2019 Girls Write Up – Wodonga
Girls Write Up Wodonga 2019
Date
Thursday 17th October
8.30am to 3.20pm
Location
The Cube Wodonga
118 Hovell St, Wodonga
Girls Write Up is for anyone who has felt limited by gender and wants to understand how language can be used to liberate and empower. It is an inclusive event open to all teens.
Over the day, authors, journalists, activists, artists, poets and other creative thinkers will share the ways they have used their writing to define their identities and shape the world around them. The program of panels and practical workshops explores the relationship between language, gender and power, and the effects of unconscious bias on our sense of self. Girls Write Up gives participants the opportunity to discover their own creative voice, equipping them with the skills and the confidence to use it.
Timetable
During this time participants will register for the day
Students are welcomed to Girls Write Up as we run through the day's events.
What is the world like when you’re blogger, writer, speaker and appearance activist Carly Findlay? Our opening keynote examines the stories we’re told and the stories we tell. How do you find the confidence and perspective to trust your own voice amid the chaos of everyone else’s?
How do others’ stories shape who we are? How do they limit us or change us? How can we resist, reimagine, reclaim and take ownership of ourselves in the face of these narratives? Lorin Elizabeth, Simone Howell and Alice Pung explore their own relationship to the stories they have been told about who they are and their place in the world by reading a letter to their younger self. Followed by a short, hosted discussion and Q & A.
Slam Poetry with Lorin Elizabeth Graphic Narrative with Mandy Ord Emotional Cartography with Simmone Howell Poetry with Laniyuk TBC with Alice Pung
Is the writer invisible, or does the body they write from within inform their writing? Is it possible to move through the world in a body without the world imprinting on it, without the dents left shaping the words the body writes? Why do we care so much about bodies? Carly Findlay, Mandy Ord and Laniyuk talk about the way the body, and body image, impacts their lives and writing.
In this 30-minute session, two of our Girls Write Up speakers will answer some of the anonymous questions posted in the Ask Me Anything box over the course of the day. This is the chance for audience members to ask questions they’ve always wanted to ask, but never had the opportunity.
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RegistrationDuring this time participants will register for the day8:30 am - 9:00 am
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WelcomeStudents are welcomed to Girls Write Up as we run through the day's events.9:00 am - 9:10 am
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Creative Reading9:10 am - 9:30 am
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Keynote: ‘From where I stand…’What is the world like when you’re blogger, writer, speaker and appearance activist Carly Findlay? Our opening keynote examines the stories we’re told and the stories we tell. How do you find the confidence and perspective to trust your own voice amid the chaos of everyone else’s?9:30 am - 10:00 am
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Panel: ‘Writing Back'How do others’ stories shape who we are? How do they limit us or change us? How can we resist, reimagine, reclaim and take ownership of ourselves in the face of these narratives? Lorin Elizabeth, Simone Howell and Alice Pung explore their own relationship to the stories they have been told about who they are and their place in the world by reading a letter to their younger self. Followed by a short, hosted discussion and Q & A.10:00 am - 10:45 am
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Morning Tea10:45 am - 11:00 am
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WorkshopsChoose from:
1. Slam Poetry with Lorin Elizabeth
2. Graphic Narrative with Mandy Ord
3. Emotional Cartography with Simmone Howell
4. Poetry with Laniyuk
5. TBC with Alice Pung11:00 am - 1:00 pm -
Lunch1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
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A Conversation: 'On Writing the Body'Is the writer invisible, or does the body they write from within inform their writing? Is it possible to move through the world in a body without the world imprinting on it, without the dents left shaping the words the body writes? Why do we care so much about bodies? Carly Findlay, Mandy Ord and Laniyuk talk about the way the body, and body image, impacts their lives and writing.1:45 pm - 2:30 pm
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Ask Me Anything...In this 30-minute session, two of our Girls Write Up speakers will answer some of the anonymous questions posted in the Ask Me Anything box over the course of the day. This is the chance for audience members to ask questions they’ve always wanted to ask, but never had the opportunity.2:30 pm - 3:20 pm
FAQ
This event will take place in various locations in the The Cube Wodonga and Wodonga Library.
Participants should all arrive at The Cube no later than 8.30am to register. On arrival, Girls Write Up participants will be greeted by Stella and/or library staff.
Participants will be escorted to workshop venues over the course of the day by Stella staff.
Workshops
Each student will have the opportunity to attend one workshop on the day. Workshops are open only to teens.
Who can attend?
Girls Write Up is for all teens. It is for everyone who is interested in learning more about the relationship between language, gender and power, and in developing their own creative voice.
Girls Write Up is feminist, intersectional and inclusive. We encourage young people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural and racial backgrounds to attend. We are committed to ensuring that the Girls Write Up events are accessible and we encourage people with disability to attend – see ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION below.
Whatever your previous level of writing experience and engagement, Girls Write Up is for you if you have ever felt limited by your gender and want to understand how language can be used to liberate and empower.
Teachers and carers can also attend.
Accessibility information
The Cube Wodonga is wheelchair accessible. Please advise us in advance if you require wheelchair access so that we can ensure appropriate setup of the rooms.
All keynotes, panels and workshops can be Auslan interpreted, as required. If you are an Auslan user, please inform us which sessions you will be attending so we can ensure an interpreter will be present.
Please contact us at schools@thestellaprize.com.au to inform us of any other access needs.
ON THE DAY
What do I need to bring with me?
Just yourself and your ideas! All attendees will be sent an info pack ahead of the event, with further information about what to expect.
Will lunch be provided?
Lunch will not be provided. Attendees are strongly encouraged to bring their own lunch as options for purchasing lunch may be limited.
Girls Write Up Wodonga 2019 Artists
Simmone Howell
Simmone Howell’s YA novels include Notes from the Teenage Underground, Girl Defective and Take Three Girls (with Fiona Wood and Cath Crowley). Her non-fiction on houses, pop-culture, maps and memories, has features in various Fairfax publications, Overland, Kill Your Darlings and Dumbo Feather. She is currently undertaking a PhD at LaTrobe University on life-writing and coming of age narratives
Lorin Elizabeth
Lorin Elizabeth is a spoken word poet, organiser and teaching artist from Thirroul, who co-founded Enough Said Poetry Slam and is published widely including in the Solid Air anthology.
Lorin has performed at Yours & Owls Music Festival, Sydney Opera House and on tour in the USA. She was commissioned for Wollongong Art Gallery’s ‘Future Feminist Archive’ exhibition and leads workshops & panels for The Stella Prize’s Girls Write Up.
Laniyuk
Racheal Oak Butler
Proudly Gamilaroi, Racheal Oak Butler is a writer, musician, performer, self-defence teacher and jack of a few other trades. Racheal has been writing for many years and has amassed a significant body of work including songs, short stories and poetry. Most recently Racheal performed one of these stories, ‘My Calling’ in regional centres and selected cities across Australia as part of the Queestories theatre production. In May 2019 Racheal performed in a reading of Stolen at Hothouse Theatre Company and in October 2019 will embark on a performance tour with Ilbijerri Theatre Company, one of Australia’s leading theatre companies creating innovative works by First Nations artists.
Carly Findlay
Carly Findlay is an award-winning writer, speaker and appearance activist. Her first book, a memoir called Say Hello, was released in January 2019. .Carly is currently working on editing the anthology Growing Up Disabled in Australia with Black Inc Books. She writes on disability and appearance diversity issues for news outlets including the ABC, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald and SBS and was named one of Australia’s most influential women in the 2014 Australian Financial Review and Westpac 100 Women of Influence Awards. She has appeared on ABC TV’s You Can’t Ask That and Cyberhate with Tara Moss, and has been a regular on various ABC radio programs. She has spoken at the Melbourne Writers Festival, the University of Western England and Melbourne University – to name a few. She organised the history-making Access to Fashion – a Melbourne Fashion Week event featuring disabled models. She has a Masters of Communication and Bachelor of eCommerce. Carly identifies as a proud disabled woman – she lives with a rare, severe skin condition, ichthyosis. She also co-hosts a funny podcast called Refreshments Provided that could do with a few more listeners.
Mandy Ord
Mandy Ord is a Melbourne based illustrator and cartoonist with a long history of self
publishing as well as having a number of published books including Brickdog & Other Stories with Pluto Press, NY and Rooftops with Finlay Lloyd, Galapogos with Glom Press, Sensitive Creatures with Allen & Unwin and When One Person Dies The Whole World Is Over with Brow Books. In 2012 Sensitive Creatures received a White Ravens award at the Bologna Book Fair. Mandy’s illustrated children’s book Chalk Boy, published by Allen &Unwin and written by Margaret Wild was shortlisted in 2019 by the Children’s Book Council of Australia.
