![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Jan. 12th, 2011 02:59 pmI promised some folks I would remind them about workshops early enough so that they could book. If you were thinking of doing a workshop or a short course and say "Nah, I'll do it another time" please rethink. Some of the courses are going to be replaced with different ones (this is their last time round) for one thing. For another, the more students I have, the more income I earn and the less I worry about the Europe trip. Mostly, though, the cycle for these subjects is nearing an end and I may not be teaching them again for a long while. This happened a few years ago with Arthurian courses and now it's happening with food history and (to a lesser extent) with family history and memoirs.
Manipulating readers' minds (12 February). When I was editing Masques and Baggage, I explained to writers how punctuation and paragraphing were about manipulation. Three of the writers challenged me to teach a workshop for locals who had missed out on my apparently rivetting explanations. The ACT Writers' Centre thought the challenge was interesting, and has taken it up.
This workshop is very hands-on. Writers send me samples ahead of time and we look quite specifically at what they can do and how they can go about it and the effects different uses have on readers. No readers will be harmed during the preparation for this workshop.
Writing your family's history starts on 17 February. It explores family stories and how to tell them. We also deal with research techniques and finding more information about families and their background. Most times I've taught it, the class has opted for extra work on writing skills.
Medievalishness!!. Lots of fabulous historical background for novelists and people who love the Middle Ages and RPGers and other geeks. Twenty odd years of research have to find an out in my teaching somewhere and, alas for Canberra, this is the place. I have bad jokes and a board game and tons of new things to talk about. Last time I taught this, the class insisted they learn how to curse someone. The time before, they wanted cool tales of heroes and monsters.
The food history course starts on 5 May. It will largely be tailored to student interests (in other words, if the class wants to learn about Ancient Roman food, I will teach it and if they're interested in the culinary arts of cooking during the Blitz then we'll examine mock apricot tarts closely - if what they really want are trade routes, then I *love* teaching trade routes), but will include a healthy dose of Medieval food and a recipe or two from Jane Austen's family.
Manipulating readers' minds (12 February). When I was editing Masques and Baggage, I explained to writers how punctuation and paragraphing were about manipulation. Three of the writers challenged me to teach a workshop for locals who had missed out on my apparently rivetting explanations. The ACT Writers' Centre thought the challenge was interesting, and has taken it up.
This workshop is very hands-on. Writers send me samples ahead of time and we look quite specifically at what they can do and how they can go about it and the effects different uses have on readers. No readers will be harmed during the preparation for this workshop.
Writing your family's history starts on 17 February. It explores family stories and how to tell them. We also deal with research techniques and finding more information about families and their background. Most times I've taught it, the class has opted for extra work on writing skills.
Medievalishness!!. Lots of fabulous historical background for novelists and people who love the Middle Ages and RPGers and other geeks. Twenty odd years of research have to find an out in my teaching somewhere and, alas for Canberra, this is the place. I have bad jokes and a board game and tons of new things to talk about. Last time I taught this, the class insisted they learn how to curse someone. The time before, they wanted cool tales of heroes and monsters.
The food history course starts on 5 May. It will largely be tailored to student interests (in other words, if the class wants to learn about Ancient Roman food, I will teach it and if they're interested in the culinary arts of cooking during the Blitz then we'll examine mock apricot tarts closely - if what they really want are trade routes, then I *love* teaching trade routes), but will include a healthy dose of Medieval food and a recipe or two from Jane Austen's family.