Thursday 22 June, 8:30am
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Free, Morning Pages & Professional Development
Morning Pages: Personal Archives
Access those hazy, endearing, and enduring stories from your very own familial, or personal archives to sow into new creative work. Allow Sharlene Allsopp to guide you through some early morning writing prompts and techniques to breathe new life into nostalgia-soaked memories, either inherited or lived.
Accessibility
Wheelchair, Accessible Toilets (in QV), onsite paid parking
No Vacancy
34-40 Jane Bell Ln, Melbourne VIC 3000
Sharlene Allsopp
Sharlene Allsopp was born and raised on unceded Bundjalung Country into the Olive mob.
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Victoria Hannan: Structure and Boundaries
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