First Friday, our monthly conversation with an industry professional, is a chance for our community to learn more about the writing and publishing industry. This April, we invited you to our online event with Anne-Marie Te Whiu, editor of poetry anthologies Woven and Solid Air, and former co-director of the Queensland Poetry Festival. Watch the Zoom recording here. Catch up on our First Friday Zoom recording as Writing NSW Membership and Operations Coordinator Elliot Cameron chats with Anne-Marie about her background as a writer, editor and festival director, the state of poetr ..read more

Writers on Writing is our regular conversation with a writer or industry professional about the writing craft, industry insights, and their own practice. This week, we spoke to bestselling author Ashley Kalagian Blunt about her numerous and varied experiences in the publishing industry, ahead of her workshop Pathways to Publishing: Perfect Your Submission. You’ve published a thriller, memoir, and novella. In what ways was the publishing process similar/different for each of these works? I’ve been lucky to have three very different publishing experiences with three different publishers. My fir ..read more

Writers on Writing is our regular conversation with a writer or industry professional about the writing craft, industry insights, and their own practice. This week, we spoke to children’s author and comedian Oliver Phommavanh about how he writes funny stories, ahead of his workshop Funny Kids Business: Writing Humour for Children on 1 June 2024. How did you get into writing funny children’s books? I always wanted to get into comedy writing. I was doing a lot of stand-up comedy and pursued writing sketch comedy for TV. But then I became a primary school teacher and realised that I was still a ..read more

For our monthly Writing On Our Calendar feature, we bring you a round-up of literary events happening in Sydney and around NSW. Check out some of the writing events and programs in 2024 this April!  3 April: Louise Milligan in conversation with Benjamin Law (Sydney) Join Louise Milligan in conversation with Benjamin Law. about her brilliant debut Pheasants Nest. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the venue (White Bay Beer Co) through the bookstore Roaring Stories, with Milligan signing copies after the discussion. 3 April: Bri Lee in Conversation (Sydney) Join author, a ..read more

Writers on Writing is our regular conversation with a writer or industry professional about the writing craft, industry insights, and their own practice. This week, we spoke to writer and Fiction Editor of Overland literary magazine, Claire Corbett, about the ins and outs of short story publication, ahead of her workshop Get Your Work Published: A Short Story Workshop. How has the short story’s place in the Australian literary landscape changed over time? Have the stories themselves changed? It’s possible more people used to read short stories, whereas now they might read Substacks or Ao ..read more

For our monthly Writing On Our Calendar feature, we bring you a round-up of literary events happening in Sydney and around NSW. Check out some of the first writing events and programs in 2024 this February!  4 February: Brigid The Rebel Concert (Sydney) This Prankqueans’ concert in Bondi Beach celebrates in music and spoken word the feisty spirit of Brigid the ancient Celtic Goddess and Ireand’s Matriarchal Saint. Stories, poetry, drama, music and song will introduce audiences to the indominatible spirit of an impressive list of Irish Australian women. Convict women as well as those who ..read more

In our Spotlight On series, we chat with a member of the Writing NSW community to celebrate their success and learn more about their writing practice. This month we put the spotlight on Fiona Kelly McGregor, multidisciplinary writer, artist and critic, whose latest novel Iris was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Award. Fiona spoke with our Administration Officer, Nevenya Cameron, about publishing across different forms, writing historical fiction and queer identity in literature. Your writing career spans eight publications over three decades. How has the publishing process changed since wr ..read more

  Writers on Writing is our regular conversation with a writer or industry professional about the writing craft, industry insights, and their own practice. This week, we spoke to author and story developer Gabiann Marin about fairytales and folklore as the foundations of storytelling culture, ahead of her workshop Fairytale Fundamentals on 13 April 2024. What is it that draws you to write about mythical creatures and divine stories? Myths are the foundations of all storytelling. They are the DNA of what we do as writers. We tend to think of them as stories that magically exist, but someon ..read more

Writing NSW is pleased to announce that our Kids & YA Festival will return on Saturday 3 August 2024. Submissions are open for festival presenters until Sunday 24 March 2024. This post is only available to members. The post Kids & YA Festival 2024: Call for Submissions appeared first on Writing NSW ..read more

For our monthly Writing On Our Calendar feature, we bring you a round-up of literary events happening in Sydney and around NSW. Check out some of the first writing events and programs in 2024 this March!  1 March: Gyan Yankovich Author Talk (Bathurst) Just Friends is a celebration of friendships, shining a light on the many different forms they can take and the comfort they provide, whether they exist within the workplace, emerge in motherhood, are uncovered inside our neighbourhoods or become our chosen family. See author Gyan Yankovich talk about the book in a free event at Bathurst Li ..read more