Sharlene Allsopp was born and raised on unceded Bundjalung Country into the Olive mob. She has been published in the Growing Up Indigenous in Australia anthology on BlackWords, Griffith Review – Acts of Reckoning, Portside Review, Aniko press, and was the University of QLD’s Ford Memorial Poet of 2021. Her novel The Great Undoing is due for release in 2023 with Ultimo Press.
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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.

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.

Saturday 17 June, 3pm
Yumna Kassab: The Physical Act of Writing
In this Keynote, Yumna Kassab will explore the rituals, tools, routines and environmental conditions that assist in a sustainable creative practice.

Thursday 22 June, 6pm
On Intergenerational Stories
In this conversation between father and daughter, the two writers discuss the intergenerational approach to their co-written book, The Shape of Dust.
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