KAVITA BEDFORD
I am an Australian-Indian
writer and teacher based in Sydney.
My novel, Friends & Dark Shapes,
is out NOW in USA, AUSTRALIA & ITALY.
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"Bedford is a talented writer with a wonderful eye for detail, and her crisp, measured sentences are genuinely impressive. After grief, alienation and loneliness suffuse the novel, the story earns its way toward a sense of hope."
The New York Times
Workshops & events
I run workshops on a range of topics in writing, literature, somatic movement and embodying creativity.
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If you are unable to make any of the upcoming events and you are interested in finding ways to work together please contact me.
Writing requires talent and discipline, sure, but often what stands between us and our words, is ourselves. Writing also requires knowing yourself. So, how do we get out of our own way and allow the creativity to flow? How can we bring joy back to the creative process?
This course is designed for those who want to develop or deepen an already existing creative practice. We will discuss different models of creativity and uncover what is already working for you and what might not be. We will talk about fears and blocks and explore new approaches and strategies to release them. We will look at the importance of routine and then of breaking that routine. We will approach ways to talk with the inner-critic and strategies for viewing writing as an act of empathy.
Saturday October 21st 10am-4pm 2023
At Writing NSW, Callan Park, Balmain Rd, Lilyfield
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Writers of Colour
Write Nature
Join four women writers of colour as they discuss challenging the white male-dominated field of nature writing and share what the Australian landscape means to them and how they explore it in their writing. Featuring Zohra Aly, Kavita Bedford and Uthpala Gunethilake in conversation with Sujatha Fernandes.
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Saturday 2 December, at Bankstown Arts Centre on 12.30pm for 1pm start.
This Boundless Festival 2023 event is run by Writing NSW, in partnership with Bankstown Arts Centre.
