How to Write... About Disability
Date:
With:
Fiona Tuomy and Kate Larsen
Rating:
ALL
Summary:
Have a conversation, not a checklist. Learn about the Social Model of Disability, talk about best-practice, language, advocacy and power.
Details
Supported by the Write-ability program.
This event is for members of Writers Victoria or the Write-ability program only.
About Fiona Tuomy
Fiona Tuomy is a writer and filmmaker based in Melbourne, Australia. Over the past 20 years she has also worked in a diverse range of leadership and educational roles across the arts, screen, literary and disability sectors. As writer and director, her documentary ‘Helen Garner’s Monkey Grip’ recently screened on ABCTV. She is the Write-ability Mentor in Residence at Writers Victoria.
About Kate Larsen
Kate Larsen is a writer, poet and arts manager with more than 15 years’ experience in the not-for-profit, government and cultural sectors in Australia, Asia and the United Kingdom. Kate is passionate about the arts (and, of course, about her first love: writing). Her alter ego (Katie Keys of @tinylittlepoems) publishes a tiny little poem every day on Twitter. She is the Director of Writers Victoria.