What's On

2023 Festival

Friday 2nd June 2023 | Programme

Writing Fiction: Where To Start and How To Go On

Venue: Ground Floor Conference Rooms, Salt Apartments Yeppoon

Venue: Fig Tree Gallery, Yeppoon

Saturday 3rd June 2023 | Programme

with Student Short Story Competition Announcements

Storytime at the Library {FREE}

An Evening with Michael Robotham and Chris Hammer

with Chris Hammer, Shelby Rhodina, Jade Goodwin & Lori-Jay Ellis

with Michael Robotham, Kylie Kaden, Kate Cuthbert & Alex Adsett

So What Does An Agent Really Do Anyway?

I Wrote A Book In High School You Can Too

PART A: The Power of Poetry - A Performance Poetry Workshop

Venue: Ground Floor Conference Rooms, Salt Apartments Yeppoon

PART B: The Power of Poetry - A Performance Poetry Workshop

Venue: Ground Floor Conference Rooms, Salt Apartments Yeppoon

Sunday 4th June 2023 | Programme

| Yeppoon Town Hall

with Mirandi Riwoe, Ally Blake, Jan Andrew Henderson and Cathy Vallance

with Kate Cuthbert, Cathy Vallance & Lori-Jay Ellis

World Building for High Schoolers

Practical Steps for Writing a Page Turner

Building A Character through Illustration {Juniors}

Venue: Ground Floor Conference Rooms, Salt Apartments Yeppoon

Building A Character through Illustration {Adults}

Venue: Ground Floor Conference Rooms, Salt Apartments Yeppoon

Writers Consults with the Queensland Writers Centre

Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th June

What now? What next? Critique? Edit? Publish? Courses? Get yourself a one-on-one consult with either Lori-Jay Ellis or Sandra Makaresz from the Queensland Writers Centre. Spend half an hour with a QWC expert talking about your writing/career.

Limited spaces available, don’t miss out!

The Capricorn Coast Writers Festival aims to foster the importance of books and reading by bringing together an exciting mix of authors, editors, publishers and industry professionals from all over Australia and our own community, to share their vast wealth of knowledge and passion. Join us at Stories By The Sea for a jam-packed weekend of learning, curiosity and inspiration – all against the backdrop of the beautiful Capricorn Coast.

OUR PARTNERS

We respectfully acknowledge the Darumbal people, the Traditional Owners and Native Title Holders of the land on which we meet, and pay respect to their elders past, present and future.

OUR 2023 PARTNERS AND SPONSORS

The Regional Arts Development Fund is a Queensland Government program through Arts Queensland and Livingstone Shire Council partnership to support local arts and culture.