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2008 Program Archive
 
LIFE WRITING / AUTO / BIOGRAPHY EVENTS
Letter Writing Marathon

Luke You, creator of cult anonymous zine YOU, invites you to the first ever YOU Letter Writing Marathon. Come help us hand write as many letters as we can in an afternoon, on any subject you choose, to be distro'd as the next week's edition of YOU.

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Luke You
Limp Wrists and Photocopiers: Actual Literary Pansy Boys Talk about Gender, Masculinity and Media

Some of the biggest names in candy-pants Australian zine culture reveal grim truths about gender identity. Laugh along as a bunch of writerly wimps discuss the nuances of maleness, gender identity, embodiment, queerness, feminism, male privilege and photocopier misuse.

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Ianto Ware, John Stevens, Paul Byron, Sam Rogers, Scott-Patrick Mitchell
Mining the Personal
Writers on both sides of the fact / fiction divide call for an end to outmoded distinctions between the imagined and the experienced. Find out how to fictionalise your personal histories without resorting to autobiographical writing-as-therapy, and fight for your right to steal novelistic tips and techniques when relating Things That Really... >> read more
Benjamin Law , Fiona McGregor, Sally Breen, Tara June Winch