Writers
River Readings to feature Mark Tredinnick
The next River Readings will be held at 6pm on Friday, 10 September and will feature Mark Tredinnick. Mark’s latest book, The Blue Plateau, is shortlisted for the Non Fiction category of the $100,000 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. Support for the readings comes from Arts NSW.
River Readings is a regular poetry reading series in the [...]
The poetic image to be polished in Batemans Bay
One of Australia’s truly significant poets will give a workshop in Batemans Bay in August. Susan Hampton is that rare combination, a poet and editor, and this makes her a teacher of poetry with an insight into both the creative process and polishing a poem for publication. Susan’s work has been praised by critics for [...]
Scarlet Stiletto 2010 offers $4750 prize money
SISTERS IN CRIME AUSTRALIA
The Sisters in Crime Australian annual Scarlet Stiletto Women’s Crime and Mystery Short Story Competition is on again. The awards, Australia’s only crime writing competition for women, is celebrating its 17th birthday and offering $4750 in prize money. The awards, organised by Sisters in Crime Australia, are Australia’s most lucrative crime-writing competition for either gender. Story length is [...]
Upcoming South Coast Writers Centre workshops
SCWC WORKSHOPS
Poetry workshop with Susan Hampton – 14 August 2010
Please bring with you 15 copies of 3 pages of your poems/writing. In this workshop we’ll explore working with imagery, and the concept of point of view in poetry. We’ll look at techniques for making your poems stronger and more memorable. We will workshop a few [...]
International author and famous Rocket Readings when Sydney Writers Festival comes to Wollongong
Sydney Writers Festival and South Coast Writers Centre are presenting two regional festival events in Wollongong in May, including a visit from Canadian writer Richard Van Camp.
Celebrating the Voice 10: Indigenous Writers Night will feature Canadian writer Richard Van Camp, in Australia as a guest of the Sydney Writers Festival and South Coast Writers Centre thanks [...]
