Desert Writing

In September 2013, just before the weather turned evenmore intense, a group of intrepid writers made their way tothree Australian desert settings to work with groups andindividuals wishing to write. Both Aboriginal people with aprofound connection to country and residents of morerecent arrival who had made the choice to live in remoteplaces participated in workshops. You''ll read new voicesand hear perspectives on living in extreme geographicaland climactic regions in today''s Australia.Workshop facilitators included Marie Munkara and KtimaHeathcote at Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory, AliCobby Eckermann and Lionel Fogarty in AnanguPitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands in SouthAustralia and Kim Mahood and Terri-ann White in Mulan inWestern Australia.