Challenge norms, spark dialogue and foster community connection in this half-day workshop with award-winning writer Madison Griffiths.
In this workshop, you will be guided through the powerful intersection of personal narrative and societal critique. Madison will equip you with techniques for how best to capture your unique experiences of resistance and defiance, encouraging you to articulate – with poetic flourish – the complexities of rebellion in your own life.
Through the use of engaging prompts, group discussions and practical exercises, you will be encouraged to uncover the ways in which your own, lived experiences can challenge norms, spark dialogue, and foster community connection.
You Will Learn:
- To use your own, lived experience to challenge norms, spark dialogue and foster community collection.
- Techniques to capture your own experiences of resistance and defiance.
- Use poetic techniques to articulate your prose.
About the Tutor:
Madison Griffiths is an author, artist and producer. Her debut book Tissue (Ultimo Press) was released in 2023 and is a boldly poetic meditation on abortion and what it has the power to represent. She is the co-producer of Tender, a podcast that tracks the journey of individuals as they decide to leave an abusive relationship. In 2022, she was awarded the Walkley Foundation Our Watch Award for Excellence in Reporting on Violence Against Women, alongside co-producer, Beth Atkinson-Quinton. Her work largely centres around the lived experiences of women, especially those whose realities are shrouded in stigma, opposition and rebellion.
For more information, visit writersvictoria.org.au
