Can You Hear Me Now?

Overview

Can you hear me now? Crafting Voice in Creative Writing is a one day symposium exploring the notion of ‘voice’ through creative writing and research.

As a term in literary theory, ‘voice’ is tangled in a range of ideas concerning human presence. In both writing and reading, we have access to a diverse range of voices, and we are caught up in the question: who is speaking? We hear the loss of voice, of the silenced and marginalised. Voices of the past speak up, voices from the present cry out. The future of voice, in a digital era, is placed at the heart of storytelling through the revelation of audiobooks, podcasts and dramatized audio recordings, connecting human voice and writing more than ever before.

This one day symposium will showcase a diverse range of creative voices, exploring, through writing and research, the way we craft our voices, and the way we listen to the voice of others.