Sophia Cai is a curator and arts writer based in Narrm/Melbourne, Australia. She currently teaches at the Victorian College of Arts, University of Melbourne and Monash Art Design & Architecture, Monash University, while also maintaining an independent curating and writing practice. Ahead of her workshop Writing About Art, Sophia spoke with Marketing and Communications Officer Sarah Giles …
Gabriella Munoz, our Acting Membership Officer, sat down with our very own Program and Partnerships Manager, Anna Kate Blair, to talk about her debut novel, The Modern, and all things writing. Anna is a writer, arts worker and cultural historian from Aotearoa. Before starting at Writers Victoria in 2022, she worked at arts and educational …
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Writer, editor and educator Kelly Gardiner creates works of historical fiction and fantasy for readers of all ages. Her latest series is The Firewatcher Chronicles. Her other books include 1917: Australia’s Great War; Act of Faith and The Sultan’s Eyes, both shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards; and Goddess, a novel based on the life of the sword-fighting opera star, Mademoiselle …
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Poet, writer and performer Koraly Dimitriadis is the author of the poetry collections Just Give Me the Pills and Love and F*ck Poems. Koraly’s theatre show I Say the Wrong Things All the Time premiered at La Mama in 2016. She was awarded the UNESCO City of Literature Residency in Krakow for her debut fiction …
Koraly Dimitriadis on self-care and writing fearlessly Read More »
Before this Friday’s Lunchtime Bite: The Introvert’s Guide to Self-Promotion, Writers Victoria’s Marketing and Communications Manager, Jeanie Watson, shares with us a few tips on self-promotion and getting your work out there. Jeanie joined Writers Victoria recently and in this interview she also talks about her role and the benefits of being part of a …
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Eugen Bacon is an African Australian author of several novels and fiction collections. Her work has won, been shortlisted or commended in numerous awards. Most recently, she was a 2022 World Fantasy Award finalist and was announced in the honour list of the 2022 Otherwise Fellowships for ‘doing exciting work in gender and speculative fiction’. …
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Lisa is a poet and novelist, essayist and reviewer. Her first poetry collection Press Release won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Poetry; her second, Hotel Hyperion was awarded the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal; her third, Empirical, was shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s and NSW Premier’s Literary Awards for Poetry; and her fourth, Mirabilia, was shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s Literary Award …
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Kate Mildenhall is the author of Skylarking (Black Inc., 2016) and The Mother Fault (Simon & Schuster, 2020). She co-hosts The First Time podcast, a podcast about the first time you publish a book, now in its fifth season. Kate lives in Hurstbridge on Wurundjeri lands, with her partner and two children. She is currently working on her third …
Dr Sian Prior has been a writer and broadcaster for 30 years. She has been published in newspapers, magazines and literary journals. Sian teaches non-fiction at RMIT and runs online courses in creative non-fiction and writing as therapy. She has written two books, Shy: A Memoir (2014) and Childless: A Story of Freedom and Longing (short-listed for The Age Non-Fiction Book of …
Sian Prior on Life Writing’s Curious Temporality Read More »
(…) my much inscribedskin knows a space behind the word where you become real. Miriam Tag, “and mystery exists“, from “abstract alphabet“, translated by Jo Langdon There is a mystery in how language appears. This here, right now. A poem, prose, a piece of writing. Sometimes words are just there, all around; they keep creeping, …
