“A perfect combination of writing time and writing dialogue”
Maxine Beneba Clarke

Award-winning novelist Melissa Lucashenko, Poet and writer Maxine Beneba Clarke, RMIT writing students and graduates Jennifer Down, Amarlie Foster and Harriet McKnight as well as Singaporean poet Alvin Pang, Singapore-based writer Robin Hemley, Malaysian writers Bernice Chauly and Eddin Khoo, Xu Xi (Hong Kong) and Laurel Fantauzzo (Philippines) will all take part in an intensive five-day workshop in Penang this month.

In Singapore, two public events will be held at the Arts House:
The New Nonfiction (18 February) will feature Alvin Pang, Robin Hemley and Xu Xi with WrICE fellows Melissa Lucashenko and Maxine Beneba Clarke engaging in a panel discussion on the creative vitality of contemporary nonfiction writing.

Essaying across cultures (19 February) will give members of the public a chance to explore the range of possibilities open to creative writers of nonfiction, through a workshop led by Associate Professor Carlin.

A workshop will also be held with students at The Writers’ Centre at Yale-NUS College, Singapore, as part of the inaugural WrICE program.

WrICE has been made possible through the generous support of the Copyright Agency.