Mother Load: The Act of Creation, Pain, and Elation

Name: Mother Load: The Act of Creation, Pain, and Elation - Berry Writers Festival
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Nina Wan (The Albatross), Rachel Mogan McIntosh (Mothering Heights), and Ariane Beeston (Because I Am Not Myself, You See), join Tori Haschka (A Recipe for Family), to discuss the tensions between creativity and creation; anxiety, pain, illness and parenthood - and just how much of yourself you are willing to put into your work.

Featuring:
Rachael Mogan McIntosh, Ariane Beeston & Nina Wan

Moderated by: Tori Haschka

Location: Scots' Hall

Saturday, 26 Oct: 10.30-11.30am

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Featuring:

Ariane Beeston

Ariane Beeston is a former child protection caseworker and psychologist with NSW's Department of Communities and Justice. She was a staff writer at Fairfax Media's Essential Baby and Essential Kids, and has also published articles in The Sydney Morning Herald, Daily Life, Babyology and Mamamia. Ariane currently works for Australia's peak body in perinatal mental health, The Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE), as their Communications and Content Manager. She is also a dancer and choreographer. Her first book, Because I'm Not Myself, You See: A Memoir of Motherhood, Madness and Coming Back from the Brink, was published in May 2024.

Rachael Mogan McIntosh

Rachael Mogan McIntosh is a writer and crisis counsellor from the South Coast of New South Wales. She’s a mum of three (four if you include the dog - she does) and the author of Pardon My French, a riotous memoir of a year spent in France with her young family. Her writing has appeared in publications across Australia, France, and the USA. Rachael loves books, baths, coffee, podcasts, TV and Terry’s Chocolate Orange, consuming them simultaneously whenever possible. Mothering Heights: A Year of Joy and Survival in the Trenches of Early Parenthood, her most recent book was published in March.

Nina Wan

Nina Wan is an author and former journalist at The Australian Financial Review. Her novel, The Albatross, tells the story of first love, second chances, and the most elusive shot in golf. The Albatross was selected for Annabel Crabb and Leigh Sales inaugural Chat 10 Looks 3 Book Club and was previously shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an unpublished manuscript. Her short story, "The Ticket", about a young girl’s quest for Taylor Swift tickets, was featured in the 2023 Big Issue: Fiction Edition. She lives in Melbourne.

Moderated by:

Tori Haschka

Tori Haschka is the author of two novels; Grace Under Pressure and A Recipe for Family and two cookery books: A Suitcase and a Spatula and Cut the Carbs!. Once upon a time her blog Eatori was named by Saveur as one of the five best food and travel blogs in the world. She lives in Berry with her husband and two children.

The Berry Writers Festival acknowledges the Dharawal and Dhurga language-speaking groups who are traditional owners of this area. We acknowledge their customs and culture, which have nourished, and continue to nourish, this land. And we extend our respects to Elders, past, present, and future.