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Helen Hagemann's Poetry & Prose

'I found the writing very seductive and engaging. The explorations of the importance of memory and the celebration of places and times in a life are both recognisably from recent Australia and intriguingly individual. They are intensely personal as well as controlled and seen from a slight distance when necessary. The daily texture of different times in history, particularly the 50s and 60s, lifts from the page as if it is still happening.' Jean Kent, ASA Mentor

 

Writing Awards

2008:                                        Macquarie Bank/Varuna Longlines Poetry Workshop, Aug 25-31st.

2005-2006:                                Poetry Foundation of Australia, Wollongong Workshop, Jan 11-18th.

2004-2005:                                Australian Society of Authors Mentorship Award for Poetry

2004:                                        Highly Commended Poem, Trudy Graham National Literary Awards, WA

2003:                                        Commended poem, Karrinyup Writers Club Competition

2002:                                       Winner, Trudy Graham Literary Awards WA - Poetry

1998:                                        Runner Up, Perth Pen International Poetry Competition.

2007 WA Spring Poetry Festival  

2007:                                       Co-Director and Festival Organiser - 2007 WA Spring Poetry Festival, Perth City & Northbridge.  

Prose Workshops & Performance

2006 - Ongoing:                         Prose Tutor Writing from the Centre: In Association with OOTA, Fremantle Arts Centre.

2007:                                        Prose reader at WOW (Walking on Water) City Readings - Reading chapter from novel, Last Stop, Tostedt.  

Poetry Performances

2005:                                        Philosopher's Cafe & Town Hall Reader, 2005 WA Spring Poetry Festival.  

2005:                                        Invited reader to Word-Thirst No. 3 Anthology, KSP Writers Centre.  

2003:                                        Twin-Cities FM Radio 89.7: invited guest poet and reader.

2003:                                        The City of Joondalup Festival, one of three PCWC performance readers.

1999 – 2003:                             Invited reader to Walking on Water - Perth Boatshed, WEB, ECU, PCWC.  

Poet/Author Talks

2004:                                        Conference On the Beach: My paper & reading of a novel chapter, Magnet City Orbit.

2003:                                        Invited speaker to two ECU writing classes. ‘Demonstrating Self-publication’ to 2nd Year Authorship and Publication students.

2002:                                        Invited speaker to ECU. ‘Getting Published’ - 2nd year Authorship and Publication students.

1999:                                        Invited speaker to U3A, North Beach. ‘Getting started with Writing.’           

Poetry/Prose Workshops  

2007 - Current:                           Prose Tutor at Writing from the Centre, OOTA Fremantle Arts Centre.

2005:                                        Poetry Tutor at Poetry Circle, OOTA Fremantle Arts Centre. Poetry and Prose critiquing.

2000 – 2004:                             Poetry Tutor at the Peter Cowan Writers Centre’s Saturday afternoon, 1.00pm “Poet-tree” class.

2004:                                        Myths & Monsters, Children's Writing Course at Joondalup Public Library for PCWC in association with Anni Wood, Heather Goldsmith and Lucas North. 

2003:                                        'Releasing the Writer Within', a 3-Part Series of Prose Writing Workshops based on Natalie Goldberg's 'Writing Practice' and lessons taken from her books Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind. Workshops were held at the Peter Cowan Writers Centre, ECU Joondalup, in association with Lucas North and Scilla Wordsworth.  

2001:                                        Lines Across the Land, WA State Literature Centre – 'Organising Workshops and Writers’ Events' in association with Anne Mullarkey.

2001:                                        Sun City Writers, Yanchep ‘The Prose Poem’ Workshop.

2001:                                        Creative Writing Tutor, ‘Lost the Plot’, PCWC/City of Joondalup Creative Writing Program for 7 to 17 year olds with a focus on poetry.

Children's Poetry Judge

2000:                                       Olympic Kids 2000 Children's Poetry & School Awards - Reader's World

1999:                                       Skool Kids, Children's Poetry & School Awards - Reader's World 

            Helen Hagemann holds an MA in Creative Writing from ECU and is currently looking for a publisher for her novel Re-educating Alice.

 

How to contact me-
Phone on (08) 9343 0072
or Email: Helen Hagemann 

or write for information to PO Box 331, WANNEROO, Western Australia 6946

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