Marianne de Pierres' Journal
Perth Writers Festival
05-Feb-2010Trent Jamieson (who has a fab new-look blog), Tansy Rayner Roberts, Cory Daniells and Graham Storrs. But there's a bunch of other new local talent around as well. Check out Rhonda Roberts, Nicole Murphy, Kim Westwood, Kim Falconer - all Aussies.
Also, I will be in Perth for the Perth Writers Festival at the end of February. My list of panels is as follows:
Genre is not a Dirty Word
Crime, thrillers, mystery … It’s all fiction isn’t it? Michael Koryta, Sara Foster and Marianne Delacourt explore what it means to be a genre writer.
Chair: Grant Stone
Dophin Theatre
Sat 27 Feb, 11 – 12pm
From Cyber to … ?
KA Bedford, Marianne Delacourt and Garth Nix consider some of the shifts in science fiction and fantasy writing with Helen Merrick.
Chair: Helen Merrick
Undercroft
Sat 27 Feb, 5 – 6pm
Reluctant Heroes
Putting a new twist on crime fiction the sleuths in Lenny Bartulin and Marianne Delacourt’s latest mysteries are a book shop owner and accident prone tomboy with a talent for seeing auras. From reading books to reading auras these two great authors discuss the creation of eccentric crime characters.
Chair: John Harman
Dolphin Theatre
Sun 28 Feb, 5 -6pm.
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