“Write from the heart…
Write what interests you…
Write what you feel…
Write what you are passionate about…
Write what touches you.”
Di Morrissey – So You Want to be a Writer, Episode 254
The Digital Writing Festival is happening from the end of this month.
The Digital Writers’ Festival takes place online, on their website.
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Greer’s book “The Female Eunuch” was the first book I read on Feminism. Although its incredibly dated, at the time (I was just out of my teens) it was a revelation, even though I didn’t agree with all of it.
Over the years Greer’s stances and opinions on things have become more and more skewed from my personal philosophy on what Feminism is. Therefore I have moved away from her work as I don’t see her as a role-model or person of excellence in the field even though she placed herself as a pioneer feminist during the second wave. I personally don’t feel she’s an activist like one of my idols Gloria Steinem who I saw speak and inspired me very much.
Suffice to say the event put on by The School of Life didn’t inspire me and in fact left me thinking – wtf Germaine?!?!
From the outset Greer was vague, defensive and refused to answer questions purposefully derailing the conversation and changing the subject.
I couldn’t find a single element of her talk which I agreed with and I felt like the whole thing was created to draw controversy in order to get people to read her essay. I would of appreciated it moreso, if I didn’t have to pay for a talk which was simply an advertisement for her essay.
Like the majority gathered there, I attended as a curiosity and was left laughing at her not with her and the most interesting aspect of the talk was when a small handful of protesters interrupted about 1/3 of the way through.
I won’t quote what stood out as inspiration because all that stood out is how NOT to be a feminist in my opinion. At least now I can say I have seen her speak.
My parting words on this is that I have moved past her work and will continue to focus on feminist writers who inspire and keep the movement progressing.
Rosalie Ham the author of The Dressmaker taught at *Wordfest2018.
I was lucky enough to be able to attend her creative writing workshop and sheepishly asked her to sign my book at the end of the class, which she was only too happy to do! She commented it was lovely to sign a real life physical book and wished me luck with my writing.
I received some good productive tips to tighten my work and made a few new fellow writer friends 
. Overall I am glad I attended it was one of the best workshops I have attended at a writing festival.
*WordFest is the annual literature festival of the Monash Public Library Service. The festival brings readers and writers together for a series of author talks, writing workshops and competitions.
The Melbourne Writers Festival is happening in Melbourne, Australia from 24 August till 2 September.
Victoria’s premier annual literary event. The Festival connects writers and stories to celebrate a world of literature, explore universal ideas, and inspire a global community of readers.
This year’s Festival theme is exploring the theme of revolutions past, present and future, it’s revolutionary ideas and fresh new voices that will power this year’s Festival – and invigorate everyone who reads.
For all sessions and workshops check out their website here:
Melbourne Rare Book Week commenced in 2012 as a partnership between ANZAAB, the University of Melbourne and eight other literary institutions. In 2015, over 44 free events were held at libraries, literary and historical societies and bookshops throughout Melbourne, attracting local, national and international visitors. Melbourne Rare Book Week is now well established in the City of Melbourne’s event calendar. It is a major attraction for book collectors, librarians and all who have a love of words, print on paper and literary heritage.
The Melbourne Rare Book week in 2018 is from 29th June to the 8th of July:
The Melbourne Rare Book Fair in 2018 is from July 6-8, 2018.
For more info go to their website by following this link:
The Feminist Writers Festival is happening this year in Melbourne in May.
The Feminist Writers Festival takes place in Queen Victoria Women’s Centre Trust in Melbourne, Australia. The theme this year is “Rewriting the Story” and as described on their website:
“Rewriting the Story invites you to explore feminist thinking and writing now. Discover how feminist writers in Australia are using words to make change, creating powerful personal and political narratives, and choosing stories over silence. Hear how feminist writers are tackling topics of violence against women, activism and advocacy, and how women actively mentor one another, sustain feminist voices, come together and break the silence. Learn about skilling up, inclusivity, creating communities and working towards change.”
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