Dear all,

for anyone still needing a reader, Tony tells me they are now in the booksroom.

by the end of the weekend I’ll have fully sorted the presentation and workshopping weeks, including workshopping for second semester, and I’ll post that here.

please email me asap at j.sinclair2@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au with your preferred reading for the week you’re on for – if you are clear on your date, don’t wait for me to post the roster, just let me know. This will also help me make sure everyone has been assigned a week.

I haven’t talked about consultation times. For the Thursday class, anything beyond a quick question needs to be raised BEFORE class – I will generally be in by 9.15 if you email me and let me know. For Tuesday, straight after class is good and in some weeks I’ll be around at uni between 11.30 and 2 on Tuesdays, but not always. Feel free to make a time with me before nine on Tuesday too, if you are ever awake at that hour.

I won’t be reading drafts apart from the workshopping, but if you have questions about particular issues – problems you are striking in your work, what you can submit for the folio and so on – all that is fine. Before the break we will have some sort of pitching session to discuss ideas.

The general homework this week is:

- do the set readings

- read the supplementary material I handed out on indigenous-non-indigenous relations

- read the workshop material you were given this week, and preferably make some notes on your copy to hand back to the writer.

- come up with something you think a non-fiction writer should or should not do, in terms of ethical behaviour, for class discussion.

have a good week,

Jenny