Storm and Sunshine, our new online anthology
We are excited to announce the launch of our latest Storming the City online anthology, Storm and Sunshine. This year’s anthology showcases our 2023 writers, including some familiar names. Zoe Simmons and Ibtisam Shahbaz once again share their poems with us. Jacinta Dietrich reflects on identity and the not-so-helpful boxes she’s been put in over the years. Renay Barker-Mulholland shares the silence of her…
Round 12 Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund Recipients
Since 2017, the Neilma Sidney Literary Travel fund has provided access to professional development for emerging, mid-career and established Australian writers and literary sector workers. On behalf of the Myer Foundation, this round’s judges and Writers Victoria, we are thrilled to announce the Round 12 Travel Fund recipients. The judges for Round 12 were author and researcher…
Kate Ellis on Creativity, Character and Connection
Great characters lift off the page and come to life. We empathise, champion and sometimes even despise them, but they always become a part of our daily lives when the writing urges us to invest. Writer, actor and acting coach Kate Ellis will lead a workshop at Writers Victoria all about character development through an…
Emily Bitto on Writing Time, Close Reading and Her Work in Progress
Emily Bitto is an award-winning writer of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Her debut novel, The Strays, won the 2015 Stella Prize. Her second novel, Wild Abandon, was the winner of the 2022 Margaret and Colin Roderick Literary Award. Emily has taught creative writing for over a decade and is currently a course advisor at the…
Gabrielle Wang on Self-Doubt, Plot and Structure and Her Next Middle-Grade Novel
Gabrielle Wang is an award-winning children’s author and illustrator. She has written and illustrated more than twenty novels for young readers. Her latest middle grade novel Zadie Ma and the Dog Who Chased the Moon was Shortlisted for the 2023 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, Queensland Literary Awards and NSW Premiers Literary Awards. Gabrielle was the…