Calling all writers, creatives, and storytellers alike.
Moorabool is celebrating local storytelling as the Peter Carey Short Story Awards marks 10 years of recognising Moorabool writers through the Best Local Entry Category.
For a decade, the Peter Carey Awards has honoured the Bacchus Marsh local as Australia’s greatest living writer.
Born and raised in the Bacchus Marsh community, Carey is the author of 14 critically acclaimed novels and four works of non-fiction, winning the Miles Franklin three times and the Man Booker twice.
The special anniversary event is set to feature two inspiring sessions in a short story writing workshop with acclaimed author Rijn Collins, and a panel discussion with past local winners who have been recognised through the awards.
Rijn Collins is an award-winning writer of short stories and memoir, whose novel Fed to Red Birds was inspired by a writing residency in an Icelandic fishing village near the Arctic Circle.
Collins’ work was long-listed for the 2024 Indie Book Awards and explores identity formation through language, landscaping and longing.
Get on down to the Ballan Library and Community Hub on Saturday 21 February from 10am for a day of writing, storytelling and a shared passion for literacy.
Writing workshops with Rijn Collins will run between 10am to noon, followed by a supplied lunch and a local winners panel from 10pm, where participants are invited to hear from past best local entry winners as they share their experiences.
The event is free and open to all.
Details: moorabool.vic.gov.au/Events/Festival-of-Stories
