Creation Stories:
Free conversations about creativity
Hosted by AWMP Director, Kathryn Heyman
The process of wrestling with a story teaches you how to wrangle your
own creativity. It teaches you more than how to write, it teaches you
what’s possible.
The Australian Writers Mentoring Program hosts free online
conversations with acclaimed writers, focusing on the problems they
encountered writing their first and sophomore books, and how they solved them.
These sessions focus on craft skills, creative problem and creative self-
management. If you’re interested in creativity (or reading!) these short
conversations are inspirational.
And there’s a giveaway for one ticket holder at each event.
The conversations are free, online and short (half an hour). If the time
doesn’t work for you (or if you miss the live session), the session will be
recorded for you to access after the event.
Upcoming event: Creation Story with Balli Kaur Jaswal
Our next conversation is on Wednesday 25th September, when AWMP Director and acclaimed writer, Dr Kathryn Heyman will be in conversation with bestselling author and mentor, Balli Kaur Jaswal.
Creation Story with Balli Kaur Jaswal
Date: Wednesday 25th September 2024
Time: 8pm Sydney time AEST
About Balli Kaur Jaswal
Balli Kaur Jaswal is the author of five novels, including the international bestseller Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows, which was selected by Reese Witherspoon’s book club and translated to over fifteen languages. She was named a Best Young Australian Novelist by the Sydney Morning Herald after the publication of her debut novel Inheritance. Her follow-up novel Sugarbread was shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize. Balli’s short stories and essays have appeared in the UK Sunday Express, Cosmopolitan Magazine, The New York Times, Harper's Bazaar, and Best Australian Short Stories.
Her novels have been optioned for screen adaptations by major Hollywood production companies (such as Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions and Freida Pinto's Freebird Films), where she is actively involved in script consulting.
A former writing fellow at the University of East Anglia, she has taught creative writing at Yale-NUS College and Nanyang Technological University, where she completed her Ph.D. in South Asian diaspora writing. Balli is passionate about guiding writers to develop nuanced narratives and complex characters in their fictional work. She draws from a depth of cross-cultural experience to teach writers to create stories that are both personal and universal.