Monday 15 September, 10AM – 12PM
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Steering the Craft
Journey through the word-magic of the formidable Ursula Le Guin in a writing craft workshop facilitated by artist and writer Lucy Wylie.
How do the bodies we are in shape the worlds that we write? What structures can be altered when we dream up new futures collectively? Drawing upon writing exercises from Le Guin’s comprehensive handbook Steering the Craft, this session will also explore the Handdara practice of Presence (from Le Guin’s classic novel The Left Hand of Darkness) as a means of deepening critical connection to an embodied writing practice.
Pay-What-You-Wish
narrm ngarrgu Library and Family Services, Mulitpurpose Room 1
141 Therry St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Lucy Wylie
Lucy Wylie is a writer and daggy queer making art on Gadigal land. Riverstone Literary Journal is their publishing project. They facilitate writing workshops and host open mic community poetry events and spend a lot of time in the bush.
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