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Writing Workshop for Processing Grief

Write through your grief with the guidance of poet Amanda Anastasi.

Amanda Anastasi

ClassBento donates with every booking to

3 hours

1 to 20 guests

$55 - $65 ($55 for Concession; $65 for Adult) (Afterpay available)

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What you'll do

Much has been said about the therapeutic power of writing in helping process grief and loss. This workshop will provide you with poetic inspiration and guide you through a series of writing exercises, helping you articulate your unique grief journey and explore past memories in a new way.

Join award-winning writer Amanda Anastasi in a welcoming and safe space, where you are given the option to respond to the writing prompts quietly and/or to share your work with the group. In this class, you are writing for yourself and no one else. You will be surprised by the lines, ideas and stories that will come...!

Whether you are missing an deceased person, a relationship, a lost place, or an old version of yourself, Amanda will help you use writing to process and express your unique grief experience.

If you are not in Melbourne or cannot attend the workshop in person, there is a zoom (livestreamed) edition of this workshop available on Fri 5th Dec or Sat 17 Jan, which can be booked here:

https://classbento.com.au/writing-workshop-for-processing-grief-zoom-edition

What you'll get

Fresh ideas and some new writing for you to continue to work on!
A pdf grief writing workshop guide
Writing materials (if needed)
Light nibbles during the break
The availability of a cafe downstairs
Wheelchair accessibility

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Knowledge required

This workshop is for anyone who wishes to write about their emotions and experience in a gentle space. Beginner writers welcome!

What to bring

Writing materials or a laptop

Suitable for

This class is great for individuals and couples as well as for a date idea, birthday or hens party.

This experience would also be a unique gift for her, gift for mum or gift for couples.

Location

Balam Balam Place, Phoenix Street, Brunswick VIC

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Your teacher

Amanda Anastasi

Women-owned

I am a Melbourne poet and writer who has been published in journals both locally and internationally, including in Best of Australian Poems (2025) and Best Australian Science Writing. I have authored the poetry collections 'The Inheritors' (Black Pepper Publishing, 2021) and 'Taking Apart the Bird Trap' (Recent Work Press, 2024), which I wrote after a period of multiple losses. It is a poetry collection about grief, love, childhood and memory.

Throughout my life, I have used writing to explore complex ideas and emotions and give voice to unsaid things. The act of writing has carried me through some challenging times and has added to my wellbeing and sense of agency. I wish to share the knowledge I have gained over years of writing.

I have run workshops with writers of all levels, including for the Brimbank Reader's and Writer's Festival, Melbourne Poets Union and the Williamstown Literary Festival. I am currently running 'Writing Workshop for Processing Grief', where I will provide poetic inspriation and writing exercises to help you explore your grief, loss or heartbreak. I hope to see you and write with you soon!