Claire G. Coleman is a Wirlomin Noongar woman whose ancestral country is in the South Coast of Western Australia. Her debut novel Terra Nullius, published in Australia and the USA, written on a second-hand iPad in a caravan, won the Norma K. Hemming Award and a black&write fellowship and was Shortlisted for the Stella Prize and an Aurealis Award. She has written essays, short stories, reportage and poetry for publication on multiple national platforms and is a popular speaker and storyteller. The Old Lie is her second novel.
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Sunday 20 June, 6-7pm AEST
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Saturday 26 June, 2-4pm AEST
In this workshop find out how writing for games is different from traditional writing, including the role of characterisation and world-building in game storytelling.
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