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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.
It has been a busy time organising with Susanne Gervay and Andrew Y M Kwong the visit by Meenakshi Bharat and Sujata Sankranti to Sydney and the NSW Central Coast in March 2010. Meenakshi and Sujata will visit the NSW Writers Centre and the University Technology Sydney. A launch of the Australian edition of Fear Factor Terror Incognito is planned at The Hughenden Boutique Hotel in Woollahra in March 2010. A Preview of the book is being held at the Gosford Regional Gallery on the NSW Central Coast on March 19.
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.
In 1996 she 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.
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 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 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
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