'From Page to Stage or Screen' - University of Adelaide

THE J. M. COETZEE CENTRE FOR CREATIVE PRACTICE
** Places are strictly limited.
'From Page to Stage or Screen'
On 12–13 November 2013, THE J. M. COETZEE CENTRE FOR CREATIVE PRACTICE at The
University of Adelaide will present a 2-day Masterclass for writers. Participants will have the
rare opportunity to work with two outstanding and award winning writers who have had
their work adapted for the stage and screen:
13 November 2013: Which was better – the book or the film? with Peter Goldsworthy
What is gained and what is lost in adapting a novel for the stage? An examination of the
techniques – and the hazards – of adapting fiction to the stage or screen, using a wide range of
examples ranging from Goldsworthy's own work to Mario Puzo's The Godfather, and J.M.
Coetzee's Disgrace, with perhaps a little Jane Austen or James Bond thrown in.
Peter Goldsworthy AM is a novelist, poet, short story writer and librettist,
whose work has won many awards, including the Christina Stead Award [for
literature], the Robert Helpmann Award [for Best Opera & Best New
Australian Work], and the Commonwealth Poetry Prize. His novel Maestro was
voted one of the 'Top 40 Australian books of all time' by members of the
Australian Society of Authors. Peter's class will focus adapting fiction to the
stage or screen.
14 November 2013: Transformations – from guerrilla warfare to the screen with Jill
Jolliffe
Veteran foreign correspondent Jill Jolliffe will analyse her experience as a pragmatic
filmmaker directing behind the lines of East Timor's 24-year resistance war against Indonesia
and in exposing urban violence by Mafia-style traffickers of women in Spain and Portugal in
the 1990s. She will discuss the transformation of her 2009 book Balibo to screen and the
ethical dilemmas raised in the relationship between writers and commercial filmmakers. She
will also describe the work of The Living Memory Project, a video archival project to preserve
the experiences of Timorese torture survivors.
Jill Jolliffe is a journalist, film maker and author, renowned for her reporting
on East Timor since 1975. She is the author of Balibo [Scribe Publications,
2009], on which the film of the same name is based, and has directed various
documentaries and television news reports, including Blockade sponsored by
SBS, and was involved in Child Slaves, a major BBC documentary. In 2006
she received the Yale Globalist Journalist of the Year Award for her reporting
on human rights issues. Jill's class will focus on the book-to-screen process in
the making of Balibo, and the genesis of the film The Pandora Trail, a
documentary on the trafficking of women into prostitution.
Cost: Free event. Morning tea provided.
Dates: Tuesday November 12 & Wednesday November 13, 2013
Times: 9:30am—4:00pm each day
Venue: 1 st Floor, Napier Building, Rm 144 [turn right when exiting lift]
The University of Adelaide, North Terrace Campus, Adelaide.
The University of Adelaide North Terrace Adelaide SA 5005 Telephone: +61 8 8313 8132

Each participant must submit a writing sample of their best work, as detailed below:
A work of fiction or non-fiction – any style. Maximum length – two A4 pages
Include a short bio. Maximum length: 100 words
Work should be in Times New Roman, 12 point [or similar], 1.5 line spaced
Work should be sent as Word.doc or Word.docx via email to Dr Dominique Wilson:
dominique.wilson@adelaide.edu.au
For further information contact Dr Dominique Wilson: dominique.wilson@adelaide.edu.au
or go to: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/jmcoetzeecentre/news-events/
Registration Form
I wish to register for the J. M. COETZEE CENTRE FOR CREATIVE PRACTICE 'From Page to
Stage or Screen' Masterclass, held at The University of Adelaide from 13 -14 November 2013.
I understand that this is a free event. If my application is accepted, I will be notified via email.
Airfares to and from Adelaide, meals and accommodation are my responsibility [morning tea
will be supplied].
If my application is accepted, I will provide an example of my work, as described above, by
email no later than Friday 1 November 2013.
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Either email this form to dominique.wilson@adelaide.edu.au
or mail to:
Dr Dominique Wilson
School of Humanities
Napier 722
THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE SA 5005
This project is funded by
the CAL Cultural Fund
The University of Adelaide North Terrace Adelaide SA 5005 Telephone: +61 8 8313 8132