Connect with us via Twitter @CorrugatedLines or find us on Facebook Write a Limerick competition – Theme: The Colour Red FREE ONLINE EVENT Entries in by 3rd August Write and submit one original Limerick on the theme The Colour Red to the Backroom Press Facebook page before the closing date. Winning entries announced and read at Word of Mouth on Saturday night, August 11. For guidelines on writing a Limerick, see the Backroom Press Facebook page. Non-users of Facebook may submit by email to [email protected] PRE-FEST Yawuru Haiku BOOKINGS REQUIRED 4–5.30pm Nyamba Buru Yawuru – 55 Reid Road, Cable Beach Join the Mabu Yawuru Ngan-ga language team and create short Japanese-style haiku poems. Using Yawuru words, this traditional poetic form will give expression to our country and seasons, and introduce you to some Yawuru language. Max 12 participants. Bookings with [email protected] Landscape writing with Donna Marie Carman FREE EVENT 4.30–5.30pm Gallery Sobrane – 48 Carnarvon Street (next door to Matso’s) Landscape Snapshot: Personal responses of the beholder. Create prose, poetry or a single word to represent your experience of landscape in light of guided imagery and ideas. Perspectives of Broome landscapes will be explored through written word during this workshop as part of Donna’s ten-day Artist Residency at Gallery Sobrane in August. Prologue FREE EVENT 6.30–7.30pm Broome Public Library – Corner Hamersley and Haas Streets Join us for the opening of Corrugated Lines 2018. Be welcomed by the Traditional Owners of Yawuru country and listen to some Yawuru songs performed by the Walalanga Ngan-ga singers. FRIDAY 10 AUGUST FRIDAY Meet the authors, enjoy some drinks and canapés, and mingle with our festival guests. Winners of the children’s limerick competition will also be announced. Corrugated Lines @ Bust Out Cabaret BOOKINGS REQUIRED 8pm Broome Civic Centre – 27 Weld Street Theatre Kimberley’s notoriously cheeky Bust Out Cabaret looks forward to a first-time, late night rendezvous with Corrugated Lines. Join us for some seriously hilarious literary leanings, as we welcome some very special festival guests to the stage, including the brand new Big Broome-Haa and many more! Tickets available from www.theatrekimberley.org.au or at the door. Cost $40/$45. Secondhand Book Sale FREE EVENT 8am–1pm Broome Courthouse Market – 8 Hamersley Street Broome Primary P&C is holding a Book Bonanza to fundraise for the school. Broome Primary relies on its P&C to finance many of the improvements and programs at the school, so please come along and support a great cause whilst scoring yourself some new books at bargain prices. Corrugated Lines Market Stall FREE EVENT 9am–12pm Broome Courthouse Market – 8 Hamersley Street Come to the Courthouse markets for a wonderful morning of festival activity. Pick up a program; buy a book at the Kimberley Bookshop stall; if you’re feeling energetic, join the Backroom Press team on the lawn for a game of Speed Scrabble, a fast and furious version with the biggest tiles you have ever SATURDAY 11 AUGUST 11 SATURDAY seen! Travel writing with Leah McLennan FREE EVENT 10.30–11.30am Bernadine Greene Room, SSJG Heritage Centre – 9 Barker Street Do you have a passion for travel and love to write about it? This session will give you a glimpse into what it’s like to get paid to travel and write about it. During the session you will learn about generating story ideas, writing compelling articles, pitching to editors and operating as a freelancer. In conversation with Allan Clarke FREE EVENT 11.30am–12.30pm Lock Up Cafe – 22 Carnarvon Street Join us for a fascinating conversation with Muruwari man and Walkley award-winning investigative journalist, producer and presenter, Allan Clarke. Allan has worked for BuzzFeed, SBS, NITV and is currently at the ABC, where his most recent work, Blood on the Tracks, featured on Australian Story and is the first instalment of the popular Unravel true crime podcast series on Radio National. Writing historical fiction with Dianne Wolfer $15 WAGED OR $10 UNWAGED 12.30–2pm Broome Public Library – Corner Hamersley and Haas Streets Dianne’s books are sparked by small moments in history: a girl signalling to departing troops, a flying doctor landing on Port Hedland’s Zero-strafed airstrip, a wounded soldier in PNG... In this practical workshop, Dianne will share her process and writing tips, and help participants begin shaping their own historical fiction. Limited to 20 people. Cash only payment. Improvisation skills with Damon Lockwood FREE EVENT 2.30–3.30pm Broome Public Library – Corner Hamersley and Haas Streets Free up your creativity, improve you communication skills and storytelling and have fun. Through games and exercises to enhance your improvisation skills you will learn to be in the moment, support your fellow actors, embrace fear, enjoy failure and say “Yes”. Regardless of your experience, learning improvisation is great fun! Maximum 20 people. Bookings 9191 3477. In conversation with Estelle Blackburn FREE EVENT 3–4pm SATURDAY 11 AUGUST 11 SATURDAY Kimberley Bookshop – 3 Napier Terrace While working as press secretary for WA’s first woman Premier, Carmen Lawrence, Estelle came across a story that would change the course of her life as well as the history of Western Australia. Her book, Broken Lives tells us about the two men who went to jail for crimes they did not commit. Wine and nibbles served. In conversation with Charmaine Papertalk Green and John Kinsella FREE EVENT 5–6pm Broome Public Library – Corner Hamersley and Haas Streets Acclaimed WA poets, Charmaine Papertalk Green (appearing in person) and John Kinsella (appearing via Skype) discuss their new poetry collection, False Claims of Colonial Thieves and the dilemmas facing a still-divided Australia. Chaired by Anna Moulton, CEO at Magabala Books. Word of Mouth FREE EVENT 7.30 SHARP to 10pm Piano Bar, Roebuck Bay Hotel – 33 Carnarvon Street A spoken word night featuring local Broome writers and festival guests. Presentations may include prose, poetry, monologue or rap… anything that demands to be freed from the page and given a voice. Includes open-mic time. Get there early to sign up on the night. Broome Biggest Book Club FREE EVENT 9.30–10.30am Kimberley Bookshop – 3 Napier Terrace Have you ever read a book and wanted to talk about it with other readers? Here is your chance to do just that. Join us at the Kimberley Bookshop for coffee, cake and a chat when we discuss Tim Winton’s latest novel, The Shepherd’s Hut. As Ben Quilty says, ‘Seriously, it’s incredible.’ In conversation with Ann McGrath FREE EVENT 10.30–11.30am Kimberley Bookshop – 3 Napier Terrace Minoru Hokari’s Gurindji Journey reveals how Indigenous interpretations of the colonizing past are histories too, whereas the edited collection Long History, Deep Time (Ann McGrath and Mary Anne Jebb) strives to break history’s temporal borders. Can History and Prehistory continue to be divided by word practices – by written versus spoken words? Writing for Cinema with Michael McCall FREE EVENT 10.30am–12pm Broome Public Library – Corner Hamersley and Haas Streets Ever fancied making your own movie? With Michael McCall you can develop your own style. Are you the next Aaron Sorkin, Diablo Cody, Jordan Peele or Leah Purcell? Come along and find out! Let your creative ideas shine in this fantastic screenwriting workshop! BYO iPad, laptop or pen and paper. Poetfree: Poetry with Cath Borthwick FREE EVENT 1–2.30pm Broome Public Library – Corner Hamersley and Haas Streets Free poetry workshop providing motivation and support, as well as time and space, to create your own poem/s. Cath Borthwick, regular Corrugated Lines poetry workshop facilitator, will focus on colour for imaginative vision. Suitable for those over 12 years old who enjoy creative writing. Bring your own writing instruments. The Reading Brain presentation with Dr Lorraine Hammond FREE EVENT SUNDAY 12 AUGUST SUNDAY 2.30–3.30pm University of Notre Dame – 88 Guy Street While we have an instinctive tendency to speak, learning to read is an optional accessory painstakingly bolted on. The mismatch between spoken language and reading helps explain why 3–5% of children struggle to read. Dr Lorraine Hammond will show why reading English, compared to other languages, presents particular challenges, and what parents and teachers can do to help. What is it about True Crime? Panel discussion FREE EVENT 3.30–5pm Argyle Room, Mangrove Hotel – 47 Carnarvon Street True Crime is a genre that has seen a spike in popularity over recent years, with books and podcasts topping charts all over the country. Given the troubling and often gory subject-matter, this is a curious phenomenon. This panel discussion between Estelle Blackburn, Allan Clarke, and fans of the genre, will ponder the question: What is it about True Crime? Epilogue FREE EVENT 5.15–6pm Argyle Room, Mangrove Hotel – 47 Carnarvon Street Join us for a drink as we close the book on Corrugated Lines for 2018. As the sun sets and the moon rises over the Bay, mingle with the characters of this year’s festival and review the festival that was. Featuring the Broometime Singers and other special performances. Ann McGrath Ann McGrath AM is Distinguished Professor at the Australian National University and is the Kathleen Fitzpatrick ARC Laureate Fellow, heading up a project entitled Rediscovering the Deep Human Past: Global Networks, Future Opportunities. Her latest book Illicit Love: Interracial Sex and Marital Relations in the United States and Australia (2015) won the NSW Premier’s History Prize. In Conversation Sunday, 10.30–11.30am @ Kimberley Bookshop Allan Clarke Allan is a Muruwari man and an award-winning investigative journalist, producer and presenter.