Writing Memoir with Gemma Carey
10:00am to 4:00pm Saturday 17 July
ACT Writers is delighted to present Writing Memoir with Gemma Carey, author of No Matter Our Wreckage. This full day workshop will give participants the opportunity to learn directly from Canberra-based author Gemma Carey about writing memoir – what memoir is, what it isn’t, what sells and why. This will be an unmissable opportunity to learn the craft of writing lives which will include writing exercises with feedback from Gemma.
About the Expert
Professor Gemma Carey is an author and researcher. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, Meanjin, Under The Gumtree, and The Canberra Times amongst other outlets. She has featured on ABC Radio and NPR.
As a writer, Gemma's goal is to capture hard life experiences - grief, loss and trauma - and spin them into something beautiful so that others can see their own experiences reflected back to them and people who haven't experienced such things can learn.
Gemma is an Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales, where she is the Research Director for the Centre for Social Impact. Her academic work focuses on health and social inequalities.
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About the Venue
The Harry Hartog ANU store is located just beside the Kambri Precinct. There are an array of cafes serving coffee and lunch options close by, and they are all open on Saturdays (tea, coffee, hot water, milk and biscuits are provided by the ACTWC.) The Harry Hartog team are happy to have you place some food in their fridge, and use their microwave, should you wish to bring your lunch. Toilets are located just outside the Harry Hartog store, just a few metres away in the Kambri building.
The closest parking to the store is an underground carpark directly below Harry Hartog (with stairs or public lift access to ground level. Staff at Harry Hartog can provide swipe-pass lift access from ground level to the upper level of their store, where the workshop will be held.) To find the underground parking, drive down Kingsley Street (off Barry Drive) and follow signage to the Drill Hall Gallery/Drill Hall Gallery parking. Follow Kingsley Street straight down to its culmination in an underground carpark and you will have the correct one. We recommend this parking option for people who cannot or do not wish to cover much ground to the workshop venue. It costs $5 for the whole day on a Saturday. Parking at Llewellyn Hall is a short stroll away.