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girledworld joins Melbourne Writers Festival program.

For more than three decades, #MelbourneWritersFestival has been bringing together the best writers, thinkers and performers from Australia and around the world to revel in the power of words to unite and inspire us.

In 2019 Melbourne Writers Festival artistic director Marieke Hardy once again sprinkled her unique brand of magic party glitter ✨over a jam-packed program of events!

And girledworld was delighted to be part of the #MWF19Schools’ Program which spanned over 70 sessions to inspire students and teachers across Australia.

girledworld Cofounders Madeleine Grummet and Edwina Kolomanski facilitated a MWF19 youth-led discussion and open Q&A forum exploring the role of social media and selfie culture in teenage personal narrative and identity development in a complex age of online and offline communication.

This was catalysed by our insights into the life of teenage girls following our work on the You Are Not Your Face book project, which has been edited by Madeleine Grummet, co-authored by an amazing girledworld project team, and has writing contributions from 1000’s of girls across the APAC region. Keep up on our socials for details on book release dates!

We engaged with 200+ students in Years 7 - 10 for an afternoon of conversation, inspiration and thought-provoking ideas.