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CONTEMPORARY OTAGO WRITERS
Dates: Wednesday, 3 September-Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Time: 10 am - 12 noon
Venue: Salmond College, Knox Street, North East Valley
Enrolments for this course will be limited to SO
Course Fee: $30.00
Tea and Coffee provided
Course Organiser: Judith Cowley (471 O026)
Course Assistant: Margaret George (467 2292)
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You may apply to enrol in more than one course in each series (subject to numbers). If you wish to do so, you must indicate your choice preference on the application form, and include payment of the appropriate fee(s).
All applications must be received by noon on Wednesday, 13 August 2008, and you may expect to receive a response to your application on or about 22 August. Any questions about courses after 22 August should be made to the Secretary, U3A Dunedin, telephone 471 9913 or on email at
THE LECTURE PROGRAMME
This seven week course will be provided by nine Otago-based writers working in a variety of genres. Some writers with a large body of work will take up a full session, others will share with someone else. They will read from their work, talk about influences on their writing, how they became writers, their working styles etal.
September 3 Brian Turner, poet
September 1O Emma Neale, poet and novelist; Sue Wootton, poet
September 17 Vanda Symons, crime novelist; Jackie Ballantyne, poet
September 24 Diane Brown, poet, novelist
October 1 Philip Temple, historian, novelist, non-fiction writer
October 8 Bill O'Brien, non-fiction crime writer, children's writer
October 15 David Eggleton, poet, critic, non-fiction writer
Please keep this brochure as a reminder of venue, dates, and times for the courses for which you apply.