Writing as Catharsis
Writing has long been recognised as a way of processing profound moments, deep trauma and grief. Does it have the power to heal? After ten years living with stage 4 cancer, Tim Baker would like to believe it does. Personal writing has formed an important part of his own holistic self-care, long before he imagined there might be a book in it. Can we become authors of our own life story and write our way out of the existential corners we might sometimes feel hemmed in by?
Find out in this workshop with author Tim Baker. Tim holds a creative writing PhD from Griffith University, with a research focus on the therapeutic benefits of reading, writing and story telling.
Tim Baker
he/him
Writer, Surfer, Health Justice Advocate
Tim Baker is an award-winning and best-selling author, journalist and storyteller specialising in surfing history and culture. His latest book Patting The Shark (Penguin, 2022) documents his nine-year journey managing a metastatic prostate cancer diagnosis. Tim wrote Patting The Shark as part of a creative writing PhD scholarship from Griffith University. He is a former editor of Tracks, Surfing Life and Slow Living magazines, and a two-time winner of the Surfing Australia Hall of Fame Culture Award. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Australian Financial Review, the Sunday Age, the Bulletin, Inside Sport, GQ, Text Journal as well as surfing magazines around the world.