Hayley Scrivenor, Zaheda Ghani and Nick Bhasin discuss the expectations and realities of first-time publication, and how their lives and careers have changed.

A journalist, scientist, poet and speculative fiction writer discuss writing hope and despair in the face of climate emergency.

Join us for an evening of readings and discussion with Queer writers and artists living in Sydney.

Join us for an evening of readings and discussion with Filipino writers and artists living in Sydney.

Right now, as we each experience isolation differently, food is a comfort for many. These times are also a reminder of how much food is a vehicle for connecting with family, friends and culture. In Talking Writing: Food, we consider the use of food to convey history, community, identity, love and memory. It can also […]

Talking Writing: The Body is going online!

Join us Thursday 30 April from 6:30pm for a fascinating discussion writing the body.

A panel event featuring discussions and readings with writers from the African diaspora.

A panel event discussing the revival of Aboriginal languages in celebration of UNESCO’s 2019 International Year Of Indigenous Languages.

Internationally acclaimed author Marele Day and screenwriter Sarah Lambert (Love Child, A Place To Call Home, Love My Way) will shed light on how a work is transformed from the page to screen.

Join Indigenous-Pasifika artists Amrita Hepi, Brian Fuata, Emele Ugavule, Latai Taumoepeau and Winnie Dunn for a talanoa about Australian arts and literature, in which race, class, culture, faith, gender and sexuality intersect.

Tragic, challenging or just plain boring, our first Talking Writing of the year brings together writers who find humour in the typically unfunny. Junkee’s News and Politics Editor, Osman Faruqi, will chair a panel including renowned tragic comic Annaliese Constable, slam poet and performance artist, Kevin Duo Jin, and Sweatshop’s Associate Director, novelist Tamar Chnorhokian. […]

Ever thought you’d like to write what you don’t know? To tell, not show? To go tell Shakespeare to take a hike and make way for something else in the syllabus? Subbed In and NSW Writers’ Centre are getting together some of their favorite wordsmiths to flip the tables on everything you’ve been taught about […]

India has long been the subject of literary fascination, from within and without. But what does it mean to write about a country, particularly when your sense of belonging may be complicated or compromised? And as far as muses go, what particular appeal or challenges does India present as a place and culture? Manisha Jolie […]