"Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness"  Allen Ginsberg.


  SHARON RUNDLE   ~   BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Sharon and Meenakshi      Conference at JNU     > Sharon with "Fear Factor Terror Incognito" authors Sujata Sankranti, Jaspreet Singh, co-editor Meenakshi Bharat and author Susanne Gervay in New Delhi                     University of Delhi                              Sharon at British Council, New Delhi, India              Sharon giving paper and digital storytelling presentation at IASA Goa 2010 Conference                  Sharon and Helen work on Season of Inspiration in Nottingham UK                                  UTS Education Faculty         SMSA Medal                                                                                 Silver medal           presented to Sharon by                Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi Sharon is running a Critique Group – Hands-on Fiction at the NSW Writers’ Centre Library from 25th September - 4th December, 2010. She will be appraising manuscripts on September 11 at the NSW Writers’ Centre. For bookings and more information: Sharon Rundle at NSW Writers Centre The NSW Writers' Centre has also invited Sharon to be an Editor Mentor Sharon has accepted the invitation to organise and chair a Fear Factor Terror Incognito Authors' Anthology Panel for the Eltham Bookshop Literature Festival "World Matters" - Writers Disturbing The Peace. Co-editor Meenakshi Bharat is planning to be there from New Delhi, as well as Devika Brendon, Jeremy Fisher and Susanne Gervay. The Eltham Bookshop Literature Festival will be held on October 30 and 31 at the magical Montsalvat. Program will be released shortly. With Dr Meenakshi Bharat in Delhi, Sharon has co-edited a collection of exciting stories by authors from Australia and the Indian Subcontinent titled "Fear Factor, Terror Incognito" published by Picador India in October 2009 and Picador Australia in March 2010. For more go to Publications. While in India in January 2010, Sharon chaired two sessions and gave a paper with digital storytelling at the Indian Association for Studies in Australia (IASA) Goa 2010 Conference. Meenakshi and Sharon joined contributing authors Sujata Sankranti and Susanne Gervay for the launch of "Fear Factor, Terror Incognito" at the IASA Goa Conference. The Australian authors, including Sharon, were supported by the Commonwealth through the Australia-India Council which is part of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The assistance of AIC travel grants to attend the 2010 IASA Goa Conference is acknowledged and appreciated. Sharon is also grateful for the assistance of the Copyright Agency Limited in the form of a Cultural Fund award from their Creative Industries' Career Fund. Sharon also visited the University of Delhi, the British Council in New Delhi for the launch of the Indian chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI); and a literary event with local authors, including friends and colleagues Sujata Sankranti, Susanne Gervay and Meenakshi where she met author Jaspreet Singh. She was invited to read her short story Beige Walls at this literary afternoon in New Delhi. In March, 2010, Sharon organised a tour of Sydney and the NSW Central Coast for co-editor Meenakshi Bharat and author Sujata Sankranti who visited the NSW Writers Centre for the "Writing the Past" History Literature Festival; and the University Technology Sydney, Transforming Cultures Research Centre Writers' Anthology Panel at the UTS Gallery on March 15, 2010. Sharon and Meenakshi spoke at launch of the Picador Australian edition of Fear Factor Terror Incognito at The Hughenden Boutique Hotel in Woollahra on 21 March 2010. Susanne Gervay was MC. The anthology was launched by Melina Marchetta. A Preview of the book was held at the Gosford Regional Gallery on the NSW Central Coast on March 19, hosted by Andrew M Kwong. Meenakshi, Sujata and Susanne Gervay read from their stories in the anthology; Andrew Y M Kwong and Sharon also attended and Sharon read from David Malouf's "Child's Play". Meenakshi and Sujata visited the Australian Reptile Park to meet some local wildlife and for a photoshoot for the Central Coast Express Advocate. They were enchanted by the Australian Reptile Park and will be recommending it on their return to India. Meenakshi, Sujata and Sharon were interviewed on ABC Radio. They were also guests of honour at private dinners and literary readings. Sharon spent January 2009 in Delhi, India. She met Meenakshi's M.A. students at Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, where she read her story Cherryulla as well as facilitating a writing workshop for the students. Sharon was presented with flowers, a hand-crafted folder and a silver medal. Sharon addressed a gathering at Jawaharlal Nehru University, reading from her own works and speaking about Global English in contemporary Indian and Australian Fiction. Meenakshi read a brief extract from the anthology, "Fear Factor, Terror Incognito". These activities were supported by the Commonwealth through the Australia-India Council which is part of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Sharon very much enjoyed discussing literature with local authors and academics; as well as rooftop readings by local poets, story writers and novelists, where she was invited to read her story The Price Tag. She also met the publisher of Fear Factor, Terror Incognito at Picador India for an update on the progress of the book. Sharon is a Professional Member of the Society of Editors NSW, inc.; and a full member of the Institute of Professional Editors. Sharon's latest short story, Cherryulla appears in Encounters Modern Australian Short Stories, edited by Barry Oakley, published Five Mile Press. Sharon contributed to Desert In Bloom ~ Contemporary Indian Women's Fiction in English  [hardcover, Pencraft International, India. 2004] "A corroborative critical role is performed by the dynamic perceptions of Australian Sharon Rundle, the 1998 Commonwealth short story regional award winner, who analyses what it means to be a woman writer; the responsibilities and the problems that come with it ... In this context, she praises Sujata Sankranti and her   The Warp and the Weft and Other Stories for 'her valuable contribution to international literature with her sensitive storytelling.'" Meenakshi Bharat, from the Introduction to Desert in Bloom www.pencraftinternational.com Desert in Bloom  reviewed in The Hindu Sharon is currently lecturing at the University of Technology Sydney. She is Co-ordinator of the University of Technology Writers' Network and E-Community and Editor of the monthly UTS Writers' Network E-zine Writers Connect. Next Season of Inspiration Course starts in April, 2010 ~ Sharon and Helen's popular International Interactive Fully Online Creative Writing Course Season of Inspiration at the new course space at Season of Inspiration This is a popular course that attracts writers from around the globe. Contact us at Season of Inspiration contact for enrolments and enquiries. She is a member of E-Learning and Knowledge Sharing [ELKS] which is a United Nations Global Alliance for Information and Communication Development (UNGAID) Community of Expertise. This e-community is convened by Helen Whitehead, with Professor Gilly Salmon as special guest in the forum. She is also a member of The Asia-Pacific Writing Partnership; and a member of  Blended Learning and Instruction. Sharon provides a manuscript consultancy through the global Round Table Writing Manuscript Consultancy Service. She has co-authored two books on writing, titled Round Table Magic [2002] and Round Table Writing [1998]. She has taught Writing, English and ESOL Courses at TAFE OTEN and is now on the English Assessment Panel; she has also taught ESL, English, Professional and Creative Writing courses at The Central Coast Community College for the past fifteen years. She is a recipient of an Award for 15 years Service to the Learning Community. (Australia). Sharon taught Creative Writing Courses at General, Intermediate, Supplementary, Advanced and Post-Course Portfolio levels from 1993 until 2006 for the Institute of Modern Languages at James Cook University of Nth Qld. She has tutored Online Writing Courses for international students at the trAce writing school  Nottingham Trent University in the UK, as well as facilitating the trAce Online Writers’ Workshop and the very popular Summer School. In 2002 she graduated with a Bachelor of Education in Adult Education with a major in Language, Literacy and Numeracy from the  University of Technology, Sydney. She was awarded the UTS Faculty of Education Sydney Mechanics School of Arts medallion and prize for superior academic studies and adult education practice. Sharon has an accredited Certificate Level IV in Workplace Training and Train the Trainer. She completed Online Teaching and Learning Certificate Courses at TAFE OTEN (Australia) and The Nottingham Trent University (UK), to teach online courses and to facilitate online learning communities. She studied Creative Writing at James Cook University of Nth Qld for six years. After graduating, in 1992, she was offered a position of tutor at JCU to teach their Distance Learning Creative Writing Courses, which she tutored for fifteen years. Sharon continues to explore the craft of writing and has studied with authors, playwrights and poets such as Stephanie Dowrick, Joyce Reiser Kornblatt, Sue Woolfe, Patti Miller, Timothy Daly, Richard Tipping, Jean Talbot and Norman Talbot. For the past fifteen years, Sharon has judged Australasian Literary Competitions. Another insight into the world of the writer that Sharon enjoys is her work as a Manuscript Consultant. She specialises in developing fiction works-in-progress with Australian and international authors, particularly those writing in Indigenised Versions of English and Global Englishes. This entails reading manuscripts in various states of preparedness for publication and assessing and identifying common faults and flaws in manuscripts, as well as the prose that sings and is a joy to read. Through this and other writing work she has made firm friends all around the world. ROUND TABLE WRITING MANUSCRIPT CONSULTANCY In 1996 Sharon was commissioned to write Changes & Chances, the first twenty years of the Central Coast Women's Health Centre (published NSW Dept of Health, 1997). Mountain and Valley Echo, her collection of interviews and researched articles on the Mangrove Mountain Districts and its people was published in 1994 by the Wyong Historical Society & Museum with assistance from Wyong Council. The Newcastle University Library, Mountain and Valley Echo Her work has been published in Australia and overseas, in newspapers, magazines, literary journals, anthologies, e-zines and CDs; and has been reviewed in metropolitan newspapers. She has written regular columns and articles for independent rural newspapers. In 1993 Sharon was made a Fellow of the Fellowship of Australian Writers. She is currently Co-ordinator of the UTS Alumni Writers' Network Editor of the UTS Writers' Network Monthly E-zine Writers Connect E-Moderator for UTS Alumni Writers' Network E-Community A Partner of Season of Inspiration Writing Courses A life member of The Indian Association for the Study of Australia (IASA). A member of The Asia-Pacific Writing Partnership. UN Global Alliance for ICT Development (UNGAID) Community of Expertise: E-Learning and Knowledge Sharing [ELKS] - Invited Member Professional Member of the Society of Editors NSW, inc. Institute of Professional Editors - Full Member Australian Society of Authors - Full Member UTS Alumni The British Council Alumni Varuna, The Writers' House The Pencil Orchids Writers' Group, The Company of Writers  Blended Learning and Instruction View my page on Blended Learning and Instruction ___________________________________________________________________________ BACK BACK TO TUTORING PHOTO GALLERY             NEXT