The Writer’s Space Writing Group - Penrith
A free, 6-week writing program for writers with disability in Penrith, meeting on Sunday mornings at Penrith Library.
Dates: Saturdays 10.00am-12.00pm, 16 August - 20 September 2025
Venue: Penrith Library, 601 High St, Penrith NSW 2750
Places: 12 places are available.
Who should apply: This program welcomes writers with disability at all levels of experience, working in any genre.
Facilitated by Fiona Murphy and co-facilitated by former Writer's Space participant Shannon Anima, each session of this free writing course will focus on a different theme – from idea generation to developing compelling characters.
Using writing prompts and exercises, we’ll spend time writing in a fun and supportive environment. We will also chat about the writing life, including submitting work for publication and how to stay motivated!
In the final week, there will be a special Q&A session with a guest writer.
Places are limited to 12 participants.
TESTIMONIALS
“This 6 week writing course has been absolutely wonderful. Fiona is a highly competent facilitator who delivered the context of each week’s lesson with perfection. I am walking away with more confidence to write my own autobiography and am actually quite sad that this writing group has come to an end it’s been my highlight of the week.”
“The workshop pushed me little bit further in my creative writing, which is great as I was stuck for a while. I’m working on three poems that came out of the workshop. The group was diverse and lovely, and Fiona is an excellent facilitator - her gentle and encouraging manner was a wonder to watch.”
ABOUT FIONA MURPHY
Fiona Murphy is an award-winning writer and editor. Her work has appeared in ABC, The Saturday Paper, The Guardian, Big Issue, among many other publications. Her memoir, The Shape of Sound, was highly commended in the 2022 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards.
ABOUT SHANNON ANIMA
Shannon Anima is a psychotherapist and emerging writer. Recent accolades include a Varuna Flagship Fellowship, Varuna Writers Space Fellowship, WestWords Writer-in-Residence, WestWords-Varuna Residency, Dentro la Terra Residency Italy, Ireland Writers’ Residency; shortlist the Deborah Cass Award, the Tasmanian Women’s Fiction Prize, and a Mascara Varuna Residency; longlist the Spark Hardie Grant prize. She has published short stories in Australia and Canada.
This program is generously supported by Penrith City Library, Create NSW and the Australian Government Department of Social Services.
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