Turning Oral History Interviews into a Prize-Winning Book
Workshop: Turning Oral History Interviews into a Prize-Winning Book
Non-fiction author Kristin Weidenbach will share her tips and advice on how to incorporate interview material and oral accounts into book-length works of memoir, family history and biography. Using her Reed Family History Book Award winner Growing up Moonta as a guide, Kristin will discuss how to structure your story, how to decide what material to put in and what to leave out, and making the best use of your interview time. The workshop will also cover quoting versus paraphrasing, preserving mannerisms of speech to build character on the page, and ethical questions around sensitive material.
Workshop participants will have the opportunity to construct a short written piece from primary interview material provided.
Date: Saturday, 13 July 2019
Time: 10am – 1.30pm
Venue: University of South Australia (Magill Campus, H Building, first floor conference room – lift facilities available). A campus map is available here. There is free parking available off St Bernards Road, or opposite the campus, entrance off Edwards Street and on the old tennis courts.
Cost: $90 per person per day or $60 for concession*/pension/student/OHA member. Morning tea is provided but not lunch. (There are many cafes nearby on Magill Road, or bring your own lunch.)
*Concession cards include cards issued to the unemployed or pensioners, but not the seniors card.
Payment required in advance:
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Bank: National Australia Bank (NAB) The Treasurer
BSB: 085436 Post Office Box 3113
Account No.: 129312048 Unley SA 5061
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*Concession cards include cards issued to the unemployed or pensioners, but not the seniors card.
Bookings essential. Please book online here.
About the presenter
Kristin Weidenbach writes popular non-fiction focused on Australian history. Her most recent book, Growing up Moonta, won the TT Reed Family History Book Award, 2017. She is the author of Rock Star: the Story of Reg Sprigg, and the Australian bestseller, Mailman of the Birdsville Track: the Story of Tom Kruse, which has sold over 100,000 copies. Her picture books for children include King of the Outback: the story of Sidney Kidman, Meet Banjo Paterson and Tom the Outback Mailman, illustrated by Timothy Ide, which won the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Eve Pownall Award, 2013.
Kristin is a PhD immunologist who switched to a writing career after completing postdoctoral research at Stanford University in California. She is the author of several academic publications and the recipient of an award from the International Association of Forensic Sciences. As a science writer Kristin has written for Science magazine and for publications from Harvard and Stanford Medical Schools. Her magazine articles have been awarded prizes from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education and from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Kristin is the author of commissioned histories Blue Flames, Black Gold: the story of Santos, and First Watch: 40 years of the Cruising Yacht Club of SA. She also writes for Outback magazine.
Bookings are essential. Please book online here.
For further details, contact us by clicking the following link: contact@oralhistoryaustraliasant.org.au