Women, Words and Water

10:00am–4:00pm Sunday 7 March

For lovers of the spoken and written word, come along to Belconnen Arts Centre on Sunday 7 March and be inspired by Women, Words and Water. This special all-day literary event features prominent female authors and performers from the ACT and interstate, sharing their stories and unique perspectives. Participants have the chance to workshop their own writing in small groups.

Ariel Salleh, activist and author will begin the day with an opening address titled The Value of Tears. Ariel is the editor of Eco-Sufficiency & Global Justice: Women Writing Political Ecology(Spinifex Press, 2009). Nicola Bowery, Hanna Cormick, Jennifer Kemarre Martiniello, Kathy Kituai and Lizz Murphy explore key ideas of Mothering Words, Impulse, Women’s Weave, Undercurrent and The Unseen River through poetry and performance. Chrissie Shaw will perform an excerpt from The Keeper: A Gothic Tale of Light and Dark; a theatre show devised by Chrissie Shaw and Penelope Bartlau. The Keeper has been widely toured and tells the stories of a number of women who lived on lighthouse stations around Australia.

Click here to download the program of the day's exciting events!

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