KATE FORSYTH APPEARANCES
2021
Wednesday 29th September
Kate Forsyth in Conversation with Tess Woods (online Zoom event)
6pm-7pm
Join PLWA for an online conversation with internationally published poet, novelist and storyteller Dr. Kate Forsyth. Hosted by Tess Woods, Kate will present her book Searching for Charlotte.
In Searching for Charlotte, Kate Forsyth and Belinda Murrell embark on a voyage of discovery that investigates family history, writing, motherhood, what changes and what stays the same.
It is a journey that will transform everything they thought they knew about their family…
Purchase your tickets HERE
Monday 11th – Monday 18th October – Plotting & Planning
LIVE ONLINE COURSE
6.30 – 8.30pm every Monday night for 2 weeks
PLOTTING AND PLANNING with Kate Forsyth
This course is ideal for: Fiction writers looking for more structure
You will learn:
The basic formula for all stories
Intuitive approach versus the analytical approach
The seven basic plots you need to know
How to keep your reader glued to your plot
And much more
$275
Purchase your Tickets HERE
BOOKED OUT!
Please contact the Australian Writers Centre HERE to be placed on the wait list in case of cancellations
Saturday 23rd October – Sunday 24th October
HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETY AUSTRALASIA 2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
Saturday 23 October, 9.00am:
Dr Kate Forsyth will be giving the Welcome Speech on the theme of Recovering & Restoring Lost Histories
Saturday October 23, 1.30pm – 3.45pm
Online Workshop – Biographical Fiction: How to Bring People who Once Lived Back to Life
Biographical Fiction is a literary genre which reimagines a real person’s life. It blends the meticulous research of a biography with the vivid, immersive readability of a novel, and blurs the boundary between the two. In recent years, biographical novels have become hugely popular, with novels such as Burial Rites by Hannah Kent, The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris, Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, and The Paris Wife by Paula McLain becoming international bestsellers. Yet how do you research the life of someone who once lived? How can you bring their characters to life on the page? And how much freedom do you have to imagine their inner lives, their fears and desires and drives, and put words into their mouths? In this two-hour long masterclass, Dr Kate Forsyth will share some of her insights from her own experience of writing award-winning and bestselling historical biographical fiction. She will discuss research, character, voice and dialogue, and how to find the balance between creative freedom and ethical responsibility.
Purchase your tickets HERE
Sunday 24 October, 9am-10am:
Online panel: Jenny Quinlan in conversation with Kate Quinn & Kate Forsyth
Jenny Quinlan, founder of Historical Editorial, talks with bestselling authors, Kate Quinn and Kate Forsyth, on what draws them to a particular era of history, the challenges faced in their research, and whether they are influenced by the market in selecting an historical period for their next book.
Purchase your tickets HERE
Monday 1 November – 22 November
Dare to Dream: Find your voice and tell your story
LIVE ONLINE COURSE
6.30-8.30pm Every Monday night for 4 weeks
This course is ideal for: Writers who wish to unlock the door to their subconscious and find joy, inspiration, vitality and empowerment in telling their story.
You will:
Find the courage to tell your story in your own true voice
Discover new inspiration and direction in your writing
Learn how to write swiftly and fluidly in the flow
Be energised to explore new ways of thinking about writing and storytelling
Face your fears and unlock your full potential.
$465
Purchase your tickets HERE
TRUE LIFE STORIES with Dr Kate Forsyth & Belinda Murrell
Two week-long retreats at beautiful Springfield in the Southern Highlands of NSW, running from:
November 29th – December 6th
& December 10th – 17th
LEARN HOW TO TRANSFORM TRUE LIFE INTO COMPELLING STORIES
“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.”
Ernest Hemingway
In this in-depth and intensive writing retreat, Kate and Belinda will teach you the art of personal storytelling while drawing upon real life in your creative work. Whether you are writing fiction or non-fiction, memoir or autobiography, this retreat will give you the tools you need to write with authority and authenticity.
Both these retreats were booked out, but because the dates of one were unavoidably changed due to Covid, some spots have opened up…
See more information & book HERE
2022
Monday 31st January – Monday 28th February
History, Mystery & Magic
LIVE ONLINE COURSE
6.30 – 8.30pm every Monday night for 5 weeks
Explore the romance of history, mystery and magic in your writing
Do you want to write novels filled with the romance of the past?
Or with the page-turning compulsion of a suspenseful mystery?
Maybe you want to tell a story with that extra twist of magic and wonder?
Stories set in the past can take your readers into another world. But what tools and techniques can you use to capture their imagination? If you want to explore the romance of history, mystery and magic… this is the course for you!
$450
Purchase your tickets HERE
Monday 7 -14th March 2022
STORY MEDICINE
Editing Masterclass Retreat in New Zealand
I have been planning to run a special writing & editing retreat in New Zealand in March 2022 – we are monitoring the COVID situation to see if it is possible. Save the date, and I will announce once we know it can go ahead.
Thursday 17 – 24th March 2022
Mythic Creativity Retreat To Enchant & Empower Your Life
A week-long retreat to inspire you to re-discover your creativity and fill your life with enchantment, wonder and empowerment. Drawing on ancient myths and fairy tales, this retreat with Dr Kate Forsyth and Kinchem Hegedus celebrates storytelling, poetry, art and the making of things with hands and heart. It is designed to help you find a new sense of meaning, purpose and connection to the human and natural world, as well as an opportunity for a cleansing of your body and spirit. Dr Kate Forsyth draws on her doctorate in fairy tales and mythology, and her many years of creative practice as a poet, novelist, oral storyteller and retreat leader, to help you follow your bliss and awaken to a life of creative joy.
This retreat is for any woman who longs to re-discover her joy in creativity.
“Myths and fairy tales, like art and poetry, are potent distillations of the human psyche, speaking in the mysterious language of the deep unconscious: allegory and archetype, metaphor and motif, symbol and synchronicity. They are the quintessence of wonder and wisdom.’
Kate Forsyth
Purchase your tickets HERE
Monday 28th March & Monday 4th April 2022
PLOTTING & PLANNING
Live Online Course
6.30 – 8.30pm every Monday night for 2 weeks
PLOTTING AND PLANNING with Kate Forsyth
This course is ideal for: Fiction writers looking for more structure
You will learn:
The basic formula for all stories
Intuitive approach versus the analytical approach
The seven basic plots you need to know
How to keep your reader glued to your plot
And much more
$275
Purchase your tickets HERE
Creative Writing Retreat in the Cotswolds – Stratford-upon-Avon, UK
Being optimistic people, we have set the date for the 2022 Creative Writing Retreat in the Cotswolds!
Save the date: May 15 – 23 2022, during the glorious English spring.
For more information, please contact Better Read Literary Tours HERE:
Join internationally bestselling author Dr Kate Forsyth for a week in beautiful Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare, at a writing retreat designed to help you re-discover your creativity and joy in writing.
This retreat is for writers at any stage of their careers, from those who have always wanted to write but never found the time, to those who are deeply immersed in a creative project and want to find the way to boost it to the next level.
Spend your mornings talking, listening, laughing and playing with words with Kate and your fellow students. Spend your afternoons exploring the glorious countryside of Oxford and the Cotswolds, a landscape that has inspired some of the world’s most beloved authors.
Discover Oxford, ‘the city of dreaming spires’, and have a restorative ale in the pub where C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien first shared their enchanted worlds. Walk the streets where Shakespeare once trod, and read the curse he cast on anyone who disturbed his grave. Wander through some of England’s most beautiful gardens, and be inspired by the romantic setting of castles and yew mazes, mysterious circles of standing stones, and haunted manor halls.
This course is ideal for:
Anyone wanting to re-connect with their creativity and hone their writing skills.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Jenny Gordon
Better Read Literary Tours
[email protected]
TRUE LIFE STORIES with Dr Kate Forsyth & Belinda Murrell
A week-long retreat at beautiful Springfield in the Southern Highlands of NSW, running from:
LEARN HOW TO TRANSFORM TRUE LIFE INTO COMPELLING STORIES
“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.”
Ernest Hemingway
In this in-depth and intensive writing retreat, Kate and Belinda will teach you the art of personal storytelling while drawing upon real life in your creative work. Whether you are writing fiction or non-fiction, memoir or autobiography, this retreat will give you the tools you need to write with authority and authenticity.
Both these retreats were booked out, but because the dates of one were unavoidably changed due to Covid, some spots have opened up.
See HERE for more information
