The The NSW Writers' Centre

Talking Writing

Talking Writing is a bi-monthly writing night,  featuring panel discussions with authors, publishers, and other writing-related events. Talking Writing is free for members of the NSW Writers’ Centre and ticketed for outside guests.

Writing Comedy
Thursday 10 May, 6:30pm-8:30pm

Join us at the NSW Writers’ Centre for Writing Comedy – a night exploring the ins and outs of writing comedy for the page and the stage… and making it funny. What is the difference between being funny in writing and on TV or in film? Three practising professionals will talk you through the process of making someone crack a rib. Join Mother and Son creator Geoffrey Atherden, with two of Australia’s brightest emerging comedy writers, Ben Jenkins and Alexandra Neill.

Join us on Thursday 10 May from 6:30pm-8:30pm for a panel discussion with free drinks and refreshments. Talking Writing is a great opportunity to meet and connect with other writers and is free to members of the NSW Writers’ Centre. Tickets are $20 for outside guests.

If you are a member please email events@nswwc.org.au with your name and membership number. If you are not a member and would like to attend you can purchase tickets by clicking here.

About the speakers

Geoffrey Atherden AM is best known for his multi award winning television series Mother and Son and Grass Roots. His other television credits include Eggshells and One Day Miller, both award winning situation comedy series and BabaKiueria, which received a United Nations Media Peace Award. Stepfather of the Bride, a telemovie broadcast on ABC television in 2006 was awarded a Silver Plaque in the 2007 HUGO awards in Chicago. His latest play, WARNING: EXPLICIT MATERIAL was part of Sydney’s Ensemble Theatre’s 2011 season. Geoffrey was President of The Australian Writers’ Guild from 1994 to 1998, is currently a Board Member of Screen NSW and is President of the Australian Writers’ Foundation. In 2009 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia.

Ben Jenkins is a Sydney based writer who has had his work featured in The Lifted Brow, Going Down Swinging, Voiceworks and Seizure. He has written three stage shows for the Melbourne Comedy Festival and runs a live story telling night in Sydney’s inner west. This year, he has worked as a writer and researcher for the Chanel Seven programThe Unbelievable Truth and has co-created a short for television series which will air on Channel 11. He is returning for a second year as co-director of the National Young Writers Festival

Alexandra Neill is the 2012 editor of The Pun, a website devoted to independent coverage of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.  She’s written for Good News Week and The Great Debate. Her blog (adventures-in-tv-land.blogspot.com) documents all of these things and more. Several people claim to read it. Some even say it is good. One day she hopes to be successful enough to hire someone else to write her bios. In the meantime she spends a lot of time on Twitter.

Upcoming

June 14: Mystery Festival

July 12: Travel literature

August 9: New voices

September 13: The Burning Library Project

October 11: Graphic Novel Night

November 8: TBC