SQUEE! I’m bursting to tell you! I’m speaking at the Gold Coast Writers Festival at Robina Town Centre on 27 th October. This is my very FIRST writer’s festival so I’m squeeing with glee! Kathy Stewart, GCWF organizer “loved” reading ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness.
Kathy invited me to speak on an author panel, sharing how my school student and his parents abused and terrorized me, leading to my mental breakdown, and incarceration in a psyche hospital.
“Brisbane teacher who cared too much, ended up in psychiatric facility. Serves as a warning to all of us. Make a great movie! ” Spencer Howson: ABC Radio
I’m revealing ALL on Truth or Dare: Memoir and Faction Panel
I’ll be answering questions about ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness. TV celebrity of “Beauty and the Beast” fame, Jan Murray will divulge secrets from her memoirs Goodbye Lullaby AND Sheer Madness: Sex, Lies and Politics . Famous author Jean-Francois Vernay will disclose enigmas from his book. The Great Australian Novel. John Clark will be chair.
Truth or Dare: Memoir & Faction
Time: 3-3.45
Place: Robina Town Centre auditorium
Events on Saturday 27th October are FREE…
Events include: Writing for Children, The Thrill Of The Chase, Comedy Writing, Romance VS Erotica, The Novel Journalist, Become a Human Lie Detector, Fantasy and Sci-Fi.
Check out the awesome line-up of Authors appearing at Saturday’s FREE events.
Tim Ferguson, Krissy Kneen, Jennifer Bacia, Louise Cusack, Michael Jacobson, David Reiter, Meg Vann, Andy McDermott, Sandy Curtis, David Craig, Sally Collings, Rowena Cory Daniells, Pamela Rushby, Michelle Worthington, David Craig and my writing buddies Alison Reynolds, Angela Sunde, and Anita Bell.
Children’s author and friend, Dimity Powell will be signing her book PS: Who Stole Santa’s Mail?
Check out the FULL Gold Coast Writers Festival Program HERE.
Check out my author BIO on the festival WEBSITE … Karen Tyrrell
I’ll be signing copies of ME & HER: a Memoir of Madness at the Festival.
You can Read the first #20 pages of ME & HER for FREE HERE.
Please write Karen Tyrrell: Truth or Dare: Memoir or Faction 3pm in your diaries for 27th of October and underline.
Don’t forget to book a seat via the Gold Coast Writers Festival website. SEE ABOVE
LOVE to see you there 🙂
Please share this FREE day of events with your friends by clicking the LIKE button, G+ or TWEET it.
Thanks for your AWESOME support 🙂
I’m sure you’ll be great Karen. Sounds like a very revealing time. Dale
Thanks so much Dale for supporting me. Can’t wait to reveal ALL in the Truth Or DARE panel.
Its going to be fabulous to catch up with my writing buddies too.
Kids writers Angela Sunde, Alison Reynolds and Dimity Powell… and Fantasy writers, Anita Bell and Rowena Cory Daniells 🙂
[…] delivered Life Writing workshops to a Brisbane Hospital and Wellness centres; my memoir tips on a Gold Coast Writers Festival panel, and creative writing workshops to libraries and schools. I shared my marketing expertise in […]