Our next First Friday Club meeting falls on 7 June and features Zoe Walton, a publisher of books for young readers at Penguin Random House Australia.

Writing NSW is hitting the road on Sunday 9 June for this special Inside Publishing event at Bellingen Readers and Writers’ Festival.

A one-day festival offering insights into the speculative fiction industry from award-winning authors, publishers, agents and editors.

“The Time is Now, Monica Sparrow is a bittersweet consideration of grief, forgiveness and renewal. At its core is a quiet celebration of the transformative power of relationships.” – Katrina Tite reviews The Time is Now, Monica Sparrow by Matt Howard.

‘I believe that most writing comes from the body, and so I try to tap into that in early drafts. Music and photography, the visual and aural — and most of all, emotion — help me in that process.’

‘I promised myself I would always work towards understanding and being an advocate for Black Rights.’

Each month we shine a spotlight on a member of the Writing NSW community to learn more about their writing journey, achievements, and inspirations. This month we featured not one, but two members, Kel Butler and Pamela Cook, the team behind the Writes4Festivals podcast.