What does it mean to write the place you have lived? How do you harness the streets you have walked, and reflect back the people around you with care and consideration? In this special discussion event, these western suburbs writers come together to talk about the place, and the responsibility of writing it.
Free & Panel
Coming of Age in the Wild West
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Wednesday 11 September, 6:30PM
Chestnut Tree Bookshop
542 Barkly St, West Footscray VIC 3012
Featuring...
Dominic Gordon
Dominic Gordon is from Melbourne. His work has appeared in Meanjin, The Suburban Review and other literary journals. In 2018 Dominic was awarded the competitive Berry Street Fellowship, at the State Library Victoria, where he began work on what would become his first book, Excitable Boy: Essays on Risk. Since the 2024 release of his book, he has appeared on numerous ABC radio segments, his most recent was on Conversations with Richard Fidler. He lives with his partner and young son. And is currently working on a new collection of essays.
Drey Mendez
Drey is a latinx creative whose work has featured in literary magazines and exhibitions like Overland, EWF’19, Yo Soy, the Australian Multilingual Writers Project and Blak Dot Gallery (ISTHMUS, Dr Tania Canas).
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