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SWEATSHOP

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Address: 8 Victoria Rd, Parramatta 2150 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.sweatshop.ws

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24.01.2022 ‘Both of my mothers were born in Kolkata, India, and both of their families migrated to Perth when they were young. They were childhood friends who fell in love as adults.’ The latest article in our ongoing collaboration with SBS Voices is this touching and complex portrait of the ‘modern family’ by Sweatshop Writer, Sarah Ross.

23.01.2022 Sweatshop Women of Campbelltown: This Wednesday night at 6:30pm, please join us for a free online event with Sweatshop General Manager, Winnie Dunn, and our Campbelltown-based Sweatshop Writers, Diane Wanasawek, Ferdous Bahar and Abeny Mayol. These four amazing women of colour will discuss their recent contributions to the critically acclaimed anthology, Sweatshop Women, and their experiences growing up, living and working in South-West Sydney. Presented by Campbelltown City Library and Sweatshop Literacy Movement.

21.01.2022 ‘Handshakes have had many meanings throughout history: greeting, reconciliation, show of solidarity. But their absence during the pandemic allows us to rethink how they also entrench power and privilege. Should we leave handshakes in the past?’ Check out this timely and nuanced feature by Sweatshop Writer, Divya Vnkt. This article is the first in a new collaboration between Sweatshop and Kill Your Darlings to bring some of Australia’s most dynamic POC writers to the forefront of Australian literature.

18.01.2022 This Sunday, join Sweatshop Director, Dr Michael Mohammed Ahmad in-conversation with the amazing Zoya Patel and Michelle Law about our critically acclaimed new anthology, After Australia. In this unflinching dialogue; climate catastrophe, police brutality, white genocide, totalitarian rule and the erasure of POC histories will provide the backdrop for stories of love, courage and hope. A free online event presented by Stonnington Library and Information Service. Book now!

13.01.2022 ‘As a result of being made to feel inferior to my white peers, I spent a lot of my high school years focusing on my Indianness, rather than my queerness.’ The latest article in our ongoing collaboration with SBS Voices is this beautifully intersectional piece by Sweatshop Writer, Raveena Grover.

05.01.2022 ‘There’s no doubt that we are Egyptian enough to play terrorists, criminals and grave robbers. Yet the moment we have a chance at royalty, our ethnicity becomes too complicated for just an Egyptian to play.’ The latest article in our ongoing collaboration with SBS Voices is this refreshing, complex and nuanced piece by Sweatshop Writer, Daniel Nour. A must-read!

04.01.2022 Congratulations to Sweatshop Creative Producer, Phoebe Grainer, who will be entering the fold of the Griffen Theatre Studio in 2021. While continuing her amazing programs with Sweatshop, Phoebe will be developing brand new works and forming part of the artistic team at Griffin Theatre Company. To learn more about Griffin Studio and Phoebe’s upcoming projects head to the Griffin website: https://griffintheatre.com.au/creative-prog/griffin-studio/

03.01.2022 After six months of social distancing, we are so excited to announce our return to running creative writing workshops in Western Sydney high schools. To kick things off, over the next ten weeks Winnie Dunn, Stephen Pham, Phoebe Grainer and Michael Mohammed Ahmad will be mentoring a culturally diverse collective of students from Leumeah High School. All the writing the students develop during this residency will be featured in an anthology, podcast, video and public mural about racism, which will be released in 2021. Thank you to our official partner, Campbelltown City Library, for supporting this initiative. Please visit the Sweatshop website to find out more about our school residencies program and upcoming projects.

01.01.2022 On Monday September 21, an amazing ensemble of Black writers and artists joined Sweatshop in person and online for our first-ever Black Lives Matter Writing Workshop. Thank you to Dr Sydnye Allen for facilitating this powerful night of writing, storytelling and critical dialogue. Dr Allen is now working with the writers to develop a Black Lives Matter feature in our upcoming anthology on racism, which will be released in April 2021. Sweatshop will also be holding future Black Lives Matter Writing Workshops and all Black writers are welcome to join. Contact us via the Sweatshop website for more info: www.sweatshop.ws