How can non-Indigenous writers articulate their relationships with place in respectful, authentic and informed ways?

Following high demand for the 2025 workshop, this is an online, 3-week short course for non-Indigenous writers at any level of experience, and also welcomes those without a regular writing practice who are comfortable with written expression. Its purpose is to guide, generate and share responses to the sovereign land where we live, have grown up, made families or arrived.

Through a series of live prompts, research, reflection and discussion we will use writing as our primary tool of learning; considering how image, metaphor, story, voice and vocabulary are important elements in how we think about our own life narratives and cultural identities as a starting point for writing with place – and taking responsibility for it.

This course will offer weekly resources for further research and respectful information-seeking about the histories of the places where we live.

When:

Friday May 1st, 2:00-4:00pm

Friday May 8th, 2:00-4:00pm

Friday May 15th, 2:00-4:00pm

AEST Melbourne

Where: Google Meet

Cost: $220 concession or financial need or book with a friend /

$240 full

Advice: A series of meeting links will be shared upon booking. The sessions will not be recorded. This is intended to be an accessible course, please get in touch if you have specific access needs. This online course is delivered from Djaara Country with the support of the Liyanganyuk Banyul network and a portion of the profits are donated to Nalderun.