Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW Inc.Of interest to writers across NSW.
The Liverpool FAW branch has arranged for a Book Launch on Friday 15 September 2017 of Peter F Pike’s book of Sonnets entitled ICONVERSE.
Book Launch is so appropriate a name for the event because in the very first poem Peter invites readers to accompany him on a voyage of discovery through verse.
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Applications close 21 August 2017
The NSW Writer’s Fellowship is offered by the State Government in partnership with Varuna, The National Writers’ House to enable a professional writer to undertake a self-directed program of professional development.
The Fellowship is open to writers of fiction,
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JULY WORKSHOP
Golden Rules, Golden Days…
Libby Hathorn
Libby will talk about ‘The Golden Rules of Writing’ and how in the first place, one must take one’s own writing seriously, and what that means. Short writing exercises about the power of our senses will punctuate this workshop.
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Editor Writer Interviews
Rachael Donovan, commissioning editor from publisher Harlequin Enterprises Australia, will be conducting Editor/Writer Interviews at Bundaberg WriteFest on Saturday October 7, 2017.
Applications will be accepted until June 30, 2017.
In brief: Submission form required;
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Sat. 1 July 2017, 12–2pm
Shoalhaven City Arts Centre and Regional Gallery, Nowra
In association with NOW Contemporary Art Prize Exhibition, poets are invited to respond in writing to one or more of the finalists’ artworks. The exhibition, presented by Jervis Bay and Basin Arts, Inc.,
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The NSW Writers’ Centre has announced that the Writing NSW Access for Regional Writers Grants are open from 5 June. These $300 travel grants are designed to assist writers in regional NSW attend a professional development event that helps develop their careers as writers.
The 2016 grant recipients included writers from areas such as Lismore,
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Writers’ and Readers’ Conference
19 August 2017
The ‘Writers’ Unleashed’ 2017 Festival – hosted by the Sutherland Shire Branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers – will be held on Saturday 19th August, 2017 at Gymea Tradies.
Author talks, bookshop, publishing consultations for both children’s and adult writers,
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Saturday 22 July
The NSW Writers’ Centre
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Directed by multi award-winning author Cat Sparks, the festival welcomes submissions from writers of science fiction, fantasy, horror, slipstream, steampunk, alternate history, new weird, supernatural, dystopian and any other subgenre of speculative fiction.
Cat is calling for both established and new voices keen to share insights and discuss aspects of all the genre has to offer.
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14 December 2016
Keynote:
Amazing! Come and listen to how a group of authors wrote two novels together and got published by the world’s biggest publisher. The Painted Sky is the work of five members of a Sydney book club, writing under the collective pseudonym Alice Campion.
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SheKilda3: One-Day Crime Spree
Sisters in Crime Australia’s 25th Anniversary Convention, 19 November 2016
St Kilda Town Hall, cnr Brighton Road and Carlisle Street, St Kilda, Victoria.
Fifty leading novelists, true-crime writers, screenwriters, lawyers, producers, publishers, and scholars debate crime in all its infamy.
Simultaneous panels and speed pitching sessions with publishers,
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By Trevar Langlands, FAW NSW President
I was privileged recently to be asked to a book launch for a wonderful 96 year old Life Member of the FAW. The book is Shards of Life by Helen Boris and it was launched at the Ukrainian Community Centre Lidcombe.
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For your diary: 5 November, 2016
Venue:
99 on York,
Level 2,
95-99 York Street, Sydney
Time:
11:30 am for 12:00 noon
Cost:
$45.00 per person
Have you made plans, yet, to be involved in one of the most important functions on the FAW NSW Calendar?
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LITERARY LUNCH AND WORKSHOP
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Di Morrissey – A Quarter Century as Australia’s Favourite Storyteller.
With millions of books sold around the world, Di Morrissey is one of the most successful and prolific authors Australia has ever produced.
Di is renowned for her research and sense of place,
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Goulburn Mulwaree Library is hosting its first Reader Writer Festival on 12 and 13 November.
Promotions Officer, Ellen Bennett, commented: “We have many fine authors presenting and most sessions are free with the maximum payable of $10 for those with a fee.”
Further information can be found on the Facebook page,
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A message from the Australian Copyright Council:
The e-publication range provides an affordable and accessible option for continued learning and legal advice. Provided in a perpetually accessible format, all that is required is connection to the internet – the e-book will be available on all devices. The digital platform allows for search function,
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LITERARY LUNCH AND WORKSHOP
WORKSHOP PRESENTER: Dr Lisa Murray.
City Historian and writer, Dr Lisa Murray, will introduce you to some of the key resources for Sydney city held in the city council archives. From maps and photographs to businesses, letters of complaint and staff job descriptions,
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