Nowra’s River Readings - A Big Night for Shoalhaven Poets

South Coast Writers Centre, the Kitchen Table Poets and the Shoalhaven Branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers are working together to put on regular poetry readings in the Shoalhaven Arts Centre.
The River Readings series will kick of with award-winning guest poet Brook Emery. At the first River Readings,there will also be ten local [...]

Archibald Prize 2010 - Winner of Packing Room prize

Sydney artist Nafisa has been awarded the Packing Room Prize in conjunction with the 2010 Archibald Prize for her portrait of Glenn A Baker, rock historian and travel writer.
Three-time holder of the BBC’s Rock Brain of the Universe title, Glenn A Baker is renowned for his encyclopaedic knowledge of rock music. He has written books [...]

Awarding-winning writer to kick-start Illawarra’s aspiring poets

It’s surprising how many of us have been moved to write a poem, whether to mark an important event in our lives – a marriage, a birth, or a loss – or just to play with words.
Start Writing Poetry with award-winning poet Christine Paice is an introductory workshop that will give people who [...]

Solo Exhibition by EARS at Oh Really Gallery

Oh Really Gallery will present ELEMENTS, the latest solo exhibition of paintings, drawings and photography by EARS, from 25 February, 2010.
The Sydney born Painter Daniel O’Toole also known as ‘ears’ has been slowly but steadily creeping into the peripheral vision of the public, and recently opened the Oh Really Gallery with artists Max Berry and [...]

Ranamok Glass Prize comes to the South Coast

Award winner Lisa Walsh will showcase her work, Across the Lines, at the Shoalhaven City Arts Centre’s exhibition, Ranamok.
Lisa won the 2009 Ranamok Glass Prize for her work, which will be on display at the arts centre from
12 February to 31 March 2010.
2009 marked the 15th year of The Ranamok Glass Prize, an annual acquisitive [...]

NAB hosts historic Apology photographic exhibition

To mark the second anniversary of the Apology to Australia’s Indigenous people, National Australia Bank (NAB) together with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) is giving Melbournians a chance to see the event through the eyes of one of Australia’s top Indigenous photographers.
Wayne Quilliam, recognised as National NAIDOC Artist of the Year [...]

John Witzig’s surfing photography at Shoalhaven Arts Centre

In 1967 surfing was about to undergo a shift – to smaller boards with developed rails and fin areas – that would affect every surfer in the world. The era of a surfing culture was burgeoning throughout the world and one young 23-year-old Australian surfer, photographer and freelance writer, John Witzig, was capturing the moments.

An [...]

Writing for Children workshop in Nowra

Saturday, 5 December 2009 at Shoalhaven Arts Centre
Presented by South Coast Writers Centre
Supported by Shoalhaven City Council’s Arts Board
Aspiring children’s writers are invited to join this half-day workshop led by Sydney-based writing teacher and children’s literature specialist, Judith Ridge. Judith returns to Nowra by popular demand to share the techniques that will bring your stories [...]

Rocket Readings – Wollongong

They’re on again! The South Coast Writers’ Centre will hold another of its popular Rocket Readings on 8 December, with special guest star poets Chris Mansell and David Musgrave – plus the famous Rocket Readings Open Section. The event will be hosted by Linda Godfrey.
When: 6pm, 8 December 2009
Where: Phoenix Theatre, corner of Bridge Street [...]

Sea Things - the duffle bag is bulging!

Scores of South Coast people have taken pen to paper to add an Illawarra feel to a national literary project that is seeking to portray Australian’s love affair with the ocean through verse.
A duffle bag that arrived in Port Kembla a week ago on the third leg of the Sea Things project is now bulging with poems [...]