Scotch College Literature Festival
Story Matters
3 - 7 August 2015
Story Matters
3 - 7 August 2015
Nazeem Hussain is a comedian, writer and activist and has fast become one of the most in-demand TV and radio personalities in Australia. He is the star and creator of the critically acclaimed TV show Legally Brown (SBS), which was nominated for Most Outstanding Comedy at this year's Logie Awards. A familiar voice on the airwaves, Nazeem is regularly heard on Triple J and NOVA's Meshel & Tommy and until recently was one half of award-winning cult comedy duo Fear of a Brown Planet. This year Nazeem embarked on his first ever solo stand-up tour and his was one of the most successful shows to come out of the 2015 Melbourne & Sydney International Comedy Festivals. He also toured Adelaide, Brisbane, Tasmania, Antwerp and Paris and sold out London's prestigious Soho Theatre!
Keynote Speakers: Dylan Parker & James Norton
Workshops:
Oral:
Dylan Parker & James Norton,
Sarah Brenan,
Russell & Sarah(double workshop)
Visual:
Bernard Caleo,
Heath McKenzie
Written:
Joe Ducie,
John Harms,
John Heffernan,
Matt Blackwood (double workshop),
Robert Newton
Afternoon Presentation: John Heffernan
Click here for Year 7 Schedule
Keynote Speaker: Robert Newton
Workshops:
Oral:
Sarah Brenan,
Russell & Sarah (double workshop)
Visual:
Bernard Caleo,
Heath McKenzie
Written:
Joe Ducie,
John Harms,
John Heffernan,
Matt Blackwood (double workshop),
Robert Newton
Afternoon Presentation: Tim Costello
Click here for Year 8 Schedule
Keynote Speaker: Barry Jonsberg
Workshops:
Oral:
Barry Heard (double workshop),
Russell & Sarah (double workshop)
Visual:
Bernard Caleo,
Heath McKenzie
Written:
Barry Jonsberg,
Ellie Marney,
Joe Ducie,
John Harms,
Luka Lesson,
Matt Blackwood (double workshop),
Melissa Keil
Afternoon Presentation: Unsung Heroes of Australian History
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Keynote Speaker: Jason McCartney
Workshops:
Oral:
Barry Heard (double workshop),
Russell & Sarah (double workshop)
Visual:
Bernard Caleo
Written:
Barry Jonsberg,
Ellie Marney,
John Harms,
Luka Lesson,
Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli,
Melissa Keil,
Russell & Sarah
Afternoon Presentation: Elizabeth Finkel
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Keynotes:
Years 11 & 12 Keynote Speaker: Tony Wright
Year 11 Keynote Speaker: Joshua Funder
Year 12 Keynote Speaker: Dan Oakes
Seminars:
Year 11 Seminars:
Henry Rosenbloom,
Kate Burridge,
Vanessa O'Neill
Year 12 Seminars:
Henry Rosenbloom,
Kate Burridge,
Vanessa O'Neill,
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Guest MC: Brian Nankervis (Booking online)
Fathers and sons, grandfathers and brothers, boys and their guests are invited to this fabulous free event.
Come to breakfast and share your love of books and reading. This promises to be a fun-filled gathering where
you will enjoy great food, outstanding company, and of course, books!
Date: Tuesday 4 August 2015
Time: 7am - 8.30am
Venue: Cardinal Pavilion
Please Contact Ms Angela Morris (email:angela.morris@scotch.vic.edu.au, phone: 9810 4344) for further details.
Guest Speaker: Elliot Perlman ( Flyer | Booking online )
Elliot Perlman is the award-winning internationally acclaimed author of Three Dollars, The Reasons I Won't be Coming,
Seven types of Ambiguity and The Street Sweeper. He has been described by the Times Literary Supplement (UK) as 'Australia's
outstanding social novelist' and by Lire (France) as 'the classic of tomorrow', one of the '50 most important writers in the world'.
Elliot Perlman - His life and work
Novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and barrister, Elliot Perlman talks about his writing life from Melbourne to New York and back.
7 August 2015 at 7pm at the Boulevard, 121 Studley Rd, Kew