Women of Letters

Overview

A monthly literary event co-curated by Age writers and renaissance women Michaela McGuire and Marieke Hardy with all proceeds going to Edgar's Mission, Women of Letters has proven to be wildly popular in its home town of Melbourne as well as on its occasional dispatches to Sydney.

Since its inception two years ago, every event has sold out, and it's no wonder. Blending the lost art of letter-writing with public entertainment in a relaxed and friendly environment, Women of Letters boasts monthly line-ups of strong and intelligent women reading their letters to a particular theme, previously including letters to 'The Night I’d Rather Forget', 'My First Pin-Up', 'My Nemesis' and 'The Song I Wish I'd Written' (the Splendour theme, which included men on the panel for the first and only time.). Among the wine, speakers and DJs, audience members are encouraged to participate, penning their own aerogrammes using the stationery provided.

This instalment, Sydney's third, features journalist, writer and media personality Tracey Spicer; presenter of ABC's 7:30 Leigh Sales; congenial book lover Jennifer Byrne; actor and television host Charlotte Dawson; political commentator Annabel Crabb; ABC News 24 journalist and sports reporter Lucy Carter; and author, poet, satirist and social commentator Anita Heiss.