
Vanessa Berry
@vanessaberry
Author of Gentle and Fierce/ Mirror Sydney/ Ninety9/ Strawberry Hills Forever/ I am a Camera. Lecturer in Creative Writing at the University of Sydney. she/her
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Thanks Jenny, it was such a pleasure to visit Lismore and the fantastic Lismore Reg. Gallery for From Here to There: Australian Art and Walking


I'm stoked to have an essay in this A+ issue of JASAL. It's about the work of living writers that I respect (& maybe even know) Vanessa Berry, Prescott, Saunders & McGregor on #Sydney, #realestate, #tone, #performativity & #placemaking openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/index.php/JASA… - thx Emily Potter

Come and discuss the overlooked, odd, and deceptively mundane sites of Sydney with Vanessa Berry and Tom Lee! Tuesday 6 November 6.30pm at Ariel Booksellers


A visit to Sydney Trades Hall for #sydneyisopen Sydney Open mirrorsydney.wordpress.com/2018/11/03/syd…

It was a delight seeing and hearing Vanessa Berry talk with Tom Lee last night! Spoke about the hidden and historical locations of Sydney!


Vernacular Urbanism workshop at Frontyard Projects next week with me and Kirsten Seale - we'll be talking, walking, writing, drawing, thinking: join us: eventbrite.com.au/e/vernacular-u…


A young man riding a bicycle finds a photo album on a rubbish heap, sells it to State Library of NSW and inspires Vanessa Berry to write an article for SL magazine, with photos by @Joideverve_x

buff.ly/2RC4XxR A great event happening at Art Gallery NSW next week! Four writers, Khalid Warsame, Hannah Donnelly, Vanessa Berry and Charlotte Wood will respond to AGNSW's photography collection. Book in!






This week at Frontyard Projects - a reading fundraiser for Wildlife Rescue South Coast - writing on animals by me, Anwen Crawford, Julie Koh Michelle Cahill @theherringlass @MireilleJuchau Eda (Ed-a) Julie Vulcan, artwork by @Joideverve_x & zines for sale #AuthorsforWildlife


Over the past few months Lia Tsamoglou and me have been making Mirror Sydney into a podcast and I'm excited to announce that the first episodes will be released very soon!

This week is the launch of the Mirror Sydney Podcast, a collaboration between me and Lia Tsamoglou bringing some of the stories from the blog to audio life! You can listen to the first two episodes at mirrorsydneypodcast.com or search for it on your podcast app 🎧✨

I had a chat with Vanessa Berry about her amazing book on Sydney - Mirror Sydney Giramondo Publishing I loved this book. Not least because I came across a story about my dad! I'm talking with Vanessa about Sydney's underground, arcades, map making & more soundcloud.com/user-283789701…


Tomorrow at RMIT University I'll be talking about the role of the handmade in my writing practice in 'Good Material: the physical and the immediate in creative practice research' bit.ly/3ehtKrT