Writers with disability will raise their voices in a series of life- and advocacy-writing workshops in the lead-up to the Emerging Writers’ Festival this year. “Those of us living with disability or long-term illness have particularly unique stories because we have learned to navigate life in unique ways,” says workshop leader Kate Richards. Richards’ own […]
Writers reveal their ‘invisible lives’ Read More »
In 2014, Writers Victoria produced a series of postcards and memes of some of our Writeability Fellows. This week, we profile the work of Michelle Roger. You can find some of her work in our Writeability Archive. Writeability aims to support writers with disability wishing to develop their skills and writing careers. For more information,
Devoured, piece by piece Read More »
In 2014, Writers Victoria produced a series of postcards and memes of some of our Writeability Fellows. This week, we profile the work of Kate Hood. Write-ability aims to support writers with disability wishing to develop their skills and writing careers. For more information, visit the Writers with Disability page of our website. The Writeability Fellowships are made possible
Writing is at the very heart Read More »
In 2014, Writers Victoria produced a series of postcards and memes of some of our Writeability Fellows. Here, we profile the work of Heidi Everett… Writeability aims to support writers with disability wishing to develop their skills and writing careers. For more information, visit the Writers with Disability page of our website. The Writeability Fellowships are made possible by
On writing and medication Read More »
In 2013 Writers Victoria launched a mentorship program for writers from non-English speaking backgrounds. The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Mentorship Program was established to support and promote the diversity that forms the fabric of our writing and our broader community. The five recipients of our 2013 CALD Mentorship Program were Beverly Almeida, Lian Low,
Diverse writers win mentorships Read More »
The 2012 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship was awarded to Stephany Steggall last night at Adelaide Writers’ Week. Steggall will use the $10,000 prize to write a biography of Thomas Keneally, Booker Prize winner for Schindler’s Ark. The announcement was made at a lecture commemorating the life and work of biographer Hazel Rowley, where special guest
Stephany Steggal wins Hazel Rowley Fellowship Read More »
On 14 March at the Wheeler Centre, Mary Hoban was announced as the winner of the inaugural Hazel Rowley Memorial Fellowship. The judging panel comprised Alex Miller, Jim Davidson, Lynn Buchanan and Della Rowley. Mary’s project is a biography of Julia Arnold (nee Sorrel, 1826-1888). Julia lived through many important moments of early Tasmanian history
Mary Hoban wins Hazel Rowley Fellowship Read More »
The Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship was established in 2011 to encourage Australian authors to attain a high standard of biography writing and to commemorate the life, ideas and writing of Hazel Rowley (1951–2011). Biography writers were invited to apply for a literary fellowship up to the value of $10,000. Writers Victoria congratulates the shortlisted applicants:
Hazel Rowley Fellowship shortlist announced Read More »
Amidst the red velvety warmth of the beautiful Trades Hall Bella Union Bar, this year’s Doris Leadbetter Poetry Cup went off. In a good way. Forty poets braved the microphone with their poems condensed into 60 seconds (a feat and a half!). Ten of these made it through to round two to perform a two-minute
Kerry Loughrey wins Doris Leadbetter Poetry Cup Read More »
Congratulations to the winners and runners up of our Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers Competition. Timothy Robinson won the Short Story category for his entry “Henry Stanfield Can Fly”, while Lindy Alexander won the Non-fiction prize for “Hiding from the World”. The fiction runner up was Melanie Cheng for “Stone Baby”, and Lorna Hendry was
Emerging Writers Competition winners Read More »
