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The Victorian Women’s Trust: Christine Friday and Kathleen Pooley Sub-Fund provided funding to our Yarn Bombing Micro & Short Fiction Masterclass Program 2022. The program was facilitated by award winning Wiradjuri writer Jeanine Leane. Participants in the program included: Coral Reeve, Lenora Thaker, Kimmie Lovegrove, Stevie Wappett, and Ricki Spencer. ‘Yarn Bombing‘ is a successful…
The Victorian Women’s Trust: Christine Friday and Kathleen Pooley Sub-Fund provided funding to our Yarn Bombing Micro & Short Fiction Masterclass Program 2022. The program was facilitated by award winning Wiradjuri writer Jeanine Leane.
Participants in the program included: Coral Reeve, Lenora Thaker, Kimmie Lovegrove, Stevie Wappett, and Ricki Spencer.
‘Yarn Bombing‘ is a successful component of the Blak & Bright First Nations Literary Festival where Emerging First Nations storytellers pop-up at the start of public sessions and present their short fiction, non-fiction, poetry, reportage etc. The stories capture the exceptional talents and capabilities of community members who would not normally be programmed into a literary festival. Some of our Yarn Bombers from previous festivals are now forging their way in the literary world.
With the assistance of The Victorian Women’s Trust: Christine Friday and Kathleen Pooley Sub-Fund we expanded the program by offering six emerging Victorian based First Nations women writers a masterclass in micro and short fiction. Through EOI application directed to the broader First Nations writing community, our aim is to provide participants with a structured, well-rounded masterclass that offered networking opportunities and practical skills to build their written and communication skills, and understanding and overall capacity to present in front of audiences.
The ‘Yarn Bombing Micro and Short Fiction Masterclass’ was facilitated by award winning Wiradjuri writer Jeanine Leane who has vast literary festival experience. Jeanine Leane assisted the Yarn Bombers to write three minute presentations. The outcome of the masterclass took place across Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th March 2022; where each of the participants performed their final three minute piece of micro or short fiction in front of a live audience.
The key factors of support and encouragement provided include: a safe and nurturing environment to: network with other writers; gain foundational practice support; to experience reading in front of a live audience at a literary festival; to have professionally recorded segments as a legacy and that they can use to further promote their skills and experience.
