Join Storming the City participants from 2021 for a discussion on building a community of disabled, emerging writers during the pandemic, and how it has impacted their lives and writing.
Free, Online & Panel
Finding Community in the Eye of the Storm
Presented in partnership with:
Accessibility
Finding Community in the Eye of the Storm is a live panel discussion, hosted via Zoom.
To ensure the event stays private, ticket holders will be emailed a Zoom link 30 minutes prior to the event start time. Please check your email (including that pesky junk email folder).
Ticket sales will close 1 hour before the event starts.
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Live Captioning
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Access
For better access and engagement with Zoom, we recommend setting up and joining with a desktop or laptop computer rather than your phone.
If you have any difficulty connecting to the event, please email us at [email protected]
Tuesday 21 June
11-12pm AEST
Free, bookings essential
Online, via Zoom
Featuring...
Tara Calaby
Tara Calaby lives in Gippsland, Australia with her wife and far too many books.
Ruby Hillsmith
Ruby Hillsmith is a writer, editor and poet based in Melbourne, on Wurundjeri land.
Gemma Mahadeo
Gemma Mahadeo moved to Australia in 1987. Their written work and multimedia work has been published nationally, both online and in print.
Jessica Obersby
Jessica is the Writeability Program Manager for Writers Victoria.
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