JOIN THE VARUNA 65+ WRITING GROUP

Are you aged 65 or over? Would you like to connect with other like-minded people while developing creative writing skills?

Join us for Literary Links, a five-week workshop series and hone your writing craft.

Facilitated by Mary Anne Butler, the workshops will include:

Reading and analysing other creative writing to see how it works
Weekly writing skill sessions
In-class exercises
Sharing work and receiving feedback [for those who want to]
Optional homework exercises to keep going between sessions
Special guest Q&A with Carol Major, author of The Asparagus Wars
In the final week, there will be a discussion on establishing an ongoing, self-driven writing group to support each other, longer-term.
A Sunday pass to the Blue Mountains Writers Festival on 23 October 2022 so the group can socialise together and be inspired at this key literary event.

When: Tuesdays in May 2pm-4pm

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3 May, 10 May, 17 May, 24 May, 31 May

Maldhan Ngurr Ngurra Lithgow Transformation Hub

154 Mort Street Lithgow NSW 2790

Cost: $18 / $15* per week

*with a healthcare card

Please email us if you are facing financial hardship and require a full subsidy

Please note that First Nations writers wishing to participate need to be 50+ years

To book in we require a commitment to attending the 5 weeks therefore cost is $90 / $75 altogether.

Discover NSW Vouchers can be used towards payment.

For more information contact Varuna on 02 4782 5674 or email rebecca@varuna.com.au

Proudly supported by the NSW Government and Western Sydney University.

Mary Anne Butler’s plays have won the Victorian Prize for Literature, Victorian Premier’s Drama Award, a stage AWGIE and two NT Chief Minister’s Book of the Year Awards. She has been nominated for the Griffin Theatre Award and twice for the Nick Enright Award [NSW Literary Awards]. Mary Anne is a Sidney Myer Creative Fellow, Arts NT Fellow, Winston Churchill Fellow, Regional Arts Fellow and Asialink Fellow. She holds an MPhil in Creative Writing and an MEd in Arts Education, and is currently undertaking a PhD in the Creative Literature of the Anthropocene.

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