Workshops with Deb Westbury 5 July

Inspirational poet and educator Deb Westbury hosts a writing workshop at Orange on Saturday 5 July. Deb has been a familiar and respected voice in Australia poetry since her work was first published in 1975. Her poetry has since been widely anthologised, including the Oxford Anthology of Women's Verse. She has been a teacher, sculptor and writer, and has completed an undergraduate degree in teaching and a Master of Creative Arts degree in writing. In 1999 she was guest lecturer at the Catskill Poetry Workshop in the United States of America. In 2000 Wesbury was writer in residence at James Cook University, Queensland. She is actively involved with the Poets' Union and teaches courses in creative writing at university and high schools. Her latest work is called The View From Here.

For beginner writers: Writing from the Senses: The best writing is generous. To show readers what you saw, felt, touched, tasted and smelled is to enable them to enter into your original experience. To simply 'tell' them leaves your readers on the outside of your experience. Saturday 5 July, 10am to 1pm in the West Room, Orange Regional Gallery, Byng Street, Orange. The cost for the workshop is $35. To book your place, please call the Central West Writers' Centre on 6393 8125.

* Please note a previously promoted poetry workshop for 6 July has been postponed.