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SUMMARY:Reimagining the Archives
DESCRIPTION:The archives are rich places for understanding our history. But for many marginalised people\, archival stories are only told through police reports\, medical documents\, and institutional records. These documents are all told from the perspectives of those in power. How can archival research be used to recover and reimagine the voices that dominant narratives have tried to silence?  \nIn this workshop\, experiment with approaches that foreground gaps\, silences\, and bias\, and consider how form can challenge those narratives. Through discussion and creative exercises\, explore how to write with\, around\, and against the archive to create work that is thoughtful\, self-aware\, and open to multiple histories. 
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/reimagining-the-archives/
LOCATION:narrm ngarrgu library
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Libraries
ORGANIZER;CN="Emerging Writers' Festival":MAILTO:info@emergingwritersfestival.org.au
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SUMMARY:Sonia Orchard and Louise Milligan in conversation
DESCRIPTION:We are honoured to welcome Sonia Orchard for a conversation with journalist and author Louise Milligan\, about her new book\, Before the Harm: Preventing Abuse\, Protecting Children\, the latest in MUP’s In the National Interest series.\n\nBefore the Harm starts a conversation that is long overdue: child sexual abuse is one of Australia’s most widespread and devastating public health crises\, with children more exposed than ever\, from the privacy of the family home to the unpoliced corners of the internet. But there is some hope in this darkest of topics: CSA is preventable\, but – as Before the Harm outlines – prevention requires political courage and real investment in support programmes.\n\nDrawing on interviews with leading voices including Jess Hill\, Grace Tame and Professors Ben Mathews\, Michael Salter and Daryl Higgins\, alongside research and accounts from survivors and offenders\, Sonia Orchard reframes one of our most confronting social issues and shows that protecting children begins long before a crime is committed.\n\nPlease note that some members of our community may find this event distressing and are advised to consider the impact of hearing more about this topic.\n\nFree\, but bookings are essential.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/sonia-orchard-and-louise-milligan-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Readings State Library\, 285-321 Russell St\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Bookshops,Writers
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SUMMARY:Unfinished Business: Writing Memory\, Place and Uncertainty
DESCRIPTION:Within so many searing works of fiction\, lies a sense of unfinished business. The stories\, silences\, and emotional residues that linger across generations\, relationships\, and landscapes. Drawing on Australian Gothic traditions\, join prize-nominated writer Shannon Benton to explore memory as something unstable and shape-shifting\, where ambiguity and atmosphere become powerful\, creative tools. Experiment with fragments\, uncertainty\, and emotional truth\, while considering how place\, longing\, and inherited narratives shape the stories we tell.   \n\n\n\nPresented in partnership with
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/unfinished-business-writing-memory-place-and-uncertainty/
LOCATION:Abbotsford Convent\, 1 St Heliers Street\, Abbotsford\, VIC\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Festivals,Places to Visit
ORGANIZER;CN="Emerging Writers' Festival":MAILTO:info@emergingwritersfestival.org.au
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SUMMARY:Tapestries of Home
DESCRIPTION:In an age of increased displacement\, how do we find our way home? Hear from a group of writers as they meet at the nexus of emotion and memory\, uncovering what it means to be tied to people\, places\, rituals and traditions.  Inspiring\, personal and deeply evocative\, these stories shed fresh light on the richness of the world around us\, and our enduring ability to build a home no matter where we are in the world.  \n\n 
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/tapestries-of-home/
LOCATION:Balam Balam Place\, 15 Phoenix Street\, Brunswick\, VIC\, 3051\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Festivals
ORGANIZER;CN="Emerging Writers' Festival":MAILTO:info@emergingwritersfestival.org.au
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