Writeability began in 2012 as a pilot partnership with Arts Access Victoria that encompassed access support, mentoring and manuscript assessments for aspiring and emerging writers with disability. The program expanded to included the Writeability Goes Regional and Online program in 2017, supported by the Australian government through the Department of Communication and the Arts’ Catalyst—Australian Arts and Culture Fund.
Writeability is also supported by the Grace Marion Wilson Trust and has provided professional development and publication opportunities for hundreds of writers with disability. This archive records much of that activity and showcases the work of talented writers with disability that might otherwise have gone unheard. Click through using the links below to view webinars and read articles, stories and other material produced as part of the Writeability and Writeability Goes Regional and Online programs.
2020
- Stories From Home – Our Selection Featured Writers
- My Corporate Memory Sonya Voumard
- The Land of Opportunity Raphael Kaleb
- In The Darkness Stuart Chaplin
- Wonderful Life Stuart Chaplin
- I Am Glenys Ratcliffe
- Maribel Steel talks about vision loss and her book Blindness for Beginners with Chris Thompson
- Behind The Scenes, Part 1 – Readings and interviews from Shepparton WGRO writers & project manager Lyndel Caffrey, presented by local mentor Chris Thompson
- Behind The Scenes, Part 2 – Readings and interviews from Shepparton WGRO writers, presented by local mentor Chris Thompson
- Bold & Brilliant – The Victorian Writer Dec 2019-Jan 2021
2019
- Westerly DisAbility, Westerly Special Edition featuring Writeability authors Heidi Everett, Anthony Riddelll, Jessica Walton
- Writers Victoria Empowering Those with a Disabilty, Georgina Jerums. Article about Publishability
- 2019 Writeability Fellows announced
- 2019 Publishability Fellows announced
- Dulcie Stone Writing Awards, Judges Report
- Behind The Scenes, Chris Thompson, Ivan Estebeh and Eliza Brodie on Behind the Scenes Vision Australia Arts Program
- Joy turned Into Nightmare, Leone Purdy
- Spoken Word – Anthony Riddell, Writeability fellow Anthony Riddelll on 3CR’s Spoken Word
- Invisible, MJ McArthur
- My Experience with Anxiety, Matt Robertson
- In Defence of Happy Endings, Mary Borsellino
2018
- Writing with Schiz, Sean O’Leary
- 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
- Long-form fiction ‘rewarding’, Vincent Silk
- Days of love and E.F.T.P.O.S., Anthony Riddell
- The Fear, Jessica Obersby
- Honesty and truth a ‘wrestle’, Micheline Lee
- Never just descrpition – how setting can enhance your story (video) with Angela Savage
- Storytelling a powerful act, Jax Jacki Brown
- Change slow, but heading in the right direction, Jax Jacki Brown
- 2018 GMW Writeability Fellows Announced
- A first draft is just the start, Astrid Edwards
- Change needed at all levels, Jessica Walton
- Dreams of Weightlessness, Sonia Marcon
- Dulcie Stone winners announced
- Find what powers the story, Micheline Lee
- Get to know other writers, Jessica Walton
- Her Name is She, Eve Harris
- Learning from the Best: Using Mentor Texts (video) with Sarah Mayor Cox
- Monday Mornings, Jo Walters
- Opportunities for Writers (video) with Jessica Walton
- The survey says…, Writeability Project Assistant Alex Fairhill
- Writeability Fellowship Information Session (video) with Writeability Project Officer Harriet Gaffney
2017
- 2017 Writeability Fellowships announced
- Amplify your own body’s language, Andy Jackson
- An Open Letter to Allies, Kochava Lilit
- Experimenting with different forms of writing, Karen Andrews
- Find the writing form to suit your story, Karen Andrews
- Make space, Carly Findlay
- On-page representation matters, Jessica Walton
- Our Bodies, Our Stories (video) with Jessica Walton
- Pathways to Publication (video) with Carly Findlay
- Respect the readership, Shivaun Plozza
- Short thoughts on Carrie Fisher,Sam Twyford-Moore
- Stories can change the way we think, Jax Jacki Brown
- The Heir and a Spare, Mary Borsellino
- There’s strength in numbers, Andy Jackson
- Too Many Layers, CB Mako
- Untitled, Erin Kyan
- We have valuable things to say, Jax Jacki Brown
- Write until you are heard, Jessica Walton
- Writeability Goes Regional and Online announcement
2016
- 2016 Writeability Fellowships announced
- Art mirrors life, Chris Van Ingen
- Hunger, Kate Hood
- In Ancient Rome (from Deafness Down), Michael Uniacke
- The internet we imagine, Jessica Knight
- The internet we miss, Honor Eastly
- The line in the sand, Amber Airey
- Three little ducks, Christian Ali
- Tom and Annie’s Story, Gail M Shell
- World reflected back – diversity in Kid Lit, Jessica Walton
- Write What You Don’t Know, Natasha Agafonoff
- Writers block can be constructive, Micheline Lee
- Writers with disability in Castlemaine
- WV recognised at Vic Disability Awards
- Young people don’t get sick, Susan Mackenzie
2015
- Nothing about us, without us, Sarah Widdup
- Out of the Shadows, Ashlee Bye
- Skeletons of character, Sarah Widdup
- Telling our stories, Jax Jacki Brown
- Untold stories of pride, Jax Jacki Brown
- Walking next to a hole in the world, Sarah Widdup
- Without your health, you have…, Michelle Roger
- Writeability goes Beyond Access (video), from Arts Access Victoria
- Writeability goes regional, Writeability Project Officer Harriet Gaffney
- Writeability Salon at EWF 2015, Writeability Mentor-in-Residence Fiona Tuomy
- WV welcomes deaf writers (video)
2014
- Devoured, piece by piece, Michelle Roger
- FUBAR, Michelle Roger
- It’s all fun and games, Leisa Prowd
- My Friend Fox, Heidi Everett
- On blogging and advocacy, Carly Findlay
- On writing and medication, Heidi Everett
- Ruthie, Kate Hood
- The excitement of a blank page, Nicole Smith
- The hitch to getting hitched, Robert O’Brien
- The Shape of Sound, Fiona Murphy
- Unbearable care, Kate Hood
- Vale Stella Young, Carly Findlay
- Write like someone is watching, Carly Findlay
- Writeability Fellowships announced
- Writers reveal their ‘invisible lives’
- Writing is at the very heart, Kate Hood
- Writing is my therapy, Kate Morell