Back by popular demand, our scintillating series of Writers Studio events in association with Adelaide Writers’ Week returns! Hosted by revered guest authors, this is your chance to learn from some of the finest visiting authors and poets, right here in Adelaide.
Join Emily Bitto for a deep dive into theme, symbolism and imagery; UK poet Joelle Taylor to explore queer poetics; Dr Yves Rees for a fascinating look at the ethics of memoir, and a special Sweatshop-style workshop with Dr Michael Mohammed Ahmad on becoming a better writer.
Event sizes are strictly limited — book with haste.
Queer Poetics with Joelle Taylor (UK)
This masterclass unpacks the research and writing methods Joelle Taylor used to write C+NTO & Othered Poems. Exploring poetic narrative, the praise poem, and LGBT hidden histories, this session will allow you to develop your own response to queer space and self.
Writers SA Members Price $88 | Full Price $140
Venue: State Library, Adelaide (subject to COVID-19 safety guidelines)
Time: 1:00 pm
- 4:00 pm
Date: March 5
Book here.
Writing Truth, Avoiding Harm? Memoir in the Confessional Age with Dr Yves Rees
Memoir can be a powerful form—but one that also has the power to cause harm to others, and even to the author themselves. This masterclass with Dr Yves Rees will explore the complexities involved, helping you develop a personal ethics of memoir writing.
Writers SA Member Price $88 | Full price $140
Venue: State Library, Adelaide (subject to COVID-19 safety guidelines)
Time: 1:00 pm
- 4:00 pm
Date: March 5
Book now.
Theme, Symbolism and Imagery with Emily Bitto
With a mixture of tuition, examples and exercises, Emily Bitto will help you to understand the macro-level themes at the heart of your project and to use these as a way of generating plot, character, and scenes, as well as enriching your prose on the level of the sentence and image.
Writers SA Members Price $130 | Full price $205
Venue: State Library, Adelaide (subject to COVID-19 safety guidelines)
Time: 11:00 am
- 5:00 pm
Date: March 6
Book here.
Sweatshop: Better Writing with Dr Michael Mohammed Ahmad
Dr Michael Mohammed Ahmad offers a Sweatshop-style masterclass, which will give participants a first-hand experience of the kind of full-intensity creative writing model involved in being a ‘good writer’.
Writers SA Members Price $88 | Full price $140
Venue: State Library, Adelaide (subject to COVID-19 safety guidelines)
Time: 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Date: March 6
Book here.
Presented in association with Adelaide Writers’ Week, view their full program here.
View our COVID-19 policy here.
