Short stories, features and poems from our writing community.
Over the last year, our Write-ability Goes Regional project has included a remit to uncover and showcase the work of some of Victoria's regional writers with disability.
Here regional writer Natasha Agafonoff explores the link between writing and wellness, and when the pen is mightier than the shrink...
Over the last year, our Write-ability Goes Regional project has included a remit to showcase the work of some of Victoria's regional writers with disability.
After receiving widespread acclaim for his role in the ABC production of Christos Tsiolkas' 'Barracuda', Geelong actor, writer and disability advocate Chris Van Ingen discusses how his writing has influenced his current success and why people with disability are best placed to play characters with disability...
Over the last year, our Write-ability Goes Regional project has included a remit to uncover and showcase the work of some of Victoria's regional writers with disability.
Enjoy this extract from Christian's story, 'Three little ducks'...
WVs Write-ability program was highly commended at the 2016 Victorian Disability Awards ceremony yesterday for excellence in cultural and social access.
Over the last four years, Write-ability has provided accessible literary activities, opportunities and commissions for people with disability in Melbourne and Geelong. You can read more about ...
Over the last year, our Write-ability Goes Regional project has included a remit to uncover and showcase the work of some of Victoria's regional writers with disability.
Enjoy this extract from 'The line in the sand' by regional writer Amber Airey...
Gail M Shell was one five writers with disability who received a Write-ability Fellowship in 2015.
The Fellowships, a joint initiative of Writers Victoria and Arts Access Victoria, enabled Gail to work with mentor Lyndel Caffrey.
Enjoy this extract from Gail's manuscript - 'Tom and Annie's Story'...
Tom, you’re breathing wrong,’ Mr Campbell says. He stops playing the keyboard. ‘Babies move their stomachs as they breathe, not their chests; that’s something we learn as we get older, as we get lazy. It’s the diaphragm’s job. Can I show you?’
We’re gunna get out of here. That’s what Mum keeps saying. She’s in the kitchen, wearing a faded yellow dress, hands working quickly, slapping mayo onto cheap white bread.
‘We’re gunna get out of here,’ she says again, smiling with wonky teeth.
‘But I like it here,’ I tell her. She frowns and shakes her head.
In 'Deafness Down', Michael Uniacke uses a Greek font to give the sensation to the reader of something said but not understood, an everyday experience for deaf people. This extract is part of Michael's memoir being launched in Castlemaine on Monday 14 March with the support of Write-ability Goes Regional. The protagonist is about 11 or 12 years old and trapped in a history class.
Writers with disability in the Castlemaine region are welcome to join a free workshop with acclaimed writer and activist Arnold Zable later this month, as part of our Write-ability Goes Regional program.
In Get Writing, Arnold will help participants decide how to write their story and answer basic questions about writing, techniques and how to get going.
