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Workshops

Workshops

Rachel’s workshops are for all regardless of experience! Safe, fun, interactive and informative, these sessions can be tailored to your needs.

Workshop samples include:

  • Readers are Writers: A fun chat and mini writing task for all ages and experience, bring a glass of wine!
  • Publishing Potentials: An honest, educational conversation about the industry and how to build your profile.
  • Speaking events: supporting charities and local organisations.
  • Pets to Pen: a playful hour where you will write and share your pet tales (tails!). Creatures invited also for a ‘Show and Tell’ as our hello! (Zoom only for safety reasons!).
  • Life writing workshops: navigating the legacy of family narratives.
  • VCE Creative Writing preparation: sharpen your narrative techniques.
  • YA matters: A workshop for young adults wanting to dabble in this powerful genre and learn about the broader writing industry.
  • Love Lingers: Writing life-long relationships and friendships, as a memoir or fictional form.
  • Men’s Musings: Casual, conversational stories of everyday life, that matter
Rachel Matthews - Author
About Rachel

Dr Rachel Matthews is a Melbourne author, lecturer and teacher. Her debut novel Vinyl Inside received strong press reviews and was highly commended by the Australian Vogel Award judges.

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📚 Tickets via Readings Hawthorn.

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Sponsored by @humelibraries, it is no cost and open to everyone, 10am to 12pm.
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Rachel Mathews - Author

Dr Rachel Matthews is a Melbourne author, lecturer and teacher. Her debut novel Vinyl Inside received strong press reviews and was highly commended by the Australian Vogel Award judges.

Discover Rachel's Books