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The Woman Who Cracked the Anxiety Code
The true story of the little-known mental-health pioneer who revolutionised how we see the defining problem of our era: anxiety. Panic, depression, sorrow, guilt, disgrace, obsession, sleeplessness, low confidence, loneliness, agoraphobia … Dr Claire Weekes knew how to treat them, but was dismissed as underqualified and overly populist by the psychiatric establishment. In a radical move, she had gone directly to the people.
Her international bestseller Self-Help for Your Nerves has helped tens of millions of people, and continues to do so. Yet even as letters and phone calls from readers around the world flooded in, thanking her for helping to improve — and in some cases to save — their lives, Dr Claire Weekes was dismissed as underqualified and overly populist by the psychiatric establishment. Just who was this woman, and what was her very valuable advice?
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Wednesday, 25 August 2021 - 7:30pm to 8:30pm Virtual Event
Writers' Workshop presented by Geelong Regional Libraries
Join Jock Serong, the versatile and award-winning author of five novels, in this unique writing course all about plot and structure in novel-length fiction. Readers have a deep instinct for story, and the inter-related concepts of plot and structure are the cornerstones of good fiction. This workshop is designed to assist you in pinning down the characters and images that demand to be written to a narrative frame. Through a series of insights from your tutor, along with exercises, examples and further reading, this workshop will give you the practical skills you need to craft a tight and engaging structure for your novel.
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Saturday, 28 August 2021 - 10:30am to 3:30pm Virtual Event
Join us for an in-person workshop to learn the ins and outs of playwriting with local author and playwrite, Janet Brown.
Playwriting: from the Concept to the Stage
In this one day workshop, you will be introduced to strategies and ideas with Janet Brown to help you move forward in your script writing project. What is the story you want to tell? Beginning with how to harness your ideas and developing a creative concept, then moving on to shaping your story with an understanding of character, dialogue and structure, you will explore the art of playwriting and different styles of working. Playwriting is an art and to get your play on stage it becomes a great collaborative adventure! What do you do with your script when you think it is finished? Writing the play is the first major step, but there is much more to understand about the journey from the page to the stage. Janet will share her industry knowledge and experience with you. Suitable for beginners and those with playwriting experience.
Saturday, 25 September 2021 - 10:30am to 3:30pm Geelong Library and Heritage Centre
Author Talk
Judy Nunn's latest bestselling novel will take you from the cotton mills of England to the theatres of Melbourne, on a scintillating journey through the golden age of Australian showbusiness.
In the second half of the 19th century, Melbourne is a veritable boom town, as hopefuls from every corner of the globe flock to the gold fields of Victoria.
And where people crave gold, they also crave entertainment.
Waiting in the wings: Comedy, tragedy, passion and betrayal; economic depression, the Black Death and the horrors of World War One…
Tuesday, 28 September 2021 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm Geelong Library and Heritage Centre
Author Talk - A Seniors Festival Event
Feel like travelling but just don't know how or when in these difficult COVID times? Join us to learn more!
Far North Queensland to Western Australia by Rail
Freelance travel writer and Lonely Planet guidebook contributor Tim Richards decides to shake up his life by taking an epic rail journey across Australia. Jumping aboard iconic trains like the Indian Pacific, Overland and Spirit of Queensland, he covers over 7,000 kilometres, from the tropics to the desert and from big cities to ghost towns. Tim’s journey is one of classic travel highs and lows: floods, cancellations, extraordinary landscapes and forays into personal and public histories – as well as the steady joy of random strangers encountered along the way.
Tuesday, 5 October 2021 - 7:30pm to 8:30pm Virtual Event
The Suffragette meets The Greatest Showman in this story of passion and courage, as a young feminist fights against the rules of society to find her place in the world.
New York, 1897. The richest city in the world.
Beautiful, young and privileged, Rose Kingsbury Smith is expected to play by the strict rules of social etiquette. But she has a quietly rebellious streak and is determined to make her own mark on Manhattan’s growing skyline. When the theft of a precious heirloom plunges the Kingsbury Smiths into financial ruin, Rose becomes her family’s most tradeable asset. She finds herself fighting for her independence and championing the ideal of equality for women everywhere.
From Fifth Avenue mansions to Lower East Side tenements and the carnivals of Coney Island, The Eighth Wonder explores the brilliance and brutality of one of the world’s most progressive eras and celebrates the visionaries who dare to rebel.
Thursday, 7 October 2021 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm Leopold Library
This workshop is designed to bring your characters to life, give your story depth and create characters that will take readers on a memorable journey.
The relationships your characters have with each other can bring tension, romance, nostalgia, and intrigue to your story, but how do you develop characters that tap into these emotions and keep the reader engaged?
Participants will learn
Saturday, 23 October 2021 - 10:30am to 3:30pm Geelong Library and Heritage Centre
Author In-conversation - A Seniors Festival Event
Join Narrelle M Harris and Lucy Sussex in conversation about The Only One in the World: A Sherlock Holmes Anthology (Clan Destine Press).
Sherlock Holmes, the character created by Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887, is now arguably the world’s most famous fictional detective. Just a century later there were an estimated 25,000 stage adaptations, films, television productions and publications featuring Holmes and his biographer, Dr John Watson. According to the Guinness World Records, Holmes is the most portrayed literary human character on screen. Pastiches of Conan Doyle's 56 short stories and four novels are even more ubiquitous.
Thursday, 28 October 2021 - 6:30pm to 7:30pm Geelong Library and Heritage Centre
Due to today’s announcement of a lockdown for regional Victoria, Geelong Regional Library Corporation has closed all library branches and Mobile Library.
The Geelong Regional Libraries’ app is your portal to the library, easily accessible from your mobile device.
The app is compatible with both Apple and Android phones and tablets and is available now through the iOS App Store and Google Play.
