A showcase of writers with disability share works that reimagine and write towards a better and more inclusive future of health.
Curated by award-winning poet Andy Jackson, this showcase event features an assembly of writers with disability. They’ll share their visions for what the future of health can and should be, through performance, poetry, essay and memoir. Featuring writers including Alex Creece, Gemma Mahadeo, Anna Jacobson, Beau Windon and Sarah Stivens, immerse yourself in creative explorations of ableism, love, shame, solidarity, ingenuity and more, while imagining a better and more inclusive future of health.
Illustration by Megan Herbert.
Presented in partnership with RMIT Culture and UNSW as part of The Big Anxiety
The Big Anxiety
The Big Anxiety festival is the largest mental health and arts festival in the world, and promotes mental health and wellbeing through exciting arts projects that combine science and creativity. The 2022 festival will be held in October in Melbourne.
Event and Ticketing Details
Dates & Times
Monday 03 October
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Location
The Wheeler Centre and wheelercentre.com
176 Little Lonsdale Street Melbourne Victoria 3000
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Wheelchair accessible
Accessible toilets available
You can learn more about the Wheeler Centre’s accessibility policies here. Please notify us of all access requirements when booking online so we can assist you with your visit. If you require further information, please contact reception on 03 9094 7800 or ticketing@wheelercentre.com.
Featuring
Alex Creece
Alex Creece is a writer, collage artist, and average kook living on Wadawurrung land. Alex works as the Online Editor for Archer Magazine and the Production Editor for Cordite Poetry Review. She's also on the ...
Anna Jacobson
Anna Jacobson is a writer and artist from Brisbane. Amnesia Findings (UQP, 2019) is her first full-length poetry collection, which won the 2018 Thomas Shapcott Poetry Prize. In 2020 Anna won the Nillumbik Prize for ...
Gemma Mahadeo
Gemma Mahadeo came to Australia from the UK in 1987. Their work has appeared both in print and online in local, national, and international publications. They write poetry, creative non-fiction, and the occasional beer or food review ...
Sarah Stivens
Sarah Stivens is an emerging poet from Boon Wurrung Country/Melbourne. Her words have appeared in Cordite, Baby Teeth Journal, Catalyst, Bowen Street Press and other online spaces. She is the ASA/Ray Koppe Varuna fellow for 2022, and a Writers Victoria Writeability fellow. Her work has been shortlisted for the 2022 Ada Cambridge Poetry Prize.
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Beau Windon
Beau Windon is a neurodivergent author of Wiradjuri heritage based in Naarm/Melbourne. He writes quirky stories about quirky people (including his quirky self) and poetry about all of the dark goo coating his mind. In 2021 ...
Andy Jackson
Andy Jackson is a poet and creative writing teacher and mentor, was awarded the inaugural Writing the Future of Health Fellowship, and is a Writers Victoria Patron. He has featured at literary events and arts festivals ...