MARION
Hidden Nerve with Hayley Scrivenor
Term 1 / Session 1
6pm - 7:30pm, Wednesday 4 March
Hayley Scrivenor is a former festival director and internationally bestselling author who lives on Dharawal country. Her debut novel, Dirt Town, won a number of national and international awards, including the ILP John Creasey ‘New Blood’ Dagger, a Lambda Literary award for LGBTQIA+ Mystery and an ABIA for General Fiction Book of the Year. Her second novel, Girl Falling, won a 2025 Danger Award in the People’s Choice category. Hayley has years of experience teaching writing and enjoys mentoring emerging writers. Her PhD in Creative Writing centred on unusual points of view in fiction and Hayley is currently working on a novel loosely inspired by the lives of her circus-performer grandparents, narrated by the circus tent.