Writing Workshop: Kickstarting Your Creative Drive with Author Kim Kelly
Fire up your creativity with a series of writing exercises to get you going when you’re stuck or needing inspiration
2026 Orange Reades and Writers Festival
Writing Workshop: Kickstarting Your Creative Drive with Kim Kelly
Friday 31 July | 10am – 1pm | Cost $45 pp | Hotel Canobolas
Whether you’re well advanced with your writing project or at the very beginning, there are times when we can all become lost or judder to a stop, leaving us wondering where to go next. Through a series of fun and inspiring exercises, award-winning author and creative-writing academic Kim Kelly will show you how to tap into your creative flow – the engine room of your imagination that’s always there waiting for you. If you’re yearning to get your writing back on track, or keen to challenge yourself to go somewhere surprising and new, this workshop is for you.
About Kim Kelly
Kim Kelly is the author of fourteen novels, one memoir, and all sorts of other bits and pieces. Her work has twice won the Finlay Lloyd 20/40 Prize and been short- or long-listed for several other literary awards, including the ARA Historical Novel Prize. She’s a sessional academic at Macquarie University, an Australian Society of Authors writing mentor, and a Central West local.
Her latest books are the memoir, Touched, and a historical fiction set in Jenolan Caves, Dust and Wonder.
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The main day of the Orange Readers and Writers Festival will be held on Saturday 1 August.
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Highlights
- 3 hours
- In-person
Refund Policy
Location
The Hotel Canobolas
248 Summer Street
Orange, NSW 2800
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