Deaf Writers’ Group
Deaf Writers’ Group
Circular by Dot Shaw
Dorothy Shaw wrote a Circular calling for deaf people interested in creative writing to meet and form a group.
From the collection of Karen Lloyd. Used with permission.
Why Deaf People Must Write
Article by Karen Lloyd explaining the urgent necessity for deaf people to tell their own stories and influence the narratives about their own lives and communities.
From the Collection of Karen Lloyd.
Deaf Writers’ Group
Deaf Writers’ Group c.1986.
Left to right: Dorothy (Dot) Shaw, Karen Lloyd, Nola Colefax, Diana Laing, Charlene Grace, Tony Nicholas, Carol O’Reilly.
From the Collection of Diana Laing. Used with permission.
Copyright Karen Lloyd. Used with permission.
Read: Sound Off, Issue No. 1
Sound Off
Read the other four issues of Sound Off, the publication of the Deaf Writers’ Group.
Read More
Some members of the Deaf Writers’ Group currently write online. You can read more here:
There are also a number of publications about deaf writing in Australia:
Anderson, M. & Carty, B. (2014). The Cosmopolitan Correspondence Club. In K. Snoddon, Ed., Telling deaf lives: Agents of change (pp. 148-162). Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.
