Lost In Books brings you Weekend Writers' Residency
The TDTF Weekend Writers' Residency is a six-month paid program supporting emerging and established writers from culturally and linguistically diverse communities to develop new work, connect with peers, and grow their creative practice.
Led by acclaimed author and artist Amani Haydar, the residency combines mentorship, workshops, critical discussion and dedicated writing time in a collaborative, multilingual environment.
Together, participants explore literature across languages, cultures and genres while developing original work that reflects the diverse stories shaping contemporary Australia.
At a Glance
SIX-MONTH PROGRAM
PEER TO PEER SUPPORT
PAID RESIDENCY
PUBLIC READINGS
WORKSHOPS AND CRITICAL DISCUSSION
MENTOR FEEDBACK
Meet the Residents
Themes
Participants are encouraged to explore:
Multilingual and multicultural storytelling
Translation as a creative practice
Diasporic writing and cultural exchange
Writing for social and environmental justice
Experimental and cross-genre forms
New literary ideas and emerging voices
“Each different tongue offers its own denial of determinism. ’The world’, it says, ’can be other.’ Ambiguity, polysemy, opaqueness, the violation of grammatical and logical sequences, reciprocal incomprehensions, the capacity to lie — these are not pathologies of language but the roots of its genius.”