Forest for the Trees is a one-day seminar that explores the current state of writing and publishing in Australia.

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

On Friday 26 July, publishers from Penguin Random House will be in residence at Writing NSW.

“Murphy had me invested emotionally in the lives of his characters and hopeful for their future after the opening scene of domestic violence and the pain and sorrow of war.” – Robert Fairhead reviews Beneath the Willow by Michael J Murphy

‘Where I grew up, nobody I knew was into this world [of literature], it was all quite alien….The job at Echo Publishing came along at the perfect time.’

‘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.

‘The short story form demands a respect for the limitations of time and space, and enables a focus on the particular, the intimate, and the fleeting.’