Emerging Writers Festival is one of the premier festivals in the country, and really delivered this year with a terrific and engaging program that focused on honing creativity, diversifying writers' incomes, and building better practices for emerging writers. I was there for five days of the festival, including the National Writers' Conference, and had, genuinely,… Continue reading Five Lessons from EWF17
Category: festivals
Emerging Writers’ Festival: my picks
For the first time in a few years, I'm heading over to Melbourne for Emerging Writers' Festival. I'm pretty excited to be going, especially as the program this year is really inclusive, diverse and compelling across the board - from artists to topics to genres. You can check out their full program on their website,… Continue reading Emerging Writers’ Festival: my picks
A Guide to Brisbane Writers Festival
Somehow it's that time of year again. Brisbane Writers Festival is just about upon us, and it's boasting a pretty terrific program this year, with some of my favourite writers hanging about to have some pretty interesting conversations. My picks for the festival are just below! TUESDAY 6 SEPTEMBER A Night by the Fire. The… Continue reading A Guide to Brisbane Writers Festival
Queensland Poetry Festival
I try to make a few events at Queensland Poetry Festival every year. It often has a terrific program, with a range of artists I haven't really been exposed to before, with the added benefit of being almost entirely free which makes it easy to pop in and out of sessions at your own fancy.… Continue reading Queensland Poetry Festival
Friday Finds
From the heartsick graverobbers of early Romantic literature to the latest gritty cable crime drama, the dead woman is never simply mourned and forgotten, but fully objectified and consumed. Elizabeth Harper's exploration of the dead woman of literature is a really interesting and devastating read. This article on the emergence of 'slut lit' is pretty… Continue reading Friday Finds
Friday Finds
While Lifetime has always had a panache for marrying high and low culture, the channel has also told multifaceted, complex, even contradictory women’s stories long before “prestige” antiheroines were trendy. On Lifetime, women are strong; women are victimized. Women are sexual; women are violently sexualized. Women want a reflection of their own experiences; women want… Continue reading Friday Finds
Canberra, Noted
I spent the bulk of the weekend in Canberra for Noted, an exciting little festival with a great line-up of emerging artists and an interesting approach in marrying art and the written word. I had a pretty darn great time thanks to the wonderful Noted Team and to the engaged and talented participants in my… Continue reading Canberra, Noted
A Month in Writing
In exciting news, March has turned out to be a bit of a big writing month for me. I'm going to be teaching and speaking at Noted Festival in Canberra (which will also mark my first time to Canberra which is pretty darn exciting!) and teaching and moderating panels at Contact 2016, the 55th Australian… Continue reading A Month in Writing
Friday Finds
We're on day three of Brisbane Writers Festival, and I'm exhausted already, which doesn't bode well for the weekend. Ah well, I'll power through. In more exciting news, I'm moving house! Woo! But hey, more on that another time. WATCHING I was really saddened to hear of the passing of Wes Craven last weekend. He's… Continue reading Friday Finds
The Owlish Guide to Brisbane Writers Festival 2015
Festival season is more than upon us in Australia, and one of my faves is just around the corner. Brisbane Writers Festival is a total powerhouse, and this year's program is particularly awesome, and not even just because I'm on it (teaching Pen to Paper on Wednesday, and chairing Ask Me Anything with Cassandra Clare! on… Continue reading The Owlish Guide to Brisbane Writers Festival 2015
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