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Dream/Reality will delve into the blurred lines of creative non-fiction and speculative fiction.
The evening features readings and discussions with Centre for Stories alumni Anna Quercia-Thomas (facilitator), Melanie Hobbs, Baran Rostamian, and Isabelle Biondi Saville.
Attendees will witness writers exploring the threshold between dreams and reality, sharing their works and discussing how the 'real world' inspires stories and vice versa.
This event is presented in partnership with the Emerging Writers' Festival 2024.
Location andtransport
The event will be held at Centre for Stories in Northbridge, WA 6003. The venue is wheelchair accessible. The Perth train station is a 10-minute walk away, and the nearest Wilson parking is just 2 minutes away at 8/6 Errichetti Place.
Featuring:
Melanie Hobbs
Melanie Hobbs writes short fiction about the immigrant experience, internet culture and the inner lives of women. She was the recipient of a Centre for Stories Fellowship in 2022 and has had her work published in various journals and anthologies. When she is not writing, Melanie is teaching or wrangling her small children.
Anna Quercia-Thomas
Anna Quercia-Thomas is a queer Hispanic American writer and academic currently based in Western Australia. She writes poetry and speculative fiction about found family, queer romance and connection in dark times. Her work is featured in New Words Press, SWAMP Journal, Overland, and an upcoming edition of Westerly. She is the third place winner of the 2023 International Proverse Poetry Prize.
Baran Rostamian
Baran Rostamian is a writer and law student on unceded Whadjuk Noongar Boodja. She is fascinated, dumbfounded and disgusted by the way and the why of things. Aside from her debut poetry collection Woven Frays published by Red River in partnership with Centre for Stories, Baran's writing can be found in The Tiger Moth Review, Singapore Review of Books, SBS Voices, at WA's Raine Square Short Story Dispenser, Pulch Mag, Liminal journal, Books+Publishing magazine, Australian Poetry Anthology Vol.9 and various Centre for Stories' anthologies.
Isabelle Biondi Saville
Isabelle Biondi Saville is a tea-fuelled writer of short-fiction and poetry. Her work has appeared in Three Can Keep a Secret, Ourselves: 100 micro memoirs, the little journal, Powders Press and Queerlings. When she's not writing, you will often find her crocheting or winding up her cat.
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Dream/Reality will delve into the blurred lines of creative non-fiction and speculative fiction.
The evening features readings and discussions with Centre for Stories alumni Anna Quercia-Thomas (facilitator), Melanie Hobbs, Baran Rostamian, and Isabelle Biondi Saville.
Attendees will witness writers exploring the threshold between dreams and reality, sharing their works and discussing how the 'real world' inspires stories and vice versa.
This event is presented in partnership with the Emerging Writers' Festival 2024.
Location andtransport
The event will be held at Centre for Stories in Northbridge, WA 6003. The venue is wheelchair accessible. The Perth train station is a 10-minute walk away, and the nearest Wilson parking is just 2 minutes away at 8/6 Errichetti Place.
Featuring:
Melanie Hobbs
Melanie Hobbs writes short fiction about the immigrant experience, internet culture and the inner lives of women. She was the recipient of a Centre for Stories Fellowship in 2022 and has had her work published in various journals and anthologies. When she is not writing, Melanie is teaching or wrangling her small children.
Anna Quercia-Thomas
Anna Quercia-Thomas is a queer Hispanic American writer and academic currently based in Western Australia. She writes poetry and speculative fiction about found family, queer romance and connection in dark times. Her work is featured in New Words Press, SWAMP Journal, Overland, and an upcoming edition of Westerly. She is the third place winner of the 2023 International Proverse Poetry Prize.
Baran Rostamian
Baran Rostamian is a writer and law student on unceded Whadjuk Noongar Boodja. She is fascinated, dumbfounded and disgusted by the way and the why of things. Aside from her debut poetry collection Woven Frays published by Red River in partnership with Centre for Stories, Baran's writing can be found in The Tiger Moth Review, Singapore Review of Books, SBS Voices, at WA's Raine Square Short Story Dispenser, Pulch Mag, Liminal journal, Books+Publishing magazine, Australian Poetry Anthology Vol.9 and various Centre for Stories' anthologies.
Isabelle Biondi Saville
Isabelle Biondi Saville is a tea-fuelled writer of short-fiction and poetry. Her work has appeared in Three Can Keep a Secret, Ourselves: 100 micro memoirs, the little journal, Powders Press and Queerlings. When she's not writing, you will often find her crocheting or winding up her cat.
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