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Recapturing Time: Memoir and Family History with Melinda Tognini

10 April @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Time is a subject that authors across many centuries have pondered. Charles Dickens famously wrote ‘it was the best of times; it was the worst of times.’ W.H. Auden yearned to …

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the little journal Romance Launch

1 April @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

A Fool for Love! Celebrating the launch of the little journal Romance issue on April Fool’s Day at the City of Perth Library. Writing WA is delighted to team up with Night …

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Poet-Tree Workshop with Manveen Kaur Kohli

1 May @ 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm

Celebrate trees for the WA Tree Festival with your writing in this inspirational workshop. Our trees carry stories of centuries rooted in love, resilience, and hardship. To all you creatives, …

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Writers Write Mentorship

3 May @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Bring along your work-in-progress and join a professional author for free mentorship and guidance as you develop your writing project. 📆Saturdays (fortnightly). 📍Byford Library, 858 South Western Hwy, Byford. For …

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The Secrets of Storytellling

3 May @ 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm

A 32-week course with award-winning author A. R. Levett is offered at the Peter Cowan Writers Centre. Gaining the structural tools used by best-selling authors, weekly classes will motivate you …

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BookTok Competition

As part of Love to Read Local Month 2025, Writing WA is thrilled to launch the BookTok Competition — a fun and creative way to engage with Western Australian books ...

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The Walls Have Stories: Short Works for Performance

Writing WA is proud to announce its involvement with the 2025 Australian Heritage Festival! Join us on Sunday 4 May 2025 for ‘The Walls Have Stories’, a free heritage trail ...

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Children’s Writer-in-Residence Placement

As part of Love to Read Local Month 2025, we’re thrilled to introduce a brand-new Children’s Writer-in-Residence placement in partnership with the KSP Writers’ Centre, thanks to support from the Copyright ...

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Writing WA New Membership: Associate Membership

Writing WA has reached an exciting new milestone! As Writing WA continues to grow and service more of the sector, we’re introducing Associate Memberships to make it easier for more ...

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Changing the Conversation: Stories in All Spaces – A Writing WA Initiative

Writing WA is proud to announce the launch of Changing the Conversation: Stories in All Spaces, a groundbreaking project funded by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries. ...

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Out Now: the little journal

We’re thrilled to announce the inaugural issue of the little journal is now on sale! You can purchase your copy of the little journal from the following: – Boundless Books ...

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