Jenny Hickinbotham created Sticks and Stones will Break my Bones but Words can Totally Destroy my Mind for Blindside Gallery April 2022. She has performed and sang hand-written songs, exhibited aself portrait with a Dax Collection selection of work for the 2022 Big Anxiety Festival and Forum, performed with her band for HillSceneLIVE Speculative Beginnings Festival and presented at conferences using song and language. In 2023 she drove to Fremantle escaping family violence and creating Songs of my Adventures, Songs of my Personal Growth Journey and three sculptural paintings for DADAA Gallery. Jenny is currently creating Homelessness Turquoise for her next show and undertaking her PhD studies/research.
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Thursday 15 June, 5:30pm
Writing Without Compromise
This workshop will unpack the complications of navigating language and identity in a hostile literary environment

Wednesday 21 June, 6pm
On Being Published
Learn about the multiple perspectives, considerations and voices that went into the telling of Sasha’s matriarchal family stories and about the rigorous, collaborative editing and publishing process.

Friday 16 June, 5:30pm
Writers’ Toolbox: Finding your Audience
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.

Saturday 17 June, 1:45pm
Bella Li: Composition as Explanation
What is it we do when we write? How does composition relate to vision? Bella Li discusses two particular methods of composition – collage and ekphrasis – as well as general compositional principles of structure and sequence, in works of poetry.
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