSP Writers in Residence. Accommodation
Threasa Meads is a writer, artist and PhD Candidate with a passion for nurturing the creative writing of others. Her first memoir, Nobody, was shortlisted for The Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 2008 as well as being awarded a Text/Varuna Publisher Fellowship in 2009. Her work in various genres has been published in street press, anthologies, and online journals. She teaches and mentors writers at Flinders University and in the wider community, and is currently working on a magical realist memoir, Singing up the Bones, which is a sequel to Nobody. Threasa lives in Adelaide with her husband and their mischievous cat Rufus.
Jeremy Balius was Dallas Texas born, Gießen German raised, Los Angeles California educated, and has lived in Fremantle Western Australia for the last seven years. He looks after Black Rider Press and hangs out with the Cottonmouth kids. wherein? he asks of memory is forthcoming from Knives Forks and Spoons Press (UK). He writes for the last of the red hot lovers.
Valerie Parv, international best-selling author, is a successful writer of romance and non-fiction. Valerie’s books have sold more than twenty-six million copies internationally, and been translated into over twenty languages from Russian to Japanese and Icelandic. With a master of arts from Queensland University of Technology and a diploma in professional counselling, she conducts seminars and workshops on creativity and the writer’s craft. Her practical guide to the romance genre, The Art of Romance Writing, was voted the most useful book on writing in a poll of members of Romance Writers of Australia. Valerie recent works include Heart & Craft, the ultimate ‘how-to’ book on romance writing, and How Do I Love Thee? (Allen & Unwin, 2009) a unique collection of love stories written by Australia’s top selling and award-winning authors. Valerie is the first Australian author to receive a Pioneer of Romance Award recognising her contributions to the field of romance writing. The award was presented to Valerie by Romantic Times Book Reviews Magazine at their annual Booklovers' Convention in Los Angeles this year. Follow Valerie on Twitter @valerieparv. More information including a complete list of Valerie’s books are at www.valerieparv.com.
Author of The Sacred Moon Tree, Bradbury Press, 1986, nominated for the Washington Irving Children's Book Award, Laura's poetry has appeared in literary magazines in the US, Italy, New Zealand and Australia. In 1996, she immigrated to Australia where she initiated Dangerously Poetic reading series and community press. Her collection, Breathworks, was launched at the Byron Writers Festival in 2002 by Dorothy Porter. She won the 2009 FAW John Shaw Nielson Award and the 2006 CJ Dennis "Open Poetry" Literary Award. Her latest book, Water over Stone, won IP Picks Best Poetry 2011 and is published by Brisbane publisher, Interactive Press.
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