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Self on the page: My writing life
Sat
25
Sat 25 Oct 12:30 PM
Marie Reay Teaching Centre | Australian National University
Wheelchair
General Admission
60 Mins
October
Join three writers in this practical small group session as they share the joys and perils of their writing lives. How do they put themselves on the page? What do their characters end up meaning to them? Can they earn a crust? Why do they keep going? Irma Gold (Shift), David Stavanger (The Drop Off) and Natasha Rai (An Onslaught of Light) will confess what this writing caper means to them, inspirations for their latest works, when they have felt exposed, and the love that keeps them going. They will also read passages that mean the most to them from their latest works. Moderated by journalist and author of Troll Hunting, Ginger Gorman.
Irma Gold is an award-winning Australian author, full-time freelance book editor and podcaster based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her books have been published in the US, UK, Canada, South America, Spain, China and Poland. She is the author of two novels, The Breaking and Shift, both of which have received widespread critical acclaim. Irma’s short fiction has been widely published in literary journals, and her acclaimed short fiction collection is Two Steps Forward. She is also the author of five children’s picture books, with another two forthcoming, and is the founder and co-host with Karen Viggers of the writing podcast Secrets from the Green Room.
Natasha Rai is a writer and somatic counsellor. She is also the co-host of the Book Deal podcast, exploring writers' publication journeys. Her debut novel, An Onslaught of Light, published by Pantera Press, was longlisted for the 2017 Richell Prize, 2018 KYD Unpublished Manuscript award, and highly commended for the 2022 Ultimo Press/Westwords Prize. Natasha’s nonfiction appears in anthologies on gender violence. Her short fiction appears in Mascara Literary Review, Overland, Verity La, and StylusLit.
David Stavanger is poet, performer, cultural producer, editor, and former psychologist living on Dharawal land in Port Kembla. His first full-length poetry collection, The Special, was awarded several prizes. David is the co-editor of Solid Air: Collected Australian & New Zealand Spoken Word and Admissions: Voices Within Mental Health, which received a NSW Mental Health Arts & Media Award. Case Notes won the 2021 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Poetry, and his new collection is The Drop Off. David also works as an Artistic Director at Red Room Poetry. He is also known for his work with several community writing projects that amplify marginalised voices and lived experience writers including Brotherhood of the Wordless (writers with autism precluded from speech) and as the producer of MAD Poetry (writers with lived mental health experience).
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Concession Tickets apply for children under the age of 16, full-time students, Commonwealth Health Care Card holders, Commonwealth Seniors Card Holders and Commonwealth Pensioner Concession Card holders. Please have your eligible card with you at the venue.
Irma Gold is an award-winning Australian author, full-time freelance book editor and podcaster based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her books have been published in the US, UK, Canada, South America, Spain, China and Poland. She is the author of two novels, The Breaking and Shift, both of which have received widespread critical acclaim. Irma’s short fiction has been widely published in literary journals, and her acclaimed short fiction collection is Two Steps Forward. She is also the author of five children’s picture books, with another two forthcoming, and is the founder and co-host with Karen Viggers of the writing podcast Secrets from the Green Room.
Natasha Rai is a writer and somatic counsellor. She is also the co-host of the Book Deal podcast, exploring writers' publication journeys. Her debut novel, An Onslaught of Light, published by Pantera Press, was longlisted for the 2017 Richell Prize, 2018 KYD Unpublished Manuscript award, and highly commended for the 2022 Ultimo Press/Westwords Prize. Natasha’s nonfiction appears in anthologies on gender violence. Her short fiction appears in Mascara Literary Review, Overland, Verity La, and StylusLit.
David Stavanger is poet, performer, cultural producer, editor, and former psychologist living on Dharawal land in Port Kembla. His first full-length poetry collection, The Special, was awarded several prizes. David is the co-editor of Solid Air: Collected Australian & New Zealand Spoken Word and Admissions: Voices Within Mental Health, which received a NSW Mental Health Arts & Media Award. Case Notes won the 2021 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Poetry, and his new collection is The Drop Off. David also works as an Artistic Director at Red Room Poetry. He is also known for his work with several community writing projects that amplify marginalised voices and lived experience writers including Brotherhood of the Wordless (writers with autism precluded from speech) and as the producer of MAD Poetry (writers with lived mental health experience).
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Concession Tickets apply for children under the age of 16, full-time students, Commonwealth Health Care Card holders, Commonwealth Seniors Card Holders and Commonwealth Pensioner Concession Card holders. Please have your eligible card with you at the venue.