Odyssey Lit
Fest
13 September 2018
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Kaleide Theatre, Melbourne
Writing 'bout my
Genre-ation
The Odyssey Literary Festival is back for the third year and is genre-ating buzz!
We’re gathering Melbourne’s most illustrious storytellers and book nerds for a soiree to celebrate the writing craft and community.
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It is a festival of genre, featuring sex, crime and book design!
Created by students from RMIT’s Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing, Odyssey has become a firm fixture in Melbourne’s event calendar.
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Past performers include Tony Birch, Jennifer Down, Carly Findlay, Mark Brandi, Fiona Wood, Rajith Savanadasa and Angela Meyer.
The 2018 program will be announced at the end of August.
Keynote
Speaker
Odyssey is lucky to have Alison Goodman as our keynote speaker for 2018. Alison Goodman’s latest novel is Lady Helen and the Dark Days Pact, the second book in the Lady Helen trilogy – an award winning mix of Regency adventure and dark fantasy.
She is also the author of five other novels including Lady Helen and the Dark Days Club, Singing the Dogstar Blues, and EON and EONA, a New York Times bestselling fantasy duology that has been published in 20 countries and translated into 12 languages.
Alison’s novels have won three Aurealis awards, been shortlisted for a number of Premier’s awards, and been listed as both CBCA Notable Books and ALA Best Books. She is currently preparing for the release of Lady Helen and the Dark Days Deceit, the third novel in The Lady Helen series (due out November 2018), and has embarked on a PhD focusing on the Regency era.
Visit Alison’s website at www.darkdaysclub.com and follow on twitter @AlisonGoodman
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Program
2:30
3:00
Doors open. Guests encouraged to explore the ‘write dirty to me’ stories within the foyer of Kaleide.
Festival opens with a welcome to country. MC Beau Windon welcomes guests and
introduces the keynote speaker.
3:10
Keynote address by Alison Goodman, author of the Lady Helen supernatural Regency trilogy.
6:00
Second break. Finger foods and alcohol served. Guests have their last chance to vote
on the worst/best erotica story for the ‘write dirty to me’ event.
6:30
Write Dirty To Me Finalists
Discover who has won the prize for worst erotica! See the scene read out live on stage.
3:45
It's a Hardback Life
Get inside the minds of graphic designers Josh Durham and
Peter Long to find out how genre influences book design.
4:30
First break. Finger foods and alcohol served. Guests are encouraged to explore the
‘write dirty to me’ stories, and vote on their favourites.
5:00
Sisters are Killing it for Themselves
Some of Australia’s deadliest female crime
writers, Anna Snoekstra, Megan Goldin and Moraig Kisler, and author, editor and publisher Angela Meyer.
7:00
Game of Tropes: The Writers are Here
A lively debate pitting the
literary highbrow against the conventions of genre, with guests including Sofie Laguna, Mark brandi, Mat Larkin, Gabrielle Williams and debate moderator, The Garret’s Astrid Edwards.
8:20
Mingling and networking
We'll close the soiree with a toast and a chance to met the authors! Door close at 9pm.
Venue
Kaleide Theatre
RMIT Building 8, Level 2
360 Swanston Street
Melbourne, VIC
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