Writing Residencies
Eight lucky Australian writers have recently been awarded overseas residencies by the Australia Council. But are writing residencies all they’re cracked up to be? According to industry magazine Books+Publishing, Lisa Gorton, Robert Lukins, Fiona McGregor and Sandra Thibodeaux will each undertake a three-month residency at the BR Whiting Studio in Rome. Each writer also receives…
Varuna
Last year I won a Varuna Fellowship, which enabled me to spend two wonderful weeks at a house in the Blue Mountains (NSW, Australia) writing, thinking and talking with the four other writers who were staying there. We worked in silence all day, went for walks in and around world heritage listed Katoomba and shared…