Jenny Valentish is a Castlemaine-based author, journalist and teacher, specialising in memoir and creative non-fiction. She is the author of the Walkley-nominated Woman of Substances: A Journey into Addiction and Treatment, which used her own story to answer vital questions about the nature of addiction and the relevance of gender, and Everything Harder Than Everyone Else: Why Some of Us Push Our Bodies to Extremes, in which her own quest to fight in the ring ran parallel to the narratives of those she interviewed. Her next book, Does Not Play Well With Others, blends memoir with game plans for introverts.
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Friday 16 June, 10am
Masterclass: Memoir
A masterclass all about memoir. From reading it to writing it!
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Wednesday 14 June – Saturday 24 June
Wayward Trance
Six artists use illustration to zoom in on details, both remembered and imagined, marking geologies, mysticisms, repetitions and fragility.
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Monday 19 June, 10am-4pm
Masterclass: Genre Fiction
Join this group of remarkable writers for a day of everything genre fiction.
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Saturday 17 June, 12:30pm
Victoria Hannan: Structure and Boundaries
How does a good story become a great novel? Victoria Hannan, author of Kokomo and Marshmallow, will explore the role of structure in bringing stories to life.
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Thursday 15 June, 5:30pm
Writing Without Compromise
This workshop will unpack the complications of navigating language and identity in a hostile literary environment
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