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We're between the lines, helping our writing industry thrive

Our Member Organisations

Arts Organisation

Denmark Arts Council

The peak body for arts within the Shire of Denmark, producers of Denmark Festival of Voice.

https://www.denmarkarts.com.au/

Bookshop

Paper Bird Children's Books & Arts

A specialist children's bookshop stocking quality books, focusing on Australian writers and illustrators.

https://www.paperbird.com.au/

Dymocks Busselton

Book store, offers latest new release books, bestselling authors, children's books and an extensive non-book range.

https://www.dymocks.com.au/stores/wa/dymocks-busselton

Crow Books

Specialising in hard-to-find alternative titles as well as mainstream reads.

http://crowbooks.com.au/

Boffins Books

Australian owned, independent bookseller offering customers an eclectic range of technical, practical, special interest and fiction books.

https://www.boffinsbooks.com.au/

Children's Literature Organisation

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

A professional organisation for children's book creators.

https://australiawest.scbwi.org/

Festival

Scribblers Festival

An annual festival of literature and arts for young people.

https://www.scribblersfestival.com.au/

Industry Body

Romance Writers of Australia

Promoting excellence in romantic fiction and supporting romance writers.

https://romanceaustralia.com/

FutureNow Creative & Leisure Industries Training Council

FutureNow is the Western Australian Training Council for the Creative, Leisure and Technology Industries.

http://www.futurenow.org.au/

Children's Book Council (WA)

A non-profit organisation that aims to engage the community with literature for young Australians.

http://wa.cbca.org.au/

Australian Society of Authors Ltd

The professional association for Australia's authors and illustrators.

https://www.asauthors.org/

Library

Kwinana Public Library

Metro Public Library

http://library.kwinana.wa.gov.au

South Perth Library

Metro Public Library

https://southperth.wa.gov.au/community/libraries

State Library of WA

Reference Library, State collections.

http://slwa.wa.gov.au/

Vincent Library - City of Vincent

Metro Public Library

https://library.vincent.wa.gov.au/online-services.aspx

Mundijong Public Library

Regional Public Library

http://www.sjshire.wa.gov.au/what-we-do/community-and-recreation/library/

Shire of Augusta Margaret River/ Margaret River Library

Regional Public Library

https://amrlibraries.com/

Mandurah Libraries

Regional Public Library

https://www.mandurah.wa.gov.au/Facilities/Libraries

Kununurra Library

Providing library programs, resources and customer service to Kununurra District High School and the Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley. Producers of the Kimberley Writers Festival

https://www.swek.wa.gov.au/facilities-recreation/libraries/kununurra-community-library.aspx

Geraldton Regional Library, City of Greater Geraldton

The public Library for the Greater Geraldton area. Producers of the Big Sky Writers & Readers Festival.

https://library.cgg.wa.gov.au/

Fremantle Library

Metro Public Library

https://www.fremantle.wa.gov.au/community/fremantle-city-library/library-services

City of Perth Library

Metro Public Library

https://www.cathedralsquare.com.au/businesses/city-of-perth-library/

City of Nedlands Library

Metro Public Library

https://www.nedlands.wa.gov.au/

City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Regional Public Library

https://boulderlibrary.org/

City of Armadale Armadale Library

Metro Public Library

https://library.armadale.wa.gov.au/

Cambridge Library

Metro Public Library

https://library.cambridge.wa.gov.au/Home

Bunbury Public Library

Regional Public Library

https://library.bunbury.wa.gov.au/SitePages/Home.aspx

Bridgetown-Greenbushes Library

Regional Public Library. Producers of the Words in the Valley Festival.

https://www.bridgetown.wa.gov.au/community/library.aspx

Shire of Augusta Margaret River/ Augusta Library

Regional Public Library

https://amrlibraries.com/

Library Service City of Melville - AH Bracks Library

Metro Public Library

https://www.melvillecity.com.au/things-to-do/libraries

Albany Library

Regional Public Library

http://library.albany.wa.gov.au/

Publisher

Gestalt Publishing

Australia's leading graphic novel publishing house

https://www.gestaltcomics.com

Night Parrot Press

An independent publisher of non-traditional works of fiction and non-fiction, where experimental forms and genres outside the mainstream can find a home.

https://www.nightparrotpress.com

Red Paper Kite

Red Paper Kite is a boutique, independent publisher of picture books.

http://www.redpaperkite.com

Serenity Press

A small independent press based in Perth.

https://www.serenitypress.org/

Westerly Magazine

Publishing literature with a special emphasis on Australia, particularly Western Australia, and the Asian region.

https://westerlymag.com.au/

Margaret River Press

An independent press established in 2011 with a strong commitment to nurturing and supporting writers from across Australia at all stages of their career.

https://margaretriverpress.com/

Magabala Books

Australia's leading Indigenous publisher, based in Broome.

https://www.magabala.com/

Hague Publishing

WA small publisher of science fiction and fantasy.

http://haguepublishing.com/

Fremantle Press

Identifying talented new and emerging WA writers and artists, publishing and distributing their work.

https://www.fremantlepress.com.au/

Service Provider

Linellen Press

Offering book and cover design, editing and assessment services through to publishing books. Specialises in memoirs and life stories, and teaching of same..

http://www.linellenpress.com.au/Linellen_Press_home.html

Writers Centre or Writing Group

Rockingham Arts Centre

Providing a venue and facilities for local writers to network and socialise.

https://rockinghamwriterscentre.org.au/

Society of Womens Writers WA

Bringing together published and aspiring women writers.

http://www.swwofwa.com.au

Peter Cowan Writers Centre

A centre providing support and development for emerging and established creative writers within the northern suburbs of Perth.

http://pcwc.org.au/

Out of the Asylum Writers Group

An independent writers' group based at Fremantle Arts Centre - which once was an asylum.

https://www.ootawriters.com/

Writers of the Coral Coast

Supporting and encouraging writers of all ages and abilities in the Midwest of Western Australia.

https://www.facebook.com/writersofthecoralcoast/

WA Poets Inc

Developing and promoting poets and poetry

https://wapoets.com/

Underground Writers

A not-for-profit organisation made up of a passionate team of volunteers who exist to support emerging writers in Australia.

http://underground-writers.org/

Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre

The KSP Writers' Centre exists to support writers at all levels of the craft.

https://www.kspwriterscentre.com/

Fellowship of Australian Writers WA

supporting WA writers and their writing.

https://www.fawwa.org/

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