Hannah Winspear-Schillings is Melbourne-based writer, having previously been published in Farrago, Concrete, and Forge & Flint. Her theatre writing credits include The Breaths In Between (Eleven O’Clock Theatre, 2022), and facet (Floor Work, 2020). She has a keen interest in Victorian literature, nineteenth-century psychology, neurodivergence, and the Gothic. She has previously worked in autism research with the Autism Cooperative Research Centre (AutismCRC). She also holds an honours degree from the University of Melbourne, with her thesis focused on interpretive methods for reading Edgar Allan Poe’s characters as autistic.
Appearing In

Friday 23 June, 11AM
Writeability: Self-told Stories
This panel features writers who have lived experience of disability reflecting on writing today.
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Wednesday 14 June – Saturday 24 June
Wayward Trance
Six artists use illustration to zoom in on details, both remembered and imagined, marking geologies, mysticisms, repetitions and fragility.

Thursday 15 June, 5:30pm
Writing Without Compromise
This workshop will unpack the complications of navigating language and identity in a hostile literary environment

Saturday 17 June, 1:45pm
Pitch Perfect
Find out the must-haves for delivering a great pitch and the pitfalls to avoid. This session will provide the guidance of a publishing industry leader to help whip your pitch into perfect shape.

Saturday 24 June, 8pm
Closing Night: Celestial Bodies
See the festival off with us in true extravagance, gala-style, and witness a dreamy line-up of well-loved writers, artists and inter-galactic DJS.
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