Sun 8 Sep, 2.30pm, MWF New Zealand Poet Laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh and Windham-Campbell Prize-winner Ali Cobby Eckermann meet to explore how spoken word and poetry can be a means of resistance and connection. They discuss voice as a mode of...
Sat 24 Aug, 10am–11amJudith Wright Centre Theatre Rehearsal Space In partnership with Queensland Poetry Festival. A discussion between Saba Vasefi, Ruby Hamad, Fazileh Mansour Beigi and Sammaneh Poursh. Part panel and part poetry reading, this...
Saturday 22 June, 4-5.30pm, Geelong As the digital revolution continues to unleash radical change on industries, economies, politics and institutions, what future will this disruption shape? Is the brave new world one of decentralisation, anti-elitism and individual...
Workshop: Long-form journalism with Anna Krien Sat 19 May, 9.30am-12.30pm, Melbourne Long-form journalism comes in many guises - from reportage to profiles to memoir. Whether you’re at the beginning of your journalism career, or want to brush up your technique,...
The Feminist Writers Festival was thrilled to come to Sydney for the first time from 1 to 3 November 2018, in collaboration with UTS Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion. Over three days, featuring 13 sessions and over 40 speakers, we brought together some of...
In May 2018, FWF held the second Victorian festival with events in Melbourne and Geelong. The festival featured 24 artists discussing topics such as violence against women, media representation, mentoring, race and #metoo. MELBOURNE Friday 25 May Legacy Books: Their...
Hear from three brilliant Australian feminist writers at this special event celebrating women's voices. On the eve of International Women's Day, Roj Amedi, Jane Gilmore and Leena van Deventer will discuss the ways women are speaking out and breaking the...
Writers are often told to ‘write what you know’, but finding an authentic voice to tell personal stories can be a challenging task. For women writing about their lives, these challenges are often multiplied by the gendered expectations and obstacles that writing...
Got plenty of opinions, but need a hand expressing them? Join columnist Van Badham for this intensive workshop to learn all about crafting, writing and pitching strong feminist op-eds. Learn how to funnel and finesse your passion and ideas into a compelling...
With 2017 the unofficial Year of the Nasty Woman, join us to discuss how expectations for women are changing, how we are challenging and rejecting gender roles, and learning to give up being so damn nice. Hear from three amazing creative women from different...
Writers are often told to ‘write what you know’, but telling personal stories in a way that resonates broadly can be a challenging task. For women writing about their lives, these challenges are often multiplied by the gendered expectations and obstacles that writing...
We are thrilled to once again partner with MWF to present a special event during the festival in August. Join Emily Maguire, Melissa Lucashenko and Natalie Kon-yu for a discussion of feminist writing past, present and future. How has feminist writing changed over...
Tracey Spicer was always the good girl. Inspired by Jana Wendt, this bogan from the Brisbane backwaters waded through the ‘cruel and shallow money trench’ of television to land a dream role: national news anchor for a major network. But the journalist found that, for...
With 2017 the unofficial Year of the Nasty Woman, join us to discuss how expectations for women are changing, how we are challenging and rejecting gender roles, and learning to give up being so damn nice. Hear from three amazing creative women from different fields,...
Our sold out Networking Day was held on Friday 26 August 2016 at the iconic Queen Victoria Women's Centre. 150 feminists came together for a day of programming with 14 sessions on feminist publishing, building feminist community, the politics of personal writing,...
Our co-curated public events with Melbourne Writers Festival took place 27-28 August. Muslim Feminism (free) - Sat 27 August, 1pm, Footscray Community Arts Centre How are Muslim women fighting sexism and working for change? Shakira Hussein and Eliza Vitri Handayani...
