This is a free event, bookings are essential for entry.
Date
Thu 06 Mar 2025
Patrons' advice
Suitable for all ages
Running time
1 hour
Show times
Thu 06 Mar - 06:30 pm
Come along to the Library's panel discussion celebrating female writers as part of NSW Women's Week (2 - 8 March 2025).
The panel discussion will celebrate and explore the female perspective on writing and representation, and the empowerment that comes from the written word. The lineup features Gayle Kennedy, Emily Dash and Fiona Murphy, and will be moderated by Elizabeth Wright.
Books will be available for purchase and signing on the night at the Glen Street Library.
This event is proudly funded by Women NSW as part of NSW Government.
Arrangements were made through Celebrity Speakers www.celebrityspeakers.com.au
Glen Street Theatre is an accessible space including Auslan interpreting during the panel discussion.
Contact 02 8495 5028 or libraryprograms@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au for program enquiries
Contact 9470 5913 or admin@glenstreet.com.au for access enquiries.
Gayle Kennedy is a member of the Wongaiibon Clan of NSW and was the Indigenous Issues editor and writer for Streetwise Comics from 1995-1998. In 2006 she won the David Unaipon Award for Me, Antman & Fleabag, which was shortlisted for a Victorian Premier's Literary Award, a Deadly Award and was commended in the Kate Challis RAKA Award. Gayle has published eleven children's books as part of the Yarning Strong (OUP) series, and six of these were nominated for the 2011 Deadly Award for Achievement in Literature.
Emily Dash is a writer, actor, producer, and advocate who has spent the last ten years fighting for better access and inclusion in the arts. Her acclaimed and wide ranging work in theatre and screen emphasises social justice issues, community engagement, intersectionality, and expanding perceptions of disability.
Fiona Murphy is an award-winning writer, editor and arts critic. She has been widely published, including in The Guardian, ABC, The Saturday Paper, Griffith Review, The Big Issue.
In 2021, her memoir about growing up deaf, The Shape of Sound, was released in Australia, New Zealand, UK and North America. It was highly commended in the 2022 Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards.Fiona regularly lectures on creative writing and facilitates creative writing workshops. She is a MacDowell Fellow (2022) and Peter Blazey Fellow (2024).
Elizabeth Wright is a Paralympic medalist, keynote speaker, emcee and a reporter with ABC Sport. She brings forth all of her life experience to challenge people around disability, sport, diversity, and inclusion.
Born with limb difference, Elizabeth was raised by parents who taught her how to fight for equality and opportunity. She holds degrees in in Fine Art and Character Education, she is an international speaker, and has edited and written for multiple disability focused and mainstream publications. Elizabeth now works at the ABC as a reporter, with a keen interest in telling Para sport stories.