Katharine's Birthday
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🎉✨ Join Us for Katharine's Birthday Celebration – 1 December 2024! ✨🎉
Celebrate with us at the beautiful KSP Writers' Centre in the Perth Hills for a fun-filled afternoon in honour of Katharine Susannah Prichard’s birthday! All are welcome to attend this FREE event, happening from 2:45 PM to 6:00 PM.
The festivities kick off at 3 PM with a Welcome to Country ceremony by Kevin Fitzgerald, followed by an inspiring address from our KSP Patron, Glen Phillips. The highlight of the day: the announcement of the 2024 Short Stories and Poetry competition winners! We’ll hear select readings from the talented winners and shortlisted writers – don’t miss the chance to be inspired by their words.
Plus, Nathan Hobby, author of The Red Witch: Biography of Katharine Susannah Prichard, will be leading a special tour of the Centre, sharing fascinating insights about Katharine’s life and legacy.
All throughout the afternoon, enjoy delicious drinks and nibbles from the KSP Cafe, including a cheeky glass of wine 🍷 – the perfect way to mingle, celebrate, and soak in the creative atmosphere.
This is a wonderful opportunity to connect with fellow writers, readers, and creatives while celebrating a true Australian literary legend. Come for the inspiration, stay for the fun – we can’t wait to see you there! 🎈
Our annual Katharine's Birthday party in December is a free open day event welcoming people from the WA community to visit the KSP Writers' Centre! Guests can explore the various services and activities that the Centre offers, take a tour of the heritage property, enjoy prose and poetry performances, and have a cup of tea, coffee or some nibbles from the 'help yourself' KSP Café for a gold coin donation.
First built in 1910, KSP Writers' Centre at 11 Old York Road was formerly the home of successful novelist Katharine Susannah Prichard and her husband Captain Hugo Throssell VC, who was the first WA soldier to win a Victoria Cross in World War I. Prichard herself was the first Australian author to gain international recognition by winning the Hodder and Stoughton Literature Prize in 1915. Over the next fifty years, her most successful works were completed at her Greenmount home, now known as the KSP Writers’ Centre, in a beautiful writing studio built by her ANZAC hero husband.
Today the heritage-listed Centre is maintained and run by a dedicated group of volunteers with the united vision to support writers of all ages and abilities. This is achieved with the long-term financial support of the Shire of Mundaring, and KSP's community of members, Friends of Katharine, and other funding bodies.
It is a fascinating property with stories hiding in every shadow - stories already written, including published works and tales of history, as well as stories in progress from our community of writing group members and Writers-in-Residence, and, finally, inspiration for stories yet to come, waiting for visitors to take home.
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