Marisa Wikramanayake

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    Updates,  Writing

    Do you want a DWoA writing group?

    June 21, 2016 / No Comments

    I want to talk about writing groups today. As you may or may not already be aware, I do attend a regular writing session/group with two friends of mine every Friday. We sit in a bar, I write my book, they write their PhD theses and come four or five pm we have beer.

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    The Defying Doomsday Anthology

    April 12, 2015

    The South Asian Women Writers Challenge 2014

    January 20, 2014

    Happy Independence Day, Sri Lankans!

    February 4, 2013
  • Competitions

    Competition: African-Australian short stories

    June 2, 2016 / 1 Comment

    The Centre for Stories in Perth, WA has a competition for African-Australian writers in WA. What is amazing and exciting about it is that if you win, I could be your mentor. And we only require 1000 words. So hop to it! Get writing! More info after the cut.

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    So who won the Australia Day Book Giveaway?

    January 30, 2013

    Australia Day Book Giveaway Blog Hop

    January 25, 2014
    Plan B by Sebastien Wiertz via Flickr

    Upcoming awards, residencies and other awesome things for writers

    May 2, 2016
  • Journalism,  Projects,  Science journalism

    Big Bang confusion

    March 16, 2011 / 1 Comment

    Date published: 10th March 2011 Publication: Science Network WA Editor: Jason Boudville Author: Marisa Wikramanayake Title: Big bang confusion Link to full article: Big bang confusion Excerpt: THE expansion of the universe does not work the way we expect it to, according to Dr. Tamara Davis, astrophysicist at the School of Mathematics and Physics from the University of Queensland. Dr Davis presented a seminar at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR), at UWA last week, and discussed common misconceptions about the expansion of the universe.

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    Kangaroo fossils give insights into changes in biodiversity

    September 16, 2010

    Mentoring: the why and the how of doing it

    December 6, 2013

    Australian Love Stories

    November 20, 2014
  • Journalism,  Science journalism

    National desalination research centre launched in Rockingham

    August 11, 2010 / 1 Comment

    National desalination research centre launched in Rockingham: Marisa Wikramanayake's article for Science Network WA on the launch of the National Centre for Excellence in Desalination (NCED)'s testing facility at Murdoch University's Rockingham campus and the announcement of their first twelve projects chosen via a funding round in June 2010 that raised $11.6 million AUD for desalination research. Click through to find the link to read the article at Science Network WA.

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    Protected: How to interview people via Skype video

    April 2, 2015

    Australian Love Stories

    November 20, 2014
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    Three important stories I wrote in 2021 as a freelance journalist

    February 15, 2022
  • Journalism,  Science journalism

    New Mallee Harvester prototype reaps accolades

    May 5, 2010 / 1 Comment

    Date published: 15 April 2010 Publication: Science Network WA Editor: David Satterthwaite Author/Photographer: Marisa Wikramanayake Title: New Mallee Harvester prototype reaps accolades Link to full article: New Mallee Harvester prototype reaps accolades Excerpt: THIS week’s Mallee Industry Expo saw the launch of a new Mallee harvester prototype in Narrogin, promising cheap and efficient biomass energy harvesting. Western Australian ministers for Energy and Environment, the Hon. Peter Collier MLC and the Hon. Donna Faragher JP MLC, launched the prototype together with Kevin Goss, the CEO of Future Farm Industries Cooperative Research Centre (FFI CRC), who compared it to the development of the Sunshine Harvester. Read more here…

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    Surviving university as a journalism student

    February 13, 2015
    Marisa Wikramanayake waiting to present during the IPEd Conference freelancing workshop in 2013

    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013

    AWW 2013: Marj McRae's Not A Man

    January 10, 2013
  • Events

    Learn How To Market Your Business

    June 29, 2009 / No Comments

    Do you still have the first set  of 500 business cards that you had printed when you first started? Do you not have a steady stream of work coming in? Are you trying to diversify but not getting the chance? Then you need this workshop. Renee Otmar has been awarded the honorary title of Distinguished Editor by the Institute of Professional Editors. She has worked for nearly 20 years as an experienced and successful editor and she attributes her success to her marketing tactics. Now thanks to the Society of Editors (WA) Inc. you can benefit from her knowledge and her tactics when you attend the full day workshop on…

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    Marisa Wikramanayake waiting to present during the IPEd Conference freelancing workshop in 2013

    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013
    Workers in black t-shirts outside a Fairfax building with flags protesting job cuts and the takeover by channel nine as part of the union MEAA's campaign.

    MEAA Update for August 2018

    August 27, 2018

    IPEd 2017: Workshops, whirlwinds and welcome

    September 13, 2017
  • Events

    SOEWA Meeting: 21st April 2009

    March 27, 2009 / No Comments

    For all those budding freelancers, editors & writers in Perth: Come along to the next Society of Editors W. A. meeting. It’s on the 21st of April and it will be held at the Subiaco Community Centre at 7 p.m. You are more than welcome to attend, even if you aren’t a member. The reason why you should come? Richelle Moran from the Small Business Development Corporation will be there to discuss “Starting (and surviving) as a freelancer” so as you can imagine you can get a lot of tips and information on freelancing and so on and you can meet Richelle who will tell you all about how the…

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    The Writing Calendar: June 2016

    June 9, 2016

    Freelancing panel at IPEd 2017

    September 14, 2017
    Marisa Wikramanayake waiting to present during the IPEd Conference freelancing workshop in 2013

    Where have I been?

    May 5, 2013

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