Below are some of the services I offer through Writing Spirit...

Writing

“Spiri has been working with us for over two decades. Her strength lies in transforming complex material into copy that is clear, engaging, and inclusive - making it accessible to the broad audiences we serve.” Adrienne Meakin, Owner, The LOTE Agency.

For over 35 years, I’ve developed content for blogs, magazines, policies, guides, fact sheets annual reports, magazines, corporate storybooks

My most popular blog post by far was on Franco Cozzo. I loved interviewing men about their health for Healthy Male. And it was an honour to be involved in a storytelling project with the late Aunty Dot Peters.

I am passionate about writing plain English materials for diverse audiences. If your content needs to reach a wider audience, contact me.

Training

For over 30 years I have delivered education and training.

As a new Social Work graduate, I drove across Victoria’s Gippsland region providing over 50 workshops on all aspects of women’s health. Back in Melbourne, I spoke to over 2000 Greek women on cancer prevention. Most went on to undertake cancer screening - often for the first time.

As my career progressed from health education to teaching professional writing, I delivered training on plain English and business storytelling to organisations such as Australia Post, Infocys, Breast Cancer Network Australia and The LOTE Agency.

For the last 10 years I have worked as a Professional Writing and Editing teacher and program coordinator at Swinburne University.

If you are interested in having writing training delivered to your organisation or group, contact me.

Mentoring

"I had become really stuck and was lacking inspiration. A bit like a literary therapist, Spiri helped me to tease out why I wanted to write my book and what I wanted to convey to the reader, encouraging me to get out of my head and feel my way back into the emotions I was writing about. I’ve started to write again. Spiri is intuitive, gentle, supportive and really helps you get to the essence of whatever it is you want to achieve." Charlotte F, Melbourne

I am a long-time mentor to aspiring writers, helping them develop ideas, progress writing, and muster up the confidence to pitch for publication.

I also mentor staff who want to build on their writing skills to be more effective and confident communicators.

If you’d like to talk about how mentoring can help you, contact me.

Public speaking

I have spoken widely about the topics in my books – for example, on how to live well - at libraries, festivals, events and on radio and podcasts.

If you would like me to speak at an event, contact me or my literary agent Jacinta Dimase Management.