Lunch Break: Where Does Your Story Come From?

LUNCH BREAK: WHERE DOES YOUR STORY COME FROM?

As writers, how do we think about spaces and settings when creating stories that unfold on unceded land? Moving beyond conventional western definitions, this session focuses on tools and strategies to write about urban places while appropriately engaging with their ongoing Indigenous heritage and culture. Highlighting multiple perspectives, history and understanding of urban space, this session will start writers thinking about moving beyond monocultural and clichéd conceptions of place.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Timmah Ball is an accomplished writer and editor of Ballardong Noongar heritage, whose creative practice is informed by her work as an urban planner. Her work has appeared in the Sydney Review of Books, Art Guide Australia and many other publications. In 2021 she published the chapbook Do Planners Dream of Electric Trees?  and has featured in a range of anthologies such as This All Come Back Now (UQP) and Best of Australian Poems 2022 (Australian Poetry). Most recently she was the managing editor for the award-winning monograph Yhonnie Scarce: The Light of Day and her forthcoming short story collection A Map and Other Parts will be released in March 2027 with Pink Shorts Press. 

WHEN: Wednesday 4 November, 2026 1pm-2pm  AEDT 
WHERE: Online via Zoom
RSVP: Free, but RSVPs are essential.