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Symposium: The Art of Cultural Exchange Asia-Pacific Conversations in Creative Writing

RMIT - Writers Immersion and Cultural Exchange

Event Date: 9 October 2024 09:30 AM to 9 October 2024 04:00 PM *
Author / Presenters: Ali Cobby Eckermann, Dicky Senda, Michelle Aung Thin, Marnie Badham, David Carlin, Quinn Eades, Melody Ellis, Eugenia Flynn, Michele Lee Francesca Rendle-Short, Beth Yahp, Ann Ang, Priya Sarukkai Chabria, Conchitina Cruz, Arpita Das, Marjorie Evasco, Roanna Gonsalves, Hsu-Ming Teo, Alvin Pang, Lily Rose Topé.
Event Venue: Library at The Dock
Event Organiser: WrICE, RMIT non/fictionLab

Join us for a warm, lively, inclusive space of dialogue and conversation, both creative and scholarly, addressing questions of ethical encounter and exchange in creative writing and the arts across the Asia-Pacific. The Symposium breaks from conventional academic conference formats. It is designed for all participants to engage actively across the two-day program: talking, listening, taking our time, and sharing food to enable in-depth thinking and to forge new connections. Featuring leading writers, poets and scholars from across the region, including Ali Cobby Eckermann (Yankunytjatjara), Dicky Senda (Mollo, West Timor), Ann Ang (Singapore), Priya Sarukkai Chabria (India), Conchitina Cruz (Philippines), Arpita Das (India), Marjorie Evasco (Philippines), Roanna Gonsalves (Australia), Hsu-Ming Teo (Australia), Alvin Pang (Singapore), Lily Rose Topé (Philippines), and RMIT’s Michelle Aung Thin, Marnie Badham, David Carlin, Melody Ellis, Eugenia Flynn, Michele Lee and Francesca Rendle-Short.

* This event is recurring

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