Capturing the conundrum: Gender politics in the contemporary literary climate

 Friday 7th December  3:45-5:00  G11 3.64

How do we represent gender and gender politics equitably when the language is ever-changing? How do authors capture the conundrum and contradiction of human relations when grappling with gender diversity and multi-faceted characters?  Join Rochelle Potkar, Sreedhevi Iyer, Tim Tomlinson in discussion with Lucy Neave.

See detailed biography of panelists here.

Individual session tickets: $18 Full Price // $15 Concession.

This session is also included in a day pass or a 3 day program pass. Day Pass: $50 Full Price // $45 Concession. Program Pass: $120 Full Price // $100 Concession.

Rochelle Potkar is an  alumna of Iowa International Writing Program (2015) and the Charles Wallace Writer’s fellowship (2017). She is the author of The Arithmetic of breasts, Four Degrees of Separation, and numerous other stories and an award winning poet.

Sreedhevi Iyer is the award winning author of Jungle Without Water. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize, her work has appeared in Drunken Boat, Hotel Amerika and the Asian American Literary review.

Tim Tomlinson is co-founder of the New York Writers Workshop, and writes poetry, short fiction, and nonfiction.

Lucy Neave is a lecturer of Creative Writing at the Australian National University. She is the author of Who We Were shortlisted for the ACT Book of the Year Award in 2014. Her scholarly essays are on fiction writing process, writers' practices and pedagogy.

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Full three day program pass - $120 Full Price // $100 Concession. Gives access to all sessions excluding workshops.

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