Essay Writing

Wednesday 1 August 2012 - Wednesday 22 August 2012

Presented by: Anne Manne
Rating: Early and Emerging
Type: Course

Wednesdays, 6.30–8.30pm, 1–22 August

What is an essay? How does the essay, that most beguiling classic of writerly forms, differ from opinion columns, reportage or memoir? In these workshops writer and social philosopher Anne Manne will discuss the essay as an art form and assist students in shaping their own.

A former columnist with The Age and The Australian, Anne Manne’s longer essays on contemporary life appear regularly in the Monthly. Her book Motherhood; How should we care for our children 2005 was a finalist in the Walkley Award for Best Non-Fiction Book. Her Quarterly essay ‘Love and Money; The Family and the Free Market’, was published in 2008. A memoir, So this is Life, Scenes from a Country Childhood (Melbourne University Press) was published in 2009. Her Monthly essay on child abuse, ‘Ebony, The Girl in the Room’ was selected for The Best Australian Essays, a ten year collection, Black Inc 2011.

Early birds receive 10% discount. Offer closes 18 July

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