Writers Festival Workshops at Immigration Museum

Past Event: 23 August 2008 to 31 August 2008

Melbourne Writers Festival
Melbourne Writers Festival

Writing workshops will inspire you to bring the drama of immigrant experience to life.

Saturday 23 August, 10am – 1pm
New Lives for Old
Arnold Zable and Alice Pung will discuss leavings, journeys and arrivals.

Sunday 24 August, 10am – 1pm
The Art of the Memoir
Elly Varrenti and Dmetri Kakmi will run a workshop turning memories into words.

Saturday 30 August, 10am – 1pm
Writing from Research
Anne Henderson and Jennifer Kloester will talk about researching through oral sources and then testing what you are told.

Sunday 31 August, 10am – 1pm
Taste, Aroma and Culture
Charmaine O’Brien and Lucy Malouf will help you evoke past and place through reclaiming your cultural memories of food.