writing as play- writing workshop with kate mildenhall

Join Kate Mildenhall for this interactive, formative writing workshop. In this writing workshop, Kate will draw on her personal experiences on how she came to write her four stand out novels. Come ready to learn and respond to writing prompts. Kate Mildenhall is an author, writing teacher and podcaster. Her debut novel Skylarking was longlisted for Debut Fiction in the 2017 Indie Book Awards and the 2017 Voss Literary Prize. Her second novel, The Mother Fault, was longlisted for the 2021 ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year and shortlisted for the 2021 Aurealis Science Fiction Novel of the Year. The Hummingbird Effect was shortlisted for the 2024 ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year and longlisted for the 2024 Stella Prize and the 2024 Indie Book Awards for Fiction. Kate co-hosted The First Time Podcast where she interviewed over 200 Australian and international writers. Kate’s fourth novel, The Hiding Place, released in October 2025, is a literary thriller billed as White Lotus meets The Slap. It will have you on the edge of your seat with you questioning which of your friends would you hide a body for!