Storm - New date
Storm, the physical theatre re-imagining of The Tempest, has
revised production dates of January 2013 - more news to come. Working
with circus performers means that every element of story has to be
thought through in terms of circus skills (and the Flying Fruit Fly
Circus guys can do things that wipe the floor with CGI). I've loved the
experience of being forced to rethink story for clarity, always getting
closer and closer to the heart. The design,by Richard Jeziorny, is
absolutely stunning.
A short video showing some of the results of the last Creative Development is here.
Faber Academy 2012
Applications are open now for the 2012 Faber Academy at Allen &
Unwin Novel Writing Course. The first course has been a wonderful
success, with one novel already signed and more to come. Details of the
next course here.
Paula Tierney's Jamie Reign series
In
2011 I mentored Paula Tierney, working on her Young Adult series. After a
three-way auction, Paula has signed a three-book deal with
HarperCollins. Watch out for the books, they're brilliant!
Captain Starlight's Apprentice
The novel is in development with Jack and Jill Films, a small independent British production company who made the French film The Burial which won the London Independent Film Festival's Best Foreign Film. They have a beautiful sensibility and not a load of money, so 'in development' sort of means trying to find large pots of money to make the actual film.
Interviews
Watch an interview with Kathryn Heyman from Shelf Life
Read an interview with Kathryn Heyman in The Scotsman.
Read a profile of Kathryn Heyman in Vogue Australia
Listen to an interview with Kathryn Heyman from Radio National's The Book Show.
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