Hazel's Gigs for 2008
Click on a month below to see what Hazel is doing...
January 2008
| January 22nd Tuesday |
'Antarctic Writer on Ice' Box Hill RSL 11am. |
February 2008
| February 20th Wednesday |
ASA Working With Your Publisher Workshop 10am-4.30pm Victorian Writers Centre. Twilight Series 5.30 pm Athenaeum Book Discussion group 'Antarctic Writer on Ice'. |
| February 22nd - 24th Friday to Sunday |
Sydney International Conference speaker SCWBI/ASA Hughenden Hotel. |
March 2008
| March 15th Saturday |
Early Years Conference: Keynote Venue: Frankston Arts Centre, Davey Street Frankston, 3199. |
| March 28th - 30th Friday to Sunday |
Sydney ASA Annual General Meeting |
April 2008
| April 9th Wednesday |
11am 'Non Boring Writing' Carrum Downs. (to be confirmed) |
| April 10th Thursday |
Launch 'Trust Me' anthology (Ford Street Publishing), State Library 4.15pm (includes my 'Two Left Sneakers' story) |
| April 14th Monday |
11.40am. ABC National' Bush Telegraph' radio interview re 'Writing a Non Boring Family History'. |
| April 16th Wednesday |
9-10am & repeat 9-10pm ABC LifeMatters, First Person 'Guess What, There's a Cake-Eating Hippo on the Roof of Box Hill Hospital'. Athenaeum Library Lunch Talk 'Antarctic Writer on Ice' 1.30-2.30. |
May 2008
| May 2nd - 4th Friday to Saturday |
All the Wild Wonders. 9th CBCA National Conference. Melbourne Convention Centre. |
| May 10th - 14th Saturday to Wednesday |
Thuringowa Public Library, Qld. For National Trust Heritage Festival, including: May 11th (Sun) 10-3pm Writing a Non Boring Family History workshop & school sessions. |
| May 17th Saturday |
Upwey Launch 'Short & Twisted' anthology which includes my 'Making a Killing at the Pokies' crime story. Check ABC Life Matters podcast about the pokies research A Year of Pokies Gambling March 23rd 2008. |
| May 21st - 25th Wednesday to Sunday |
Alice Springs NT CLIC (Children's Literature in the Centre) including LAUNCH of 'Gang O Kids' on Sunday. |
| May 25th - 28th Sunday to Wednesday |
Darwin talks (to be confirmed). |
June 2008
| June 5th Thursday |
Monash Library 2-3pm Non Boring Travel Writing & additional session. |
| June 7th - 9th Saturday to Monday |
Queens Birthday Weekend Woodend Winter Festival. Release of 'Dramatics' & 3 collections of classroom plays (Teaching Solutions Publisher) |
| June 12th Thursday |
Monash Public Libraries. 'Antarctic Writer On Ice'. 2.00-3.00pm. |
| June 26th Thursday |
Monash Public Libraries. 2-3pm 'Writing a Non Boring Family History'. |
| June 29th Sunday |
11am-noon National Museum Canberra. Reading from 'Antarctic Closeup'. |
| June 29th Sunday |
Canberra Stories on Sunday at National Museum of Australia. |
July 2008
| July 6th Tuesday |
Cowes, Ibis Literary Festival: Non Boring Writing Workshop. |
| July 7th Monday |
Blackburn Library 2-3pm 'Antarctic Closeup'. |
| July 20th Sunday |
Darwin NT Writers' Centre 'Writing a Non Boring Family History'. 10-4pm. |
| July 23rd Wednesday |
Camberwell Nth Probus 'Writing a Non Boring Family History'. 11am. |
August 2008
| Release of 'Bumblebee' illustrated by Mini Goss (New Frontier Publishing). | |
| August 8th - 9th Friday to Saturday |
Latrobe University, Bendigo Conference. Keynote. |
| August 10th Sunday |
Family History Week Institute of Genealogy. Blackburn 2pm. Non Boring Writing for Grandkids. |
| August 16th - 22nd Saturday to Friday |
Children's Book Week 'Fuel the Mind'. Newcastle area. Newcastle Public Library school sessions & NSW launch of 'Gang O Kids'. |
| August 21st Thursday |
Wallsend Primary Newcastle. Author Talk. |
| August 27th Wednesday |
ASA Athaeneum The Business of Writing. 10-4.30pm. |
September 2008
| September 3rd Wednesday |
Ipswitch Literary festival web chats 9.20- 10.15 'Gang O Kids' & 10.45-11.30 'Outback Ferals'. |
| September 10th Wednesday |
Homesglen TAFE 3.30pm 'The Business of Creativity'. |
| September 17th Wednesday |
Highvale Primary. 'Gang O Kids' Writing Workshop No 1. |
| September 22nd Monday |
Radio Interview Cranbourne 97.7FM 11am-1pm. |
October 2008
| October 7th Tuesday |
Casey Library Hampton Park. 10-3pm 'Writing a Non Boring Family History'. Non Boring Writing for Grandkids talk as part of Ageing Festival. 1-2.30pm Arthur Wren Hall, Hampton Park. |
| October 15th Wednesday |
1.30-3.00pm Highvale Primary 'Gang O Kids' Writing Workshop 2. |
| October 21st Tuesday |
2-3pm Manchester Primary 'Storytelling Conference'. |
| October 23rd Thursday |
Royal Children's Hospital 11am Radio Macadamia and 12.30pm talk in Oncology Ward about 'Guess What There's a Hippo on the Hospital Roof Eating Cake'. |
| October 30th Thursday |
Hawthorn Boroondarah Library 7.30pm 'Writing a Non Boring Family History'. |
November 2008
| November 12th Monday |
10.40am Waverley Probus 'Antarctic Writer On Ice'. |
| November 13th Thursday |
6.30pm Hampton Primary Art Trail 'Gang O Kids' activity. |
| November 21st Friday |
Ozkids Literary Dinner RACV Club. |
December 2008
| December 5th & 6th Saturday & Sunday |
Sydney ASA Committee. |