Writing Essays with Maria Tumarkin

When?

September 18th, 2021 1:00 PM — September 18th, 2021 4:00 PM

Where?

When?

September 18th, 2021 1:00 PM — September 18th, 2021 4:00 PM

Where?

*This event is sold out* Essays are a unique literary form with a particularly high tolerance for paradox and complexity – one of the many reasons to love them. The essay’s drama is that of a writer’s mind at work – thinking in real time, making unexpected connections, changing, doubting, entering unchartered waters.

Or making space for a certain kind of noticing and witnessing that happens (for the most part) beyond and in-between words. Essays at their best look inwards and outwards at once.

 

Participants will:

  • Consider what's unique about the essay as a form
  • Immerse themselves in some searing contemporary examples
  • Identify questions and subjects they want to explore essayistically
  • Learn how to integrate research, reflection and analysis
  • Experiment with approach, tone and structure

 

—Online events are easy to access! You will need an internet connection and (ideally) a device with a camera – computers/laptops or even phones can be used to dial in. You will be sent a link to join a few days before the event. The link will take you to a private digital meeting where you can join the session. You can test the link at any time to ensure you can log in. Please respect the other participants in your event and mute your microphone at all times while the presenter is presenting. Background noise in houses such as TVs, pets and children can affect the sound quality. Screen fatigue is taxing on our eyes and brains so our workshops are now presented in maximum durations of 1.5 hours at a time.

—Writers SA members must be logged in to receive the member discount. If you would like to use a workshop credit to book in, please contact [email protected] at least five working days before the workshop commencement date. Our staff don’t work full time and we don’t want you to miss out!

—Registrations will close 4pm on the Friday prior to a weekend event and 4pm the day of for an evening event to ensure all participants have the relevant links and information during Writers SA business hours.

—Members of other writing centres in the National Writers Centre Network can access our member discount. Contact [email protected] with your membership number to make your booking.

 

About Maria Tumarkin

Maria Tumarkin is the author of four books of ideas. Her latest book Axiomatic won the 2018 Melbourne Prize for Literature and was named a New Yorker Top 10 Book of 2019. Maria’s essays have appeared in The Best Australian Essays, Griffith Review, The Yale Review, Meanjin, The Monthly, Kill Your Darlings, Sydney Review of Books and others. In 2015 her essay ‘No Skin’ was shortlisted for the Melbourne Prize of Literature. Maria is a recipient of the 2020 Windham Campbell Prize in the category of nonfiction. She holds a PhD in cultural history and teaches in the creative writing program at the University of Melbourne.

 

WSA Member $77 / Non-member $115

 

Registration Details

Registration for this event ended on September 16th, 2021 4:00 PM

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