Darebin Arts Writing Program: Ideate, Elaborate, Edit with Adalya Nash Hussein

Presented by Darebin Arts as part of the inSITU Workshop Series

Even the best writers sometimes find themselves stuck for ideas. In this workshop, participants will practice techniques including automatic writing, cento collage and examinations of the mundane to find compelling and unexpected subject matter lurking at the edges of their own brains. From there, we will consider how to extend these short exercises into longer, more polished pieces of work—methods for developing voice, adding detail and amplifying substance, as well as techniques in editing—figuring out what to hone, what to cut, and what to restructure.  

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

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. 

Details:

Venue: Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre
Date & Time: Saturday 2 May, 2pm - 4.30pm
Duration: 2.5 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 Adalya Nash Hussein:

Adalya Nash Hussein is a writer and editor. Her work has appeared in Overland, Liminal, Meanjin, Voiceworks, Going Down Swinging and others. It has also been shortlisted for the KYD Creative Nonfiction Essay Prize and the Scribe Nonfiction Prize. In 2025, with the support of the Kat Muscat Fellowship, she founded Loom, an interdisciplinary literary journal. She has also been the Editor of Voiceworks and The Victorian Writer, Managing Editor at Australian Poetry, a Co-Editor at Liminal, a Guest Editor of Debris Magazine and The Circular, and an Online Co-Editor of The Lifted Brow.