A panel event featuring discussions and readings with writers from the African diaspora.

Our first First Friday Club meeting for the year falls on 6 March and features Mathilda Imlah, Publisher of Picador Australia.

This special event on writers’ groups hosted at Writing NSW features award-wining author of The Erratics, Vicki Laveau-Harvie, and knowledgeable convenors of our writing groups.

“These essays, while concerned largely with cultural critique, also find inspiration, revelation and beauty in the everyday. The tensions of early parenthood and marriage, and the processes involved in seeking psychological health, are all rendered in a way that grasps for the existential dimensions of these experiences. ” – Tess Pearson reviews Intimate Antipathies by Luke Carman.

We were honoured to be included amongst the five game-changing projects nominated across high-quality performing, visual and community arts. 

‘[I wanted] to show the complexity of our relationship with pools as much more than places where we learn to swim and cool off in summer… the pool has inspired imaginations, built courage, fulfilled dreams, provided a refuge and, for some, has been a type of church.’

‘Just write. Even if no one ends up reading it, every piece of writing you produce goes towards honing your craft!’

‘[Collaborative writing] can work wonderfully. Having someone you trust give an opinion about your latest idea helps a lot.’