Joanna
Morrison
Events & Workshops
Upcoming
Australian Short Story Festival 2026
- 28Sat · Nov10.00am – 12.40pmWorkshop
The Art of Description: an Ekphrasis workshop
Ekphrasis is a creative writing practice that draws on a writer’s visceral and emotional responses to visual art. Join authors Katrina Kell and Joanna Morrison in examining examples of ekphrastic writing, exploring the principles of ekphrastic practice, and experimenting with some ekphrastic writing of your own.
With Katrina Kell and Joanna Morrison
Book → - 29Sun · Nov10.00 – 10.40amPanel
Making the ordinary into the extraordinary
Alex Cothren and Joanna Morrison discuss the bizarre and extraordinary experiences that imbue their short fiction.
Moderator: Gillian O’Shaughnessy
Book → - 29Sun · Nov2.30 – 3.10pmModerating
Flash me all you like
Join two much-loved West Australian flash fiction writers, Alison Davis and Gillian O’Shaughnessy, as they discuss how to turn tiny into expansive and short into memorable.
Moderator: Joanna Morrison
Book →
Workshops by request
Workshops Joanna has run before and can run again for your festival, school, library or writing group.
What participants say
“I learnt so much and so many things to focus and work on that I had never thought of before. Everything was so well explained and all the writing exercises really helped cement the topics. The feedback I received in the workshopping was really helpful and important.”
Katie
“A friendly safe environment. Clear concise explanations. Logical and sequential workshops. The opportunity to receive feedback was priceless.”
Nicole
“Knowledge of the topic; ability to impart knowledge orally and visually; succinct responses to questions asked, in a way that indicates valuing the questioner; good presentation skills.”
A.M.H.
“This workshop has clarified how I can fit my draft into a structure. For a free-writer, it has pulled my writing together!”
Holly
“Very organised with time for queries. Very good quotes from relevant texts.”
Kevin