Makuru - season of fertility

   Winter: June-July

   Time to move inland - More food available.

Makuru sees the coldest and wettest time of the year come into full swing. Traditionally, this was a good time of the year to move back inland from the coast as the winds turned to the west and south bringing the cold weather, rains and occasionally snow on the peaks of the Stirling and Porongurup Ranges.

Storyfire - The Magic of the Short

   Launch Photos

Presented by Amanda Joy

winner of the 2016 Peter Porter Poetry Prize

27 July 2:00–4:00pm

Mattie Furphy House, Swanbourne

   Using James Hillman’s essay “A Snake is Not a Symbol” as a centering point, participants will be guided through ways of reconfiguring their associations with various lifeforms to reawaken astonishment and wonder over their ‘presences’

   We will question the mystery of ‘isness’. Are we as writers gluttonous taxidermists or gentle excavators of the unique cadences of plants and animals (including human creatures)? Discuss the possibility of formal poetic structure as a mirroring of the natural world and ‘rewild’ our words.

   Within this workshop we will look at examples in the work of John Ryan, Robert Hass, Judith Beveridge, Nina Cassian, Robert Adamson, Basho and others.

   We will aim to produce at least one piece of writing each and develop some new techniques of looking and transcribing by the conclusion of the workshop.

Members $20/ Non members $25. To book ring 9384 4771 or email fellowshipaustralianwriterswa@gmail.com

FAWWA is crowdfunding through mycause to raise money for the publication of our long-awaited anthology Storyfire The Magic of the Short, released 2nd May 2019. If you can afford it, we would love a donation of any amount from $5 to $100.