Muster 2003 - Program | Sponsors
Over
five days in October 2003, the Camden Head Pilot Station played
host to the inaugural Watermark International
Nature Writers’ Muster. This
unique literary event brought together 6 international writers
and 22 Australian writers to share their work with other writers,
scholars, academics, students and readers in our community.
The
writers who attended were Patron Eric Rolls, John Cameron, Connie
Chatfield, Lenore Coltheart, Nick Drayson, Beverley Farmer, Martin
FlanaganPeter Grant, Robert Gray, Tom Griffiths, Peter Hay, Anita
Heiss, Mary Jenkins, Paul Kingsnorth (UK), Laurie Kutchins (USA),
Bill Lines, Les Murray, Richard Nelson (USA), Patrice Newell,
Ken Noda (Japan), Geoff Park (New Zealand), Kate Rigby, Nonie
Sharp, Scott Slovic (USA), Nicolette Stasko and Mark Tredinnick.
The
outstanding natural setting of the Camden Head Pilot Station provided
a potent example of an Australian place capable of inspiring creative
writers and writing. The opening day of the Watermark Muster was
held at the Pilot Station and the following days were held at
Kendall, in the Kendall Community Hall.
Program
| Day
1 WELCOME TO OUR PLACE |
9.30am
|
Welcome
to Country |
| 10.00am |
Setting
Scene – What Place is This?
Eric Rolls, Lenore Coltheart, Mark Tredinnick, Patrice Newell,
Richard Nelson |
| 11.45am |
Acknowledging
Country – Whose Place is This?
Bill Lines, Anita Heiss, Nonie Sharp, Tom Griffiths |
| 2.00pm |
Guided
Walk through Kattang Nature Reserve with Amanda
Smith, NPWS Ranger OR
Guided
Walk along Washhouse Beach with Joneen Troup, Marine
Biologist |
| 3.45pm |
Barbecue at the Pilot Station |
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| Day
2 STILL WATERS |
| 9.30am |
Readings
Tom Griffiths & Richard Nelson |
| 10.00am |
Pools
of Wisdom – Women’s Words
Patrice Newell, Laurie Kutchins, Lenore Coltheart |
| 11.45am |
Stories
That Tell of Places That Matter
Eric Rolls, Herb Wharton, Anita Heiss, Connie Chatfield, Beryl
Carmichael |
| 2.00pm |
Riding
the Waves – Journeys Through the Landscape
Tom Griffiths, Geoff Park, Richard Nelson, Lenore Colheart |
| 3.45pm |
Writing
for Young People – Watering a New Crop
Eric Rolls, Patrice Newell, Anita Heiss with Camden Haven
High School students Joel Whelan and Kara Hollis |
| 5.00pm |
Book
launch “The Habitat Garden”
– Peter Grant, sponsored by ABC Books |
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| Day
3 SINGING THE WATERS |
| 9.30am |
Readings
Nicolette Stasko & Beverley Farmer |
| 10.00am |
Living
the Land – Indigenous Peoples’ Knowledge
Anita Heiss, Herb Wharton, Nonie Sharp, Richard Nelson |
| 11.45am |
Reading
the Environment, Writing the Landscape
Peter Grant, Peter Hay, Bill Lines, Ken Noda, Geoff Park |
| 2.00pm |
A
Novel Approach to Nature
Beverley Farmer, Martin Flanagan, Scott Slovic, Mark Tredinnick,
Nick Drayson |
| 3.45pm |
Reflections
on Water
Geoff Park, Dinah Hawken, Herb Wharton, Robert Gray, Peter
Grant |
| 7.00pm |
Literary
Dinner Martin Flanagan, introduced by Peter Hay |
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| Day
4 WRITING TO MAKE PEOPLE SEE |
| 9.30am |
Readings
Les Murray |
| 10.00am |
Poetry
– The Flow of Words
Les Murray, Nicolette Stasko, Robert Gray, Laurie Kutchins,
Peter Hay |
| 11.45am |
Laying
Down the Lore – What Role Literature
Kate Rigby, Paul Kingsnorth, John Cameron, Ken Noda, Scott
Slovic |
| 2.00pm |
Pools
of Wisdom – Women’s Words
Nicolette Stasko, Mary Jenkins, Beverley Farmer, Kate Rigby |
| 3.45pm |
Catchment
– Tension Between Art and Activism
Paul Kingsnorth, Peter Grant, Martin Flanagan, Bill Lines |
| 5.00pm |
Book
Launch “A Place on Earth” –
Mark Tredinnick |
| 7.00pm |
ASLE
get together at Chiang Mai restaurant |
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| Day
5 October TAPPING THE SPRINGS |
| 9.30am |
Readings
Geoff Park & Laurie Kutchins |
| 10.00am |
Essays
– Thought Waves
Peter Hay, Mark Tredinnick, Mary Jenkins, John Cameron |
| 11.45am |
Henry
Kendall Oration & Lunch
Herb Wharton, introduced by Eric Rolls |
| 4.15pm |
Go
With the Flow (Blue Poles Gallery, Byabarra)
An exhibition of women’s sculpture to launch Confluence
Readings with Beverley Farmer |
Sponsors
The Camden
Head Pilot Station would like to acknowledge the sponsors and
supporters of the Pilot Station and the Watermark 2003 Muster
- NSW Ministry for the Arts
- NSW Premier's Department
- Parker Pens
- Myer Foundation
- Donovan Oates Hannaford
Mortgage Corporation
- Australian Ethical Investments
- Camden Haven Community College
- National Parks & Wildlife
Service of NSW
- Laurieton United Servicemens
Club
- Port Macquarie News
- La Trobe University
- Rikkyo University, Japan
- British Council
- Simon & Schuster
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- Hastings Council 4th City
of the Arts
- Land & Water Australia
- US Consulate General
- The Greater Port Macquarie
Region
- Scooter Marketing
- Waterwise
- ABC Books
- Camden Haven Courier
- ABC Radio Mid North Coast
- Monash University
- University of Tasmania
- University of Nevada
- UNSW Press
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| And the Camden Haven
and Hastings community |
Allan Taylor & Associates
Annie Georgeson Design
Bago Vineyards
Bruce Dunlop
Computers
Camden Haven Curtains & Blinds
Camden Haven Furniture
Camden Haven Medical Centre
Camden View Village |
Cooks
Bakery
Delta
B
JA Fashions
Joan &
Graeme Lundstrom
John Collins
Builder
Kendall
Craft Co-op
Kendall Meats
Kendall
Services & Citizens Club
Koala
T Care |
Kumbak Bakery
Laurieton Fruit Bowl
Laurieton Seafoods
North Haven Bowling Club
PRD Nationwide Laurieton
Ray White Real Estate
Rosewood Environmental Services
Scrubby Creek Wooden Boats |
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