Compost Compact
The Compost Library
8
February 2025
8
February
2025
Co-founders Clem MacLeod and P. Eldridge bring their open-access learning program, The Compost Library, to Australia with the aim of helping people discover how to reap the personal, social, and political benefits of reading and writing for mental well-being.
On this special occasion, we find inspiration in local and international texts by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Ursula K. Le Guin, and more; confronting ideas of decolonisation in our creating writing, storytelling and gathering. During the session, we invite participants into discussion about these texts and together attempt writing prompts to inspire our creative practices.
With a distinct focus on tender participation and co-creation, The Compost Library provides space for people to gather, share, listen and collectively imagine literary futures. During the course, Worms will have a popup in-gallery shop where you can buy merch, magazines and books.
Tickets are $10 each with a capacity of 35 people. If you want to attend but have difficulty meeting the ticket cost, please reach out and we can consider your individual circumstances on a case by case basis: compost@worm-s.com.
The Compost Library acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land upon which we make and facilitate our work, the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung people and their neighbours, the Boonwurrung people of the Eastern Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and their Elders past and present. We acknowledge the fact that sovereignty was never ceded and that Aboriginal people are Australia’s first storytellers.
Co-founders Clem MacLeod and P. Eldridge bring their open-access learning program, The Compost Library, to Australia with the aim of helping people discover how to reap the personal, social, and political benefits of reading and writing for mental well-being.
On this special occasion, we find inspiration in local and international texts by Robin Wall Kimmerer, Ursula K. Le Guin, and more; confronting ideas of decolonisation in our creating writing, storytelling and gathering. During the session, we invite participants into discussion about these texts and together attempt writing prompts to inspire our creative practices.
With a distinct focus on tender participation and co-creation, The Compost Library provides space for people to gather, share, listen and collectively imagine literary futures. During the course, Worms will have a popup in-gallery shop where you can buy merch, magazines and books.
Tickets are $10 each with a capacity of 35 people. If you want to attend but have difficulty meeting the ticket cost, please reach out and we can consider your individual circumstances on a case by case basis: compost@worm-s.com.
The Compost Library acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land upon which we make and facilitate our work, the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung people and their neighbours, the Boonwurrung people of the Eastern Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and their Elders past and present. We acknowledge the fact that sovereignty was never ceded and that Aboriginal people are Australia’s first storytellers.
Clem MacLeod
Clem’s approach to facilitating is led by a personal history of using reading and writing to overcome mental health challenges. After studying fashion for 5 years, she realised that the most effective way of communicating and coming to terms with her personhood and identity was through therapeutic and creative practices of writing alongside sharing the stories and processes of other writers. She leads workshops with care and gentleness, helping people feel safe to express themselves and the challenges they are facing in their emotional and creative lives. Her literary influences are Chris Kraus, bell hooks, Susan Sontag, Robin Wall Kimmerer and Julia Cameron. Clem is the founder of Worms Magazine & Publishing and the Co-Founder of The Compost Library.
P. Eldridge
P. Eldridge is an artist, tranarchist, and founder of the radical force SISSY ANARCHY; a multifaceted platform dedicated to exploring the intersection of trans and queer identities with anarchist philosophies, most recently featured at the 60th Venice Art Biennale 2024 and named the leading indie press in London by AnOther Magazine. In her work, Eldridge explores the intersections of gender, sexuality, and identity across an array of projects. She uses a diverse set of means to engage these issues, including curating, writing, editing, performance dramaturgy, and social media. Her process is fluid, with no privileging of rigid methodologies, and centres the ethics of listening and love geared towards developing a revolutionary trans disciplinary. Recently, she interviewed Judy Chicago for Flash Art Magazine and, upon Chicago’s invitation, for STUDIO Magazine in 2024. She is based between London, New York City, and so-called Australia and is the Director, Managing Editor and Partnerships of Worms World C.I.C. and Co-Founder of The Compost Library.
The Compost Library
An open access writing program teaching how to harness writing for mental wellbeing by @w0rms.w0rld