What's On
Book Launch and Morning Tea with Natasha Lester (Cancelled)
2 April @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am EventsEnjoy morning tea with Natasha Lester followed by in conversation with Meri Fatin for the official launch of her new book The Paris Secret, followed by Q&A from the audience, book sales and book signing.
View eventScribes of North Midlands Act-Belong-Commit Writers Group (in recess)
2 April @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pmOne event on 19 March 2020 at 6:30 pm
One event on 2 April 2020 at 6:30 pm
One event on 16 April 2020 at 6:30 pm
Scribes of North Midlands is a writing group that meets at The Exchange in Macpherson Street, Carnamah fortnightly. All welcome.
View eventCreative Writing Classes with A.R. Levett (in recess)
3 April @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pmAn event every week that begins at 10:00 am on Friday, repeating until 3 April 2020
Write that novel you always wanted to. Have you always wanted to write a novel but struggled to represent what you see in your mind on the page? This 38-week …
View eventNewcastle Writers Festival: Online
4 April - 5 April EventsNewcastle Writers Festival will be the first major literary festival to turn to online program delivery since the COVID-19 crisis started to take hold in Australia. Festival director Rosemarie Milsom …
View eventDelving Deep Into Character: Writing Workshop with Annabel Smith (cancelled)
4 April @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm WorkshopsThis hands-on interactive workshop will equip participants with the tools for creating more complex, relatable and interesting characters.
View eventBetween the Lines Literature Festival Community Day (Cancelled)
4 April @ 9:30 am - 2:30 pm Events, Young WritersBetween the Lines is an annual festival that celebrates literature. For the first time, there will be a Community Day families to also experience the magic of stories.
View eventYoung Writers Short Course for Ages 10 to 14 (now online)
4 April @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pmAn event every week that begins at 3:00 pm on Saturday, repeating until 4 April 2020
Intuition Education’s Young Writers’ Short Course offers young writers an opportunity to develop their story writing skills with resident published writer Michael Buckingham Gray.
View eventAustralian Storytellers Festival (Postponed)
5 April @ 9:30 am - 3:30 pm EventsThe Literature Centre has planned another literary celebration with a fabulous line-up of talented Australian authors and illustrators of children’s and young adult literature
View eventWords on the Weekend: Donald Macrae Gordon ‘From Technocrat to Leader’ (Cancelled)
5 April @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EventsIf you are to succeed as a leader, people need to trust you. Drawing from his extensive experience and from historical examples, Donald Macrae Gordon’s book teaches us what it takes to lead well.
View eventWild Lives Breakfast With Sabrina Hahn (cancelled)
7 April @ 6:45 am - 8:45 am EventsJoin Sabrina Hahn for an informative breakfast as she discusses how to create a wildlife friendly garden in today’s climate.
View eventLatest Notices
Stuart Haddow Short Story Prize 2020
CompetitionsThe Stuart Hadow Prize is an annual short story competition run by FAWWA in honour of WA writers Lyndall Hadow and Donald Stuart. This year’s contest is an open theme, …
Read moreUWRF Seeks International Program Consultant
News, OpportunitiesThe Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, which brings together writers, artists and activists from across Indonesia and the world, is seeking an International Program Consultant. The International Program Consultant reports …
Read moreFlash Fiction Challenge
Competitions, OpportunitiesThe Writers Victoria Flash Fiction challenge is back. Every day for thirty days, starting 1 April, Writers Victoria will be posting a prompt on their Twitter for you to write …
Read moreBlake Poetry Prize 2020
Competitions, Poet's HubThe Blake Poetry Prize challenges Australian poets to explore the spiritual and religious in a new work of 100 lines or less. The entries are not restricted to works related …
Read more2020 National Young Writers’ Festival: Artist Call Out
Opportunities, Young WritersThe National Young Writers’ Festival is looking for young writers or artists who are interested in becoming part of the NYWF 2020 family. Whether you’re a journalist, novelist, poet, podcaster, …
Read moreThe Stringybark Stories Tales with a Twist Short Story Award 2020
CompetitionsSubmit a short story with a twist at the end of the tale. Word limit: up to 1,500 words. Entry fees: $14 for one story, $26 for two stories, $36 …
Read moreILF Great Story Swap
News, OpportunitiesEach year, the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) runs the Great Book Swap, where books are exchanged for a gold coin donation. This is due to held later this year from …
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