Sunday 26 April 2015

Prose with Helen Hagemann at the Fremantle Arts Centre

Catcher in the Rye by J. D Salinger, 1st May @ 1pm. We will be reading an extract from the novel. Writing exercises and discussion will revolve around the elements of YA. 

Cost:  $20  OOTA  $25  NON-OOTA

Room 3, Upstairs - Fremantle Arts Centre


The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. A controversial novel originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage angst and alienation. It has been translated into almost all of the world's major languag.es. Around 250,000 copies are sold each year with total sales of more than 65 million books.The novel's protagonist Holden Caulfield has become an icon for teenage rebellion. The novel also deals with complex issues of identity, belonging, loss, connection, and alienation.
 The novel was included on Time‍ '​s 2005 list of the 100 best English-language novels written since 1923 and it was named by Modern Library and its readers as one of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2003, it was listed at #15 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.  The success of The Catcher in the Rye led to public attention and scrutiny. Salinger became reclusive, publishing new work less frequently. He followed Catcher with a short story collection, Nine Stories (1953); a volume containing a novella and a short story, Franny and Zooey (1961); and a volume containing two novellas, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963). His last published work, a novella entitled "Hapworth 16, 1924", appeared in The New Yorker on June 19, 1965.


Salinger working on The Catcher in the Rye


Born on January 1, 1919, in New York, J.D. Salinger was a literary giant despite his slim body of work and reclusive lifestyle. His landmark novel, The Catcher in the Rye, set a new course for literature in post-WWII America and vaulted Salinger to the heights of literary fame. In 1953, Salinger moved from New York City and led a secluded life, only publishing limited work before his death in 2010.
    References:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Salinger

Saturday 25 April 2015


Dear writers
Our Prose newsletter for May 2015 is now up! We have three classes this month, as well we are introducing your tutors for June 2015 while I'm away in England. They are Laurie Steed and Guy Salvidge. Laurie has been an OOTA member for a few years, and most probably this is the first time he has conducted a class for us at the Fremantle Arts Centre. The new committee at OOTA are introducing new classes, so hopefully there will be more opportunity for our members to run classes. Download our May newsletter by clicking on the Newsletter tab and the drop-down link.
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Happy reading!
Helen

Friday 24 April 2015




OOTA Writers Group Inc.
invites you to the launch party of
tRICKSTER by Shane McCauley
Walleah Press (Tasmania)

To be launched by Andrew Lansdown
Saturday, 6 June 2015 @ 2pm
Pavlich Room
Fremantle Arts Centre

Please RSVP by 29 May
SMS- 0432983310
Book sales $ 20 (no credit card facilities)
Drinks, finger foods & a trick or two

** The launch will be concluded with raffle and door prize draws.**

Wednesday 22 April 2015






Sunline Press invites you to the launch of
Cuttlefish


Gallows Gallery
53 Glyde Street
Mosman Park


Saturday 2nd May 5pm to 7pm
before 28th April 2015

Wednesday 8 April 2015



Prose Workshop for April
Fifty Shades of Grey – 17th April @ 1pm – Room 3, @ FAC
We will be looking at possibly two extracts from the novel by British author E.L. James. James originally self-published Fifty Shades as an e-book and a print-on-demand, until the publishing rights were acquired by Vintage Books in March 2012. Writing exercises and discussion will revolve around “What Makes Successful Writing”.


Fifty Shades of Grey is a 2011 erotic romance novel by British author E. L. James. It is the first installment in the Fifty Shades trilogy that traces the deepening relationship between a college graduate, Anastasia Steele, and a young business magnate, Christian Grey. It is notable for its explicitly erotic scenes featuring elements of sexual practices involving bondage/discipline, dominance/submission, and sadism/masochism (BDSM). Originally self-published as an ebook and a print-on-demand, publishing rights were acquired by Vintage Books in March 2012.
The second and third volumes, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed, were published in 2012. Fifty Shades of Grey has topped best-seller lists around the world, including those of the United Kingdom and the United States. The series has sold over 100 million copies worldwide and been translated into 52 languages, and set a record in the United Kingdom as the fastest-selling paperback of all time. Critical reception of the book, however, has tended toward the negative, with the quality of its prose generally seen as poor. Universal Pictures and Focus Features produced a film adaptation, which was released on 13 February 2015 and also received generally unfavorable reviews.

Erika Mitchell (born 7 March 1963), better known by her pen name E. L. James, is a British author. She wrote the bestselling erotic romance novels trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker, and Fifty Shades Freed. The combined novels have sold over 70 million copies worldwide, over 35 million copies in the United States and set the record in the United Kingdom as the fastest selling paperback of all time. In 2012, Time magazine named her one of "The World's 100 Most Influential People."



Reference: Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifty_Shades_of_Grey



Friday 3 April 2015






Dear writers
Our Prose newsletter for April 2015 is now up! Also some of the stories (although not all uploaded) can be read on the publication page. It was a very interesting exercise that evoked some really good ideas and good writing. Basic writing such as this can often be a springboard to other works, or ideas.
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