Writeability and Writeability Goes Regional and Online programs writes and commissions articles, webinars and other items relating to the craft and business of writing, by and for writers with disability. This list is updated regularly.
Support
Writeability is supported by the Grace Marion Wilson Trust. Some resources on this page were developed with the support of the Australian Government through its Catalyst program, and the Victorian Government through the Creative Victoria Talent Matters program.
Toolkits
- Own Voices: A toolkit for creating disability access and inclusion within publishing (PDF version)
- Own Voices: A toolkit for creating disability access and inclusion within publishing (Word version)
Anthologies
Webinars, videos and audio
- Social model of disability series: What does disability mean to you? (video) featuring Tim Williams, Heidi Everett, Jess Obersby, Andy Jackson, Micheline Lee
- Social model of disability series: How does your writing connect with your identity? (video) featuring Tim Williams, Heidi Everett, Jess Obersby, Andy Jackson, Micheline Lee
- Social model of disability series: How does your writing raise awareness of disability? (video) featuring Tim Williams, Heidi Everett, Jess Obersby, Andy Jackson, Micheline Lee
- Ask..About Writing for Anthologies (video), featuring Carly Findlay, Rebecca Lim, Hope Mathumbu, Danielle Binks (Auslan version here)
- How to write crap (video) with Scot Gardner
- Launch of ‘Say Hello’ by Carly Findlay (video); featuring Carly Findlay in conversation with Kevin Mitchell, Auslan interpreted (starts at 8 min, 19 sec.)
- Border Stories, Episode 1 (podcast) featuring writers with intellectual disability
- Border Stories, Episode 2 (podcast) featuring Cathy Townsend and Tully Zygier
- Border Stories, Episode 3 (podcast) featuring Michael Chan and Robbie Wales
- Never just description – how setting can enhance your story (video) with Angela Savage
- Learning from the Best: Using Mentor Texts (video) with Sarah Mayor Cox
- Opportunities for Writers (video) with Jessica Walton
- Writeability Fellowship Information Session (video) with Writeability Project Coordinator Harriet Gaffney
- Our Bodies, Our Stories (video) with Jessica Walton
- Pathways to Publication (video) with Carly Findlay
- Writeability goes Beyond Access (video), from Arts Access Victoria
- WV welcomes deaf writers (video)
Q&As
- Long-form fiction ‘rewarding’, Vincent Silk
- Honesty and truth a ‘wrestle’, Micheline Lee
- Change slow, but heading in the right direction, Jax Jacki Brown
- Change needed at all levels, Jessica Walton
- There’s strength in numbers, Andy Jackson
- On-page representation matters, Jessica Walton
- Experimenting with different forms of writing, Karen Andrews
- Nothing about us, without us, Sarah Widdup
- Untold stories of pride, Jax Jacki Brown
- On blogging and advocacy, Carly Findlay
- Stories can change the way we think, Jax Jacki Brown
Articles, stories and information
- Writing with Schiz, Sean O’Leary
- Days of love and E.F.T.P.O.S., Anthony Riddell
- The Fear, Jessica Obersby
- Monday Mornings, Jo Walters
- The survey says…, Writeability Project Assistant Alex Fairhill
- An Open Letter to Allies, Kochava Lilit
- Too Many Layers, CB Mako
- Art mirrors life, Chris Van Ingen
- The line in the sand, Amber Airey
- World reflected back – diversity in Kid Lit, Jessica Walton
- Write What You Don’t Know, Natasha Agafonoff
- Young people don’t get sick, Susan Mackenzie