What writers read

10am-12.30pm, Friday 31 July 2026 at Hobart Library Training Room

Here’s something new! WWR thought we’d try out a reading workshop. Would you like to learn how a book reflects its cultural and historical moment, how it speaks across time, and how the author’s creative practice shapes the story? Would you also like to learn to move beyond personal taste and develop the language of craft, balancing subjective response with objective analysis? Then this is for you! The workshop will be led by renowned critic Beejay Silcox, and we’ll be discussing Olga Ravn’s novel The wax child.

Tickets are $60 or $35 for concessions and you can book here.

Beejay Silcox is a book critic. Described as ‘the most significant new Australian critic in decades’, her work is celebrated for its resolute – some might say foolhardy – honesty. Beyond the page, Beejay is a literary polymath: interviewer, prize judge, manuscript doctor, festival programmer, and award-winning creative writing educator. And she has stories to tell; Beejay eloped to Las Vegas, escaped quicksand, and was once rescued from a picnic at Hanging Rock.

WWR is supported by the City of Hobart.