Sisonke Msimang is a writer whose work focusses on money, power and sex. She is the author of two books – Always Another Country: a memoir of exile and home; and The Resurrection of Winnie Mandela. She has published widely, including in the New York Times, Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Newsweek and The Guardian. She is narrator and host of Temporary, a podcast on the effects of refugee policy in Australia. She curates the Perth Festival’s writer’s program as is the head of oral storytelling at the Centre for Stories.
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Storming the Stage
Friday 18 June, 11am-12pm AEST
Get ready to storm the city with Write-ability! Listen to writers from the newly appointed Storming the City cohort as they discuss craft, community, and the city and encourage the next generation of metropolitan-based writers with a disability.

Lunchtime Literature: Writing Across Genre
Thursday 24 June, 12.30-1.30pm AEST
Writing to conventions and reader expectations is valuable but at times genres can be restrictive or difficult to pin down. What happens when the line between genre and literary fiction is blurred?

Writers’ Night School: Shaping Poetry
Thursday 17 June, 7-8.30pm AEST
In this limited capacity workshop, award-winning poet Evelyn Araluen will impart her wisdom and insights about the craft of writing poetry.

Sisterhood Zine Launch
Saturday 19 June, 5-6.30pm AEST
jie – Sisterhood: Between Responsibility and Love is a zine centered on the experiences and feelings of sisterhood.
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