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Accessing Your Story: A writing workshop with Nevo Zisin

November 13 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Free

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Date:
November 13
Time:
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/1047451725307?aff=oddtdtcreator

Organiser

Merri-bek Libraries
Email
libraryevents@merri-bek.vic.gov.au
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Age group
Predominantly for adults
Accessibility
Wheelchair AccessibleWheelchair accessible
Groups of most relevance to event
Trans and Gender Diverse
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A photo of Nevo Zisin, smiling, on a peach coloured background. Two of their books, Finding Nevo and the Pronoun Lowdown, are also pictured. Text Reads Trans Awareness Week Nov 13-19, Merri-bek City Council.

Venue

Brunswick Library (TBC)
Sydney Rd & Dawson St
Brunswick, VIC 3056 Australia
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Phone
(03) 9389 8600

Community & culture

Writing, reading & literature

This event is part of Merri-bek Libraries’ Trans Awareness Week programming and is intended for participants who identify as transgender and/or gender diverse.

Join acclaimed writer Nevo Zisin (they/them) to learn about finding your authorial voice, connecting with the self through writing and the process of validating one’s own emotions and memories.

With brief discussion around the ethics of memoir-writing / non-fiction, tips and tricks for researching memoir and plenty of time to actually get writing!

Bookings required. Exact location to be confirmed.

Nevo is the award-winning author of Finding Nevo (2017), a memoir on gender transition and The Pronoun Lowdown (2021), a useful guidebook on all things related to pronouns.