Darebin Arts Writing Workshop: Counterpoints with Chris Ames

Presented by Darebin Arts as part of the inSITU Workshop Series 

Good writing is often high contrast. A little funny in your sad. Odd characters, at odds with one another. A destablising idea in a familiar world, or vice versa.  

In this generative workshop, we’ll spend the first half exploring some different avenues for introducing pleasing contradictions and intriguing tensions to your work. Then, we’ll put those techniques to the test, with time to write and discuss as a group. Come with a point of view. Leave with an opposite one. 

This workshop has booked out. Please follow the ‘Register now’ link and join the waitlist. If a ticket becomes available, it will be offered to individuals on the waitlist, in order. If not claimed within 30 minutes the ticket will be offered to the next person on the list, and so on, in 30 minute increments. 

If you require Auslan Interpretation, please send us an email at writingprojects@darebin.vic.gov.au

Details
Venue: Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre
Date & Time: Saturday 18 April at 10am - 12pm
Duration: 2 hours
Cost: FREE to attend, registration is essential as places are strictly limited.

Please note: if you book a place and find that you can no longer attend, please request a 'refund' for your free ticket via Humanitix so that the place can be offered to someone else. This option is available until 3 days before the event.

About Chris Ames
Chris Ames is a writer from California. His work has appeared in McSweeney’s, HEAT, The Big Issue, The Saturday Paper, New Australian Fiction, and elsewhere. He is the recipient of a Hot Desk Fellowship, the Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Award, and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpublished Manuscript. His debut collection of fiction, I Made This Just for You, is forthcoming from Ultimo Press in July 2026. He lives in Melbourne with his wife and children.