WrICE brings together Australian and Asia-Pacific writers for face-to-face collaborative residencies in Asia and Australia.
At the heart of the program is the simple notion that there is great value in creating opportunities for writers (and writing students) to step outside their often isolated writing studios and familiar cultural environs to connect and share ideas with other writers from different cultures and across generations. By supporting the development of individual practice in a collaborative way, WrICE not only contributes to individual creativity but evolves practice across the sector. Through the work of individuals, WrICE has an influence on broader societal perspectives, changing the stories we tell and listen to.
“As an alternative and promising prototype for quickly building connections between writers across borders, the WrICE model could transform the region’s literary and cultural perspectives, serving as an accessible, authentic and regular milestone program for building up cultural understanding and collaboration over time.”
— Alvin Pang, Singapore
Australia 2019
In 2019 WrICE worked with presenting partners Castlemaine Festival, Melbourne Writers Festival and Footscray Community Arts Centre to showcase WrICE writers in a series of events, workshops and immersive salons.
Made on exchange...
Speaking from the heart: Yankunytjatjara poet Ali Cobby Eckermann
Writers Across Borders
Participants
Indonesia 2018
In 2018 WrICE travelled to Indonesia with a group of writers from the region to take part in a collaborative residency in Yogyakarta, before appearing at a public festival in Jakarta, The Writers’ Series, with partner The Jakarta Post Writing Center, led by WrICE alumnus Maggie Tiojakin.
Made on exchange...
On Faith, Politics, Privilege and other Demons An interview with the novelist Christos Tsiolkas
Moments in Java
WrICE Travels to Indonesia
Participants
Philippines 2017
WrICE Philippines activity included a collaborative residency in Vigan followed by public events in Manila at the Ayala Museum, and the University of the Philippines, Diliman.
