Getting Ready for Your
Building Narrative Workshop
with Fiona Dempster
Building Narrative Workshop
with Fiona Dempster
YOUR WORKSHOP DATE
Sunday 5 October
TIME – 9:45am for a 10am start
Finishing around 4pm
LOCATION
Kim Herringe’s studio at:
10 Nadi Lane, North Maleny
5 minutes drive from the Maleny township. Scroll down the page to see the Google map.
PARKING
CARPORT – Fits 2 cars.
SIDE PARKING AREA – Fits 3–4 cars; the first car should park snugly at the front to allow room for others.
OVERFLOW – If everything is full, you can park in the driveway, and we’ll shuffle cars if needed. Street parking is also available on the grass verge.
ON ARRIVAL
Head through the carport and into the studio. We’ll be inside, getting everything ready for our day.
Please take a moment to read through the information on this page. If, after reading the information below, you still have questions before our time together, please call 0413 384 426 or email me.
A PERSONAL NOTE FROM FIONA DEMPSTER
Thank you so much for enrolling in my Building Narrative Workshop at Kim Herringe’s The Studio on Sunday
5 October 2025. I am really looking forward to working with you.
This workshop is about going deeper with your artists’ books, rather than about learning particular techniques. It is about investigating, exploring and testing ideas and understandings, and having you head home with tools to apply at other times to create meaningful artists books that take the reader/viewer on a journey.
On the day we will be developing and testing ideas, but some preparatory work will be useful.
I have attached a document that lists some possible book titles. Whilst I don’t always work from, or simply respond to, a title; it is a great place to start your investigation especially in a workshop situation. From this list I would like you to select one (and possibly a back-up) title that you will work with to create an artists’ book.
Sometimes a title will grab you and your imagination immediately; sometimes you might have to choose between several that excite or interest you; or you may simply have to select what seems for you to be the least worst option and make it work!
On the day, please bring a journal or notebook and pens/pencils for recording ideas and ‘notes to self’.
Bring some ideas for the story you want to tell, based on the title you have selected from the list. This should be a loose, not fully-formed, set of ideas, as we will build and expand upon them on the day. Please do not spend ages thinking it all through.
You may also wish to bring some imagery, paper, ephemera, or words, that you might like to incorporate into your book. We will discuss your thoughts about how to use them and how they might work to enhance the story you are telling.
An extra element I would like to let you know about is that in addition to the full day together, I am offering a one and a half hour follow up session with each of you in the weeks after the workshop. The cost would be $100 for a one and a half hour, one on one session. Please let me know on the day if you are interested.
The session would be on a day and at a time that suits us both, and in it we will discuss your progress, your process, your learnings and your book. Please note you are under absolutely no obligation to choose to do it!
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Fiona
WHAT TO BRING
Please bring a journal or notebook and pens/pencils for recording ideas and ‘notes to self’.
Bring some ideas for the story you want to tell, based on the title you have selected from the list above.
Bring some imagery, paper, ephemera, or words, that you might like to incorporate into your book.
Please also bring an open mind and a sense of curiosity. This workshop is about exploration, reflection and discovering new ways to tell your stories through artists’ books.
LUNCH & SNACKS
Morning and afternoon tea: A light morning and afternoon tea (gluten-free) is provided during this workshop. As is tea and coffee throughout the day.
Lunch: Please bring your own. You can also pop into town to grab something, though parking can be difficult on weekends. There’s a fridge, microwave, and cutlery in the studio if you need them.
