Over a 10 week period, 25 young emerging writers from Western Sydney participated in an intensive program of workshops and mentoring, led by Winnie Dunn and Shirley Le from Sweatshop Literacy Movement. These participants reviewed plays, exhibits and festivals, and were provided with editorial feedback along the way. Their works have now appeared in publications like Running Dog, The Big Issue, Books + Publishing, The Saturday Paper, Audrey Journal, and Kill Your Darlings. In 2021 the cohort will continue to undertake their commissions and will undergo further training with editor Camha Pham.
When my mother stepped off the plane at Sydney’s international airport at seventeen, pregnant and sweating from the humid September heat, she cried. Like her first steps in Australia, the […]
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(First pubished as part of the BLEED Echo program, part of the BLEED festival.) Inside the lounge room of my Doonside share house, I sit on the couch and drag my thumb down […]
