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SUMMARY:Klara and the Sun – cinema release
DESCRIPTION:Klara and the Sun\, based on the book of the same name by Kazuo Ishiguro opens 22 October for a theatrical season.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/klara-and-the-sun-cinema-release/
LOCATION:VIC
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261109T123000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261109T131500
DTSTAMP:20260220T022125Z
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SUMMARY:Auslan Storytime
DESCRIPTION:If you love a story\, you’ve come to the right place! \nAuslan Storytime brings stories to life through visual language\, expression and movement – delivered entirely in Australian Sign Language (Auslan). Come along every 1st and 3rd Monday of each month at State Library Victoria as we welcome Deaf storytellers from Expression Australia for Auslan Storytime. \nThis is an inclusive early years program designed to be engaging and accessible for Deaf\, hard-of-hearing and hearing children alike. Sessions are delivered directly in Auslan (not interpreted from spoken English)\, providing authentic language modelling and a rich introduction to Deaf culture. \nA qualified Auslan interpreter supports each session so hearing participants can follow along\, creating a shared and inclusive experience for all families. These interactive sessions may include signed storytelling\, movement\, repetition and informal interaction after the session. \nPerfect for kids aged 3-5 and their families. \nNo bookings required. Sessions run on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month\, excluding public holidays and Victorian school holidays. \n  \nPresented by State Library Victoria with Expression Australia\, as part of the Victorian Government’s Multicultural Storytime Program. This program is funded by the Victorian Department of Health under the Multicultural Storytime Grant Program (2023–2027). 
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/auslan-storytime/2026-11-09/
LOCATION:State Library Victoria
CATEGORIES:Children's Literature,Libraries
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DTSTAMP:20260907T054021Z
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SUMMARY:Online Feedback: Picture Books
DESCRIPTION:This online feedback clinic is an opportunity to work on your current picture book project or embark on a new one in a supportive group environment with guidance from a professional editor and picture book author Elizabeth Cowell. \nOver the course of eight weeks\, you will submit your work four times (up to a maximum of 850 words each time) and receive individual feedback from Elizabeth and fellow group members. The sessions are designed to help you build on your strengths and encourage you as you edit\, refine\, and polish your manuscript. \nThe feedback will be tailored to each submission\, focusing on areas such as story\, character\, voice\, point of view\, structure\, pace\, language and expression. \nBetween submission rounds\, Elizabeth will recommend picture books and online articles to inform\, interest and inspire you. \nPlease note that this is a feedback-based course. There is no face-to-face component. \nSubmissions due on Tuesdays 29 September\, 13 October\, 27 October and 10 November by 11.59pm \nFeedback due on Fridays 9 October\, 23 October\, 6 November and 20 November by 10am \nOur Online Feedback clinics are asynchronous\, with no face-to-face meetings\, allowing you to engage with the content at the times of day and week that suit your schedule. They are hosted on our private WordPress server. For more information on our online feedback clinics\, please read our FAQs.  \nYou will learn:\n\nHow to test what’s working on the page and what’s not\nHow picture books are structured\nStrategies for getting a first rough draft down ​\nTips for working with literary devices like rhyme and repetition ​\nBasic information about how picture book publishers work with writers and illustrators\n\nAbout the tutor:\nElizabeth Cowell has more than 20 years’ experience working as an editor in the Australian publishing industry. She has also written several children’s picture books\, including the bestselling All About Mermaids\, under the name Izzy Quinn. Her books have been published in Australia\, the US and Canada\, and in translation in France\, Italy and Greece.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/online-feedback-picture-books/2026-11-10/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Children's Literature,Education,Writers,Young Adult
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261110T110000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261110T130000
DTSTAMP:20260929T225346Z
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SUMMARY:Our words\, our way writers group
DESCRIPTION:Our words\, our way is a fledgling disabled writers group at Kathleen Syme Library. This is a free program guided by values of self-representation\, disability leadership and peer support – creating a space where every voice matters\, including quiet ones. \nIf you are a disabled writer\, identify as a person with a disability\, or experience barriers due to an impairment or condition\, you are warmly invited to explore writing and collaborating with us. \nFor more info and to express interest in joining\, contact facilitator Lyndel Caffrey \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/our-words-our-way-writers-group/2026-11-10/
LOCATION:Kathleen Syme Library\, 251 Faraday Street\, Carlton\, VIC\, 3053\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Libraries,Writers
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261111T070000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261111T080000
DTSTAMP:20260710T040245Z
CREATED:20260226T222852Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260710T040245Z
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SUMMARY:Writing Momentum writing workshops
DESCRIPTION:Join creativity coach and writer Meg Dunley for a weekly online writing session designed to help you build and keep a consistent writing practice. It’s a little like a guided shut-up and write with accountability. \nEach Wednesday morning session runs for one hour and includes a poetry-based prompt to spark your thinking\, 40 minutes of silent focused writing time\, and a brief accountability check-in to start and close the session. Whether you’re working on a novel\, memoir\, poetry or any other form of writing\, you’re welcome here. \nWriting Momentum runs throughout the year. The session is recorded and sent to all members on Friday afternoon\, along with the prompt\, poem and questions. \nSessions are open to Momentum\, Focus\, Elevate and Creative Empowerment Coaching Program members. New members can join with a 7-day free trial. \nWhen: Every Wednesday\, 7:00–8:00am Melbourne time \nWhere: Online via Zoom \nMore information and to join
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/writing-momentum-wednesdays/2026-11-11/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom\, Melbourne\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Education,Writers
ORGANIZER;CN="Meg Dunley%2C Creativity Coach":MAILTO:meg@megdunley.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261111T123000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261111T131500
DTSTAMP:20260220T022125Z
CREATED:20260220T021531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T022125Z
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SUMMARY:Auslan Storytime
DESCRIPTION:If you love a story\, you’ve come to the right place! \nAuslan Storytime brings stories to life through visual language\, expression and movement – delivered entirely in Australian Sign Language (Auslan). Come along every 1st and 3rd Monday of each month at State Library Victoria as we welcome Deaf storytellers from Expression Australia for Auslan Storytime. \nThis is an inclusive early years program designed to be engaging and accessible for Deaf\, hard-of-hearing and hearing children alike. Sessions are delivered directly in Auslan (not interpreted from spoken English)\, providing authentic language modelling and a rich introduction to Deaf culture. \nA qualified Auslan interpreter supports each session so hearing participants can follow along\, creating a shared and inclusive experience for all families. These interactive sessions may include signed storytelling\, movement\, repetition and informal interaction after the session. \nPerfect for kids aged 3-5 and their families. \nNo bookings required. Sessions run on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month\, excluding public holidays and Victorian school holidays. \n  \nPresented by State Library Victoria with Expression Australia\, as part of the Victorian Government’s Multicultural Storytime Program. This program is funded by the Victorian Department of Health under the Multicultural Storytime Grant Program (2023–2027). 
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/auslan-storytime/2026-11-11/
LOCATION:State Library Victoria
CATEGORIES:Children's Literature,Libraries
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DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261111T194500
DTSTAMP:20261001T020723Z
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SUMMARY:The Weight of Witness:  Stories from Gaza
DESCRIPTION:Dr Bushra Othman\, editor of The Weight of Witness\, joins contributor Dr Saya Aziz to reflect on their experiences volunteering on medical missions to Gaza.\nThe Weight of Witness brings together the firsthand accounts of 40 Australian and New Zealand medical professionals who have volunteered in Gaza\, documenting what they witnessed and endured working on the frontline of a healthcare system under extraordinary strain. \nEdited and introduced by Dr Bushra Othman\, the collection is a tribute to the extraordinary work of volunteer medical staff in times of war. Its essays speak to courage\, humanity\, resistance and the enduring spirit of the Palestinian people\, and document the profound impact of caring for others amid devastation. \nOthman\, the first Australian-Palestinian and Muslim Australian woman to volunteer as a surgeon in Gaza\, joins fellow contributor Dr Saya Aziz and host Antoun Issa to discuss the human experiences behind the collection – from the mental toll of the work to the difficult task of putting pain\, grief and anger on the page. \n  \nContent warning:\nThis event contains discussion of violence\, war\, conflict in the Middle East\, mass trauma and casualties and harm to children.  \nPresented in partnership with PEN Melbourne 
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/the-weight-of-witness-stories-from-gaza/
LOCATION:The Wheeler Centre\, 176 Little Lonsdale Street\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:The Wheeler Centre
ORGANIZER;CN="The Wheeler Centre":MAILTO:ticketing@wheelercentre.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261111T193000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261111T220000
DTSTAMP:20260428T044519Z
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SUMMARY:Motley Openhaus
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the Motley Openhaus!  \nA space to let your heart bleed and words run. An inclusive\, encouraging space for writers of all experiences to come up and read whatever they’ve been working on. Long form\, short stories\, haikus\, spoken word\, if you wanna say it\, we wanna hear it! Every Wednesday evening\, 7:30 start. Free entry
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/motley-openhaus/2026-11-11/
LOCATION:The Motley Bauhaus\, 118 Elgin Street\, Carlton\, VIC\, 3053\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Spoken Word
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261116
DTSTAMP:20260924T072619Z
CREATED:20260129T064321Z
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SUMMARY:Cultivating creativity: Intensive writing retreat
DESCRIPTION:Update: This retreat is booked out. If you’d like to be on the waiting list or be notified about future retreats sign up ay newpagewriting.com. \nThis residential weekend of writing masterclasses is aimed at supporting your creative practice. \nWe’ll focus on: \n\nCreating and maintaining a writing practice that suits you\nTaking your writing project to the next stage\nTechniques and strategies to support your creativity\nTaking time to enjoy deep rest and rejuvenation\nGetting words down on the page\nHow to establish and embed sustainable writing habits\nTips and tools for the craft of writing\nCelebration and relaxation.\n\n\nWho’s it for? \n\n\nThis retreat is designed specifically for women and nonbinary writers at any stage of your career\, and in any genre.\nYou may feel you need more knowledge and in-depth craft focus\nOr you may be an experienced writer and want a recharge\, a reboot\, and some solid writing time away from your daily routine.\n\nYour retreat leader is Dr Kelly Gardiner\, acclaimed author\, editor\, and creative writing teacher. \nOur venue is the divine and newly renovated Continental House in Hepburn Springs. The fee includes expert tuition from Kelly in two masterclasses each day plus extra writing activities\, two nights’ accommodation in your own room with private bathroom\, Hammam spa session\, yoga classes each morning\, writers’ salon\, and refreshments\, with all meals prepared by an award-winning local caterer.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/cultivating-creativity-intensive-writing-retreat/
LOCATION:Continental House\, Hepburn Springs\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Writers
ORGANIZER;CN="Kelly Gardiner%2C New Page Writing Retreats":MAILTO:kmjgardiner@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261116
DTSTAMP:20260624T231116Z
CREATED:20260624T231116Z
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SUMMARY:Save the Date! Mountain Writers Festival 2026
DESCRIPTION:Mountain Writers’ Festival returns to Wurundjeri Country (Macedon) from Friday 13 – Sunday 15 November!\nThe 2026 program will be centred on the Festival’s enduring theme: ‘Nature. Place. Story.’\, featuring readings\, conversations\, workshops and special events for readers and writers of all ages and stages.\nThe festival brings together local voices and national perspectives to explore creativity\, climate\, place and belonging\, celebrating the power of storytelling to deepen our connection to each other and the world around us.\nWe can’t wait to see you there!
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/save-the-date-mountain-writers-festival-2026/
LOCATION:VIC
CATEGORIES:Festivals
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261113T120000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261113T130000
DTSTAMP:20260907T054615Z
CREATED:20260907T053828Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T054615Z
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SUMMARY:Friday Write Club
DESCRIPTION:Friday Write Club is Writers Victoria’s fortnightly writing group\, designed to help you make progress on your writing goals in a supportive and focused environment. \nJoin us in the Writers Victoria Library to work on your current project or respond to a creative writing prompt provided on the day. \nEach session includes a brief welcome followed by two 20-minute blocks of focused\, accountable writing time\, giving you the opportunity to build momentum and connect with fellow writers. \nLed by a wonderful team of volunteers\, Friday Write Club runs from 12-1pm on selected Fridays throughout the year. This year’s sessions will be held on: \n\nFriday 4 September\nFriday 18 September\nFriday 2 October\nFriday 16 October\nFriday 30 October\nFriday 13 November\nFriday 27 November\nFriday 11 December\n\nFriday Write Club is free to attend but registration is essential. Register once to secure your spot for all of our 2026 sessions. \nWhat to bring: \nPlease bring pen and papel or a fully charged device. \nWe’re keeping our write clubs free for everyone. If you’re in a position to give\, any donations over $2 go straight toward our programs and are tax-deductible.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/friday-write-club/2026-11-13/
LOCATION:The Wheeler Centre\, 176 Little Lonsdale Street\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Writers
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261113T200000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261113T213000
DTSTAMP:20261001T021313Z
CREATED:20261001T021313Z
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SUMMARY:Up Late: What's Love Got to Do with It?
DESCRIPTION:Joshua Hortinela and Dee Salmin offer agony-aunt advice on everything to do with love and relationships.\nAre your friends sick of analysing your situationship? Attachment styles absorbing your energy? Limerence leading you astray? This Up Late panel is taking questions. \nJoshua Hortinela is a bookseller and content creator whose debut novel\, Hate You to Love You\, is a moving queer love story that throws two exes together on an international book tour. Dee Salmin has spent years listening to people talk about their love lives as host of triple j’s podcast The Hook Up; her first book\, It’s Not Love\, Actually\, is part-memoir\, part-manifesto on dating\, sex and love. \nJoin these platonic bedfellows with host Mel Fulton as they unpack the questions on everyone’s FYP. Expect a frank\, funny and honest discussion on nostalgia and yearning\, raising your dating standards and finding love that’s worth your energy.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/up-late-whats-love-got-to-do-with-it/
LOCATION:The Wheeler Centre\, 176 Little Lonsdale Street\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:The Wheeler Centre
ORGANIZER;CN="The Wheeler Centre":MAILTO:ticketing@wheelercentre.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261114T090000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261114T150000
DTSTAMP:20260907T234052Z
CREATED:20260714T020059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260907T234052Z
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SUMMARY:Day retreats for writers
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning author\, Bonny Cassidy runs 1-day retreats at her bush studio in Central Victoria\, limited to 4-6 people. These retreats offer a chance to work intensively on your own project in a calm space\, chat about your work with a small group of like minds\, or refresh and deepen your ideas in a special location. On October 3rd\, the loose retreat theme “Unwilding” invites writers of all forms with existing projects on or around themes of conservation\, economy\, species relations\, settler identity and related subjects.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/day-retreats-for-writers/2026-11-14/
LOCATION:Castlemaine
CATEGORIES:Education,Writers
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261114T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261114T160000
DTSTAMP:20260806T015651Z
CREATED:20260806T014701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260806T015651Z
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SUMMARY:Tools and Tricks of Commercial Fiction
DESCRIPTION:No matter what chosen style or genre\, there is so much to learn from commercial fiction: build great worlds like a fantasy author\, learn to pace like a crime writer\, access your characters’ emotional landscape like a romance author or build tension like a horror writer.\n\n\n\n\nJoin publishing professional Kate Cuthbert to develop tools to invigorate craft skills with concrete examples\, in-class practice and fantastic reading list to keep exploring and expanding these principles at home. \nYou Will Learn:\n\nHow to recognise and use point of view\nHow to develop momentum and maintain pacing\nHow to build a convincing world\nWhere to begin and where to end your story\n\nAbout the Tutor:\nKate Cuthbert is a publishing industry consultant with 20 years’ experience across the sector. She has held senior roles at Books+Publishing\, Pantera Press and Writers Victoria\, and she launched the Escape Publishing imprint at Harlequin Australia. Her book on the creation\, impact and language of book covers and titles\, How to Judge a Book by its Cover\, was released in 2025. She is the founder and editorial director of Enough Trope\, a literary journal and podcast about genre fiction in Australia.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/tools-and-tricks-of-commercial-fiction/
LOCATION:The Wheeler Centre\, 176 Little Lonsdale Street\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Education
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261114T150000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261114T160000
DTSTAMP:20260804T041608Z
CREATED:20260804T041429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T041608Z
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SUMMARY:The Paperback Book Club with Anna
DESCRIPTION:The Paperback hosts two book clubs a month\, one on the second Saturday of each month (led by Anna) and another on the fourth Thursday of each month (led by Georgie). \nThe book clubs are for adult readers. Each session runs for one hour. Light refreshments are provided. \nAll participants receive a 20% discount on the book of the month. \nWe offer two sessions of each meeting\, with a maximum of 12 people per session.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/the-paperback-book-club-with-anna/2026-11-14/
LOCATION:Shop 4 / 24 Crossley St\, 24 Crossley street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3001\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Bookshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261114T163000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261114T173000
DTSTAMP:20260804T042145Z
CREATED:20260804T041507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T042145Z
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SUMMARY:The Paperback Book Club with Anna
DESCRIPTION:The Paperback hosts two book clubs a month\, one on the second Saturday of each month (led by Anna) and another on the fourth Thursday of each month (led by Georgie). \nThe book clubs are for adult readers. Each session runs for one hour. Light refreshments are provided. \nAll participants receive a 20% discount on the book of the month. \nWe offer two sessions of each meeting\, with a maximum of 12 people per session.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/the-paperback-book-club-with-anna-2/2026-11-14/
LOCATION:Shop 4 / 24 Crossley St\, 24 Crossley street\, Melbourne\, VIC\, 3001\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Bookshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261115T100000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Melbourne:20261115T130000
DTSTAMP:20260806T015641Z
CREATED:20260806T014909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260806T015641Z
UID:10033552-1794736800-1794747600@cityofliterature.com.au
SUMMARY:Writing Place and Belonging
DESCRIPTION:In this three-hour workshop\, participants learn selected craft techniques with a focus on the importance of writing place to ground\, deepen their work.\n\n\n\n\nThrough selected readings and examples\, participants have the opportunity to discuss the relationship between place and belonging and try a range of activities and writing exercises focusing on landscape and description\, including close observations of people and home. \nThe workshop is open to writers of fiction and non-fiction\, including short fiction and long-form fiction writers\, and writers working in other forms such as non-fiction essays\, poetry\, graphic narratives and hybrid work. \nThis session is an excellent opportunity to inspire new work\, or to continue building a piece of writing with a focus on deepening place and belonging. \nYou Will Learn:\n\nTo look closer at the layers of writing place\nTo consider the relationship between people\, place and belonging\nTo consider how place can influence atmosphere\, tone\, and mood\nTo practise immersive observation of place\n\nAbout the Tutor:\nSuzanne Hermanoczki is a Meanjin/Brisbane-born\, Naarm/Melbourne-based award-winning writer\, creative writing teacher and academic\, of Argentine and Hungarian descent. She holds a PhD\, a Master’s degree and postgraduate studies in Creative Writing from the University of Melbourne and The University of Hong Kong\, respectively. Her writing centres around place\, home/land\, cultural identity\, post/memory\, the immigrant experience and journey. Her work has appeared in numerous publications including Cha\, Going Down Swinging\, Meanjin\, Overland\, Puentes Review\, Sobremesa\, SWAMP\, TEXT\, Varnish Literary Journal\, Westerly\, and HKU and Verge Anthologies. Suzanne has worked as a tertiary educator for many years and is currently co-director of Writing Days\, a creative writing society based in Merri-Bek.
URL:https://cityofliterature.com.au/event/writing-place-and-belonging/
LOCATION:The Wheeler Centre\, 176 Little Lonsdale Street\, Melbourne\, Victoria\, 3000\, Australia
CATEGORIES:Education,Writers
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