Event:

First Friday with John Morrissey

6 October 2023, 12:30-1:30pm

Online via Zoom

First Friday, our monthly conversation with an industry professional, is a chance for our community to learn more about the writing and publishing industry. This October, we invite you to our online event with John Morrissey, judge for the 2024 Boundless Mentorship for Indigenous Writers.

John joins us to chat with Writing NSW CEO Sophie Groom about judging the upcoming 2024 Boundless Mentorship for Indigenous Writers, as well as his writing career since winning the 2020 Boundless Mentorship, including his new collection of stories, Firelight.

This event starts online at 12:30pm, via Zoom, and will run for 60 minutes. If there is time, we will take audience questions at the end. Free and open to members and non-members, but RSVPs are essential.

Registered attendees will receive a link to access this event online immediately prior to the event start time on Friday 6 October.

JOHN MORRISSEY, JUDGE FOR THE 2024 BOUNDLESS MENTORSHIP FOR INDIGENOUS WRITERS

John Morrissey is a Melbourne writer of Kalkadoon descent. His work has been published in Overland, Voiceworks, Meanjin and the anthology This All Come Back Now. He was the winner of the 2020 Boundless Mentorship and the runner-up for the 2018 Nakata Brophy Prize. His collection of stories, Firelight, was released in 2023.

Catch up with our previous First Friday events on Event Recap.

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