Arty Owens (They/Them) is a queer chronically ill writer based in Naarm (Melbourne). Their writing is informed by their experience with pain, mental health and a devastating awkward existence. They dabble in non-fiction, middle grade, young adult and song writing. As a writer they have been awarded a Varuna fellowship (2023), the Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowship and a scholarship at Faber Writing Academy (2020).
Appearing In

Friday 23 June, 12:30pm
Lunch/Break: Writing Collaboratively
Hear from writers as they discuss the ins and outs of working with one another, how it informs their practice, and how you can implement it into your own.
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Tuesday 20 June, 6pm AEST
On Collectivity
Leah Jing McIntosh and Hannah Wu will discuss the process of developing work for publication in LIMINAL’s two anthologies, Collisions and Against Disappearance.

Tuesday 20 June, 6:30pm
Writers’ Night School: Writing Family
Join Elfy Scott, author of The One Thing We’ve Never Spoken About as she unpacks different approaches to writing our personal peripheries.

Thursday 22 June, 11am AEST
AI: T/truth
In this pre-recorded panel, three trans/queer writers discuss the complex connections between Truth, genre, and identity within their own work. Combining theory, genre-bending experimentation, and the mundane absurdity of their everyday lives, these writers consider the intersections of form and content along lines of race and gender, and talk about how these relationships effect their […]

Friday 16 June, 6:30pm
place, non-place
Join these incredible poets as they explore place/non-place in the surrounds of Fitzroy Garden’s Conservatory.
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