Mawunyo Gbogbo is the Author of the memoir Hip Hop & Hymns, published by Penguin Random House and described by Books+Publishing as “a beautiful and heart-wrenching memoir”. Mawunyo writes about growing up in the sleepy coal mining town of Muswellbrook NSW, with her love of storytelling and budding journalism career taking her to The City That Never Sleeps: New York City, where she interns at the Bible of hip hop – the Source Magazine. Mawunyo has worked in the media industry for two decades and is currently a pop culture journalist for ABC News.
Appearing In
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Friday 23 June, 2PM
I Got A Story To Tell: Hip-Hop & Literature
2023 marks Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary of international recognition. Join these artists for a deeply compelling conversation about the ties between music, culture and literature.
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Wednesday 21 June, 6pm
On Being Published
Learn about the multiple perspectives, considerations and voices that went into the telling of Sasha’s matriarchal family stories and about the rigorous, collaborative editing and publishing process.
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Saturday 24 June, 11AM
CTRL+F: Assembling and Resembling the Poem
Dive into experimentation with procedure, constraint, chance and technology to generate poems.
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Wednesday 21 June, 8:30am
Morning Pages: Diaries
Join Caitlin McGregor as they highlight habits and tricks for diary fossicking.
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Thursday 22 June, 6:30PM
Writers Night School: Short Stories
Join Paige Clark, author of the acclaimed short story collection She Is Haunted, to learn about the tenants of satisfying, memorable short story writing, from scope, pace, imagery and character.
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