Explore the 2026 Program

What Makes a Writer

Writers on their journeys so far and what lies ahead

Maxine Beneba Clarke
Yumna Kassab (Photo credit Joy M Lai)
Eda Gunaydin
James Jiang (Photo credit Sally Tsoutas)
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All tickets $10 through the City of Parramatta.

Writers in different stages of their careers come together to reflect on their work and writing paths.

Featuring iconic Australian writer and poet Maxine Beneba Clarke (beautiful changelings), the outgoing Parramatta Laureate in Literature Yumna Kassab (Goodbye, My Love) and the new Laureate, award-winning essayist and fiction writer Eda Gunaydin (Root and Branch). This will be an illuminating and insightful conversation about the opportunities available and barriers facing writers throughout a lifelong career.

Join Maxine, Yumna and Eda in conversation with academic and critic James Jiang.
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Parramatta Town Hall, The Charles Byrnes Room
182 Church Street, Parramatta , NSW, 2150