A Conversation with Two Writers

Join two seasoned writers, Bing Yu and Garry Wotherspoon, as they discuss what it takes to successfully bring your words to life across a range of platforms. 

This event will run from 2:00pm-3:30pm

End the session with an opportunity to share your own work with the group - whether it's a section from a novel, a poem, or something else entirely - and receive feedback on how to take your writing to the next level.

About the Writers

Bing Yu is a poet, novelist and former journalist, whose works have been published in Australia, China, Hong Kong, the UK and the USA. Born in Harbin, he grew up in various places around China, and came to Australia in 1990. He presently resides in Sydney.

His notable publications include the family saga A River by the Window: China Remembered (English); poem collections Paradiso (English) and Conversations with a Heavenly Bird (Chinese); a long feature “The Soul of Hillary Clinton” (Chinese), and numerous articles, essays, travel journals and novellas in Chinese.

His Chinese columns for Capital Q Weekly in the 1990s were highly commended in the Media Awards from AFAO (Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations).

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Garry Wotherspoon is a former academic and former NSW History Fellow. His academic works - articles and chapters in books - have been published in Australia, Britain, France, Germany, and the USA.

His books include Being Different: nine gay men remember; The Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts: A History (shortlisted for the NSW Premier’s History Awards); Gay Sydney: A History (shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards); and Through the Gay Looking Glass: the many lives of Clive Madigan.

He has also done political journalism, and worked as a speechwriter for several progressive politicians.

He was awarded Australia’s Centenary of Federation Medal in 2001, for his work as an academic, researcher, and human rights activist.


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