Cate Kennedy
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A rabble of sharehouse stories
A colourful collection of stories about the formative years spent living in sharehouses and how they shape our lives will be launched at The Taproom at Shedshaker Brewing Castlemaine this Thursday evening. Who stole my milk? A rabble of sharehouse stories is the brainchild of co-editors Castlemaine writer/broadcaster Suzanne Donisthorpe and art professor Jacqueline Millner.…
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Making great writing: young writers’ workshops
Following the hugely successful Inaugural Newstead Young Writers Festival, Newstead Writers invite young people aged 15-18 years to be part of an exciting series of workshops with award-winning local writer Cate Kennedy. Cate’s work has been published in The New Yorker, shortlisted for the Australian Literary Gold Medal, and The World Beneath was awarded the…
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Inspiring young storytellers
An inaugural young writers festival at Newstead this month will inspire the next generation of storytellers and illustrators. The brainchild of primary teacher Dean McLaren, the festival will harness the magic and whimsy of Enid Blyton by creating a Magic Faraway Tree with mushrooms, dioramas, secret surprises and sand writing for the smaller children. “There…
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Local writer wins the Furphy
Local writer Cate Kennedy is the winner of this year’s Furphy Literary Award with her short story Art and Life, an insightful look at a young classical violinist whose busking career takes an instructive turn. “Art and Life, is quite humorous on the surface, but it’s really an allegory,” Kennedy said. “The boy has no…