Olivia Muscat has written for ABC Everyday, Arts Hub, Kill Your darlings and The Saturday Paper, among others, and for several notable anthologies. She is currently writing for theatre, recently completing a development through Darebin Arts Speakeasy, and her show ‘Is Anyone Even Watching’ has been awarded a place in the Arts House Develops program and a spot in the 2025 season. She was awarded fellowships by The Wheeler Centre and Varuna to work on her middle grade novel, which was shortlisted for the Text Prize 2024, and her first picture book is set for publication with Scribble in 2025.
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Saturday 14 September, 11AM
Verse in Code: Creating Digital Poetry
Experience the creative potential of e-literature via this digital poetry workshop. You’ll be guided through real-time HTML, CSS and JavaScript edits—no previous experience required.
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Wednesday 11 September, 6:30PM
Coming of Age in the Wild West
What does it mean to write the place you have lived? How do you harness the streets you have walked, and reflect back the people around you with care and consideration? In this special discussion event, these western suburbs writers come together to talk about the place, and the responsibility of writing it.
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Wednesday 11 September, 8:30AM
Morning Pages: No Typewriters / No Talking
Indulge in one hour of shared sustained silence, in a simple ritual to concentrate on the thing we want to do — but so often find many reasons not to — write.
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Monday 9 September, 12:30PM
Niche Journalism
From interview technique, through to the opening article line, learn about key aspects of the craft for writers working across topics and forms.
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