Eda Gunaydin is a Turkish-Australian essayist whose writing explores class, race, diaspora and Western Sydney. Her essays have appeared in The Sydney Review of Books, Meanjin, The Age, and elsewhere. Her debut essay collection Root & Branch (NewSouth Publishing) was published in 2022, and won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction.
Appearing In

Friday 16 June, 10am
Masterclass: Memoir
A masterclass all about memoir. From reading it to writing it!
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Thursday 15 June, 7pm
The Sun, The Moon, The Stars
This group of emerging and established First Nations writers have summoned up their writing magic to share stories of the Sun, the Moon and the Stars

Thursday 22 June, 8:30am
Morning Pages: Personal Archives
Allow Sharlene Allsopp to guide you through some early morning writing prompts and techniques to breathe new life into nostalgia- soaked memories, either inherited or lived.

Thursday 22 June, 5:30PM
Writers’ Toolbox: Finding your Community
Four evenings of professional development sessions for aspiring and seasoned writers alike who wish to dig into the nuts and bolts of being a professional writer.

Wednesday 14 June – Saturday 24 June
Floodlight
Take a walk around Melbourne in the company of four storytellers using refrains of infrastructure, history, and memory to guide their routes.
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