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James McKenzie Watson

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UPCOMING EVENTS & TEACHING

Nothing currently upcoming! 

Past Events & Teaching

2024

  • Writing Setting and Landscape (Writing NSW) - October 26 2024. Full-day course exploring the role setting plays in character and narrative, the importance of introspection in description and the skills required for good descriptive writing. 
  • Laneway Learning - July 23 + September 11 2024 via Zoom. 90-minute interactive creative writing class for adults. 
  • In Conversation with Michelle See-Tho, winner of the 2023 Penguin Literary Prize - August 14 2024 - at Warringah Mall Library, Brookvale.
  • Bathurst Writers and Readers Festival - May 25 2024. Panel: Rural Crime Fiction: A Cross Examination with Rhys Gard, Aoife Clifford and Jenny Barry (convener). 

2023

  • In Conversation with Benjamin Stevenson about his new novel Everyone On This Train is a Suspect - December 6 2023 - at Warringah Mall Library, Brookvale.
  • Podcast Education Session - August 15 2023 at Cromer High School. One hour session for high school students.
  • National Young Writers' Festival - September 30 2023. Panel: Partners in Crime with Hayley Scrivenor.
  • Dubbo Writers' Festival - September 9 2023 - judge of the 2023 Dubbo Writers' Festival Cup short story competition.
  • South Coast Writers Festival (Wollongong) - August 19 2023. Panel: Writing and Bodies with Ashley Kalagian Blunt and Hayley Scrivenor (convener).
  • In Conversation with Ashley Kalagian Blunt about her best-selling novel Dark Mode - August 8 2023 - at Northern Beaches Library, Mona Vale.
  • Feast of Words - July 24 - 26 2023 at Coonabarabran High School. Three days of teaching writing workshops to students in Years 7 - 11, with Jeff McGill, Melina Marchetta, Mandy Nolan and George Catsi.  
  • On a Bright Hillside in Paradise Book Launch - July 20 2023 - at George Street Dymocks. In conversation with 2022 Penguin Literary Prize winner Annette Higgs to launch 'On a Bright Hillside in Paradise.'
  • Boorowa Literary Festival - July 14 2023 - panels with Ashley Kalagian Blunt and Hayley Scrivenor. 
  • Yarram Storyfest - July 1 - 2 2023. Panels: Hearts and Minds: Celebrating Community with Kgshak Akec, Tom Ballard, Ben Hobson, Janine Garvey, Eric Collier and Ben Langdon (convener); Good Mental Health: Writing and Writers Exploring Trauma and Recovery in Regional Australia with Kgshak Akec, Eliza Henry-Jones and Scot Gardner (convener); Breakfast with James McKenzie Watson.
  • Sydney Writers Festival - May 22 - 28 2023. Events: Denizen in conversation with Ashley Kalagian Blunt (Penrith); Life in the Landscape with Robbie Arnott, Fiona McFarlane and Susan Wyndham (convener) (available as a podcast); Beginnings (reading from Denizen).
  • Newcastle Writers Festival - March 31 - April 2 2023. Panels: I'd Like You to Meet... in conversation with Lee Kofman; New Blood with Shelley Burr, Matthew Spencer and Anna Downes (convener) (available as a podcast).
  • Scone Literary Festival - March 11 - 12 2023. Panels: Looking Forward to My Brilliant Career with Catherine du Peloux Menagé (convener); What Book Would You Change the Ending to and Why? with Dominic Smith, Michael Burge and Richard Glover (convener).

2022

  • Reflective Writing Workshop - November 2 2022  at the Western Cancer Centre, Dubbo. One hour workshop for adults.
  • In Conversation with Chris Hammer about his new book The Tilt - October 30 2022 - at The Book Nest, Mudgee.
  • The Guardian Rural Network Book Club - October 5 2022 - author appearance via Zoom.
  • BAD Sydney Crime Writers Festival 2022  - September 8 -10 - Panel: Three Prizewinners Walk into a Bar... with Vicky Petraitis, author of The Unbelieved, Veronica Lando, author of The Whispering and Phillipa McGuiness (convener).
  • Writers Unleashed - Sutherland Shire Writers Festival - September 3 2022 - Panel:  Black and Blue: The Craft of Rural Noir with Hayley Scrivenor, author of Dirt Town, and Michelle Barraclough (convener). 
  • Port Macquarie Author Talk - August 27 2022 - at Port Macquarie Library.
  • Amy + Laura's Book Club (Secret Book Stuff) - August 22 2022 - author appearance via Zoom.
  • Coonabarabran Author Talk - August 20 2022 - at Coonabarabran Library. 
  • Denizen Melbourne Launch - August 3 2022 - at Readings Emporium, Melbourne, in conversation with Lee Kofman (author of The Writer Laid Bare and The Dangerous Bride).
  • Denizen Sydney  Launch - July 28 2022 - at Gleebooks, Glebe, in conversation with Ashley Kalagian Blunt (author of How to Be Australian). 
  • Denizen Online Launch - July 21 2022 - presented by the Words and Nerds Podcast, hosted by Dani Vee. With special guests Lyn Yeowart (author of The Silent Listener) and Petronella McGovern (author of Six Minutes and The Good Teacher).  A video recording of this event is available at the Dani Vee Books - Words and Nerds Facebook page. Also available as an audio podcast episode via James and Ashley Stay at Home.
  • Denizen Dubbo Launch - July 19 2022 - at Dubbo Library, hosted by The Book Connection, in conversation with Nic Healey (host of ABC Western Plains Breakfast). 

2021

  •  In Conversation with Michelle Tom - Avid Reader's Festival of Cancelled Events - October 18 2021 - Michelle Tom and James McKenzie Watson discussed Michelle's memoir Ten Thousand Aftershocks.  A recording of the event is available here.

2024 EVENT PHOTOS

Bathurst Writers and Readers Festival - 'Rural Crime Fiction: A Cross Examination' panel, with Rhys Gard, Aoife Clifford and Jenny Barry (convener) - May 25 2024

    2023 EVENT PHOTOS

    Scone Literary Festival - What Book Would You Change the Ending to and Why?  with Dominic Smith, Michael Burge and Richard Glover (convener) - March 11 2023

      2022 event photos

      Coonabarabran Library Author Talk - August 20 2022

        DENIZEN LAUNCH EVENT photos

        Denizen Dubbo Launch - July 19 2022 - Dubbo Library

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