Write-ability and Write-ability Goes Regional and Online programs writes and commissions articles, webinars and other items relating to the craft and business of writing, by and for writers with disability. This list is updated regularly.
Support
Write-ability Goes Regional and Online is funded by the Australian government through the Department of Communication and the Arts’ Catalyst—Australian Arts and Culture Fund. Write-ability is also supported by the Grace Marion Wilson Trust.
Webinars, videos and audio
- Border Stories, Episode 1 (podcast) featuring writers with intellectual disability
- Border Stories, Episode 2 (podcast) featuring Cathy Townsend and Tully Zygier
- Border Stories, Episode 3 (podcast) featuring Michael Chan and Robbie Wales
- Never just descrpition - how setting can enhance your story (video) with Angela Savage
- Learning from the Best: Using Mentor Texts (video) with Sarah Mayor Cox
- Opportunities for Writers (video) with Jessica Walton
- Write-ability Fellowship Information Session (video) with Write-ability Project Coordinator Harriet Gaffney
- Our Bodies, Our Stories (video) with Jessica Walton
- Pathways to Publication (video) with Carly Findlay
- Write-ability goes Beyond Access (video), from Arts Access Victoria
- WV welcomes deaf writers (video)
Q&As
- Long-form fiction 'rewarding', Vincent Silk
- Honesty and truth a ‘wrestle’, Micheline Lee
- Change slow, but heading in the right direction, Jax Jacki Brown
- Change needed at all levels, Jessica Walton
- There's strength in numbers, Andy Jackson
- On-page representation matters, Jessica Walton
- Experimenting with different forms of writing, Karen Andrews
- Nothing about us, without us, Sarah Widdup
- Untold stories of pride, Jax Jacki Brown
- On blogging and advocacy, Carly Findlay
- Stories can change the way we think, Jax Jacki Brown
Articles, stories and information
- Days of love and E.F.T.P.O.S., Anthony Riddell
- The Fear, Jessica Obersby
- Monday Mornings, Jo Walters
- The survey says..., Write-ability Project Assistant Alex Fairhill
- An Open Letter to Allies, Kochava Lilit
- Too Many Layers, CB Mako
- Art mirrors life, Chris Van Ingen
- The line in the sand, Amber Airey
- World reflected back - diversity in Kid Lit, Jessica Walton
- Write What You Don’t Know, Natasha Agafonoff
- Young people don’t get sick, Susan Mackenzie
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