{"id":2,"date":"2010-09-18T18:11:49","date_gmt":"2010-09-18T18:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harrylaing.com.au\/workshops\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-08-31T10:39:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T00:39:55","slug":"about-harry-laing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/harrylaing.com.au\/workshops\/","title":{"rendered":"About Harry Laing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Harry Laing is a poet, children&#8217;s author, creative writing teacher and comic performer.<\/h2>\n<p>I have a passion for poetry, comic performance and for teaching. As a poet I&#8217;ve had four books published <em><strong>Thirst<\/strong><\/em> (1993), <em><strong>Backbone<\/strong><\/em> (2010) <strong><em>unsettled<\/em><\/strong> (2021) and most recently <em><strong>Time of Fire <\/strong>(2023)<\/em>. As a children&#8217;s author (and poet!) I also have three. <em><strong>Shoctopus <\/strong><\/em>&#8211; <em>poems to grip you<\/em> (2015) a book of illustrated poems for 6-12 yr olds, <em><strong>MoonFish <\/strong><\/em>(Ford St, 2019) a poetry picture book with art by sixteen of Australia&#8217;s best known illustrators and <em><strong>RapperBee &#8211; <\/strong>poems to give you a buzz <\/em>(Ford St 2021)<em>.\u00a0<\/em> I&#8217;ve written and performed 8 solo shows and toured one of them, <em>Away with the birds<\/em> for STARTS (Southern Tablelands Arts). I was awarded CASP grants to write and perform a two-hander <em>Playing for Time<\/em> in 2012 and a staged radio show <em>Under Braidwood<\/em> in 2014. I&#8217;ve also written for radio: my two series of quirky country tales <em>Stories from the edge of the forest<\/em> and <em>Tales of a Tree Changer<\/em> were broadcast on ABC Radio National&#8217;s Bush Telegraph in 2005\/2006. I continue to present at literature festivals, take workshops and perform in both primary and senior schools. I co-teach the long-running PoetryAlive weekend workshops with Nicola Bowery.<\/p>\n<p>I teach a wide range of workshops:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>creative writing workshops for Yrs 1-12<\/li>\n<li>poetry performances for Yrs 2-12<\/li>\n<li>drama workshops for Yrs 3-6<\/li>\n<li>comic monologue workshops for Yrs 7-12<\/li>\n<li>creative writing workshops for adults and comic monologue workshops for adults<\/li>\n<li>Professional Development workshops for teachers<\/li>\n<li>voice workshops<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I like to think I have the ability to get people writing whatever their age and stage. Perhaps this is because humour is a big part of what I do. I&#8217;ve been Poet On Wheels (2006) worked in many schools, judged schools poetry competitions, been a writer in residence and taken workshops in jail. And I&#8217;m constantly surprised and delighted by the quality of writing of participants in my workshops.<\/p>\n<p>I live near Braidwood on the Southern Tablelands of NSW. I&#8217;m keen to work in rural and regional Australia as well as the metropolitan areas and happy to travel for workshops. I am available for half-day, day workshops or residencies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>e: harrylaing@bigpond.com<\/p>\n<p>mob: 0456 049540<br \/>\nhome: 02 48461075<\/p>\n<p>PO Box 257<br \/>\nBraidwood<br \/>\nNSW 2622<\/p>\n<p>I am represented by <strong>Booked Out<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>and<strong> Creative Kids Tales Speakers Agency<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m also represented by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.creativenetspeakers.com\">www.creativenetspeakers.com<\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"Creative Net logo\" alt=\"\" \/><ins datetime=\"2016-08-04T00:25:09+00:00\"><\/ins><a href=\"http:\/\/harrylaing.com.au\/workshops\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Creative-Net-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/harrylaing.com.au\/workshops\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Creative-Net-logo-300x66.jpg\" alt=\"Creative Net logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"66\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Laing is a poet, children&#8217;s author, creative writing teacher and comic performer. I have a passion for poetry, comic performance and for teaching. 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