Early Career Writer Grants were awarded by Writing NSW to assist early career creative writers in any genre who reside in NSW.

The Early Career Writer Grants have been indefinitely suspended and are not open to applications.

Emerging Writing Organisation Grants were awarded by Writing NSW to support emerging writing organisations, groups and collectives across the state.

The Emerging Writing Organisation Grants have been indefinitely suspended and are not open to applications.

Kate Holden is the author of In My Skin: A Memoir and The Romantic: Italian Nights and Days, both best-selling non-fiction memoirs published by Text. She is also a longstanding columnist for The Age. Some of her essays and interviews on memoir are also available on her website. What inspired you to become a memoirist? I never intended to […]

This month our spotlight shines on NSW Writer’s Centre member Kristyn M. Levis who is an author, freelance writer and photographer with 13 years experience both in Australia and internationally. Kristyn has worked in various capacities, initially as a broadcast journalist and TV reporter in the Philippines. She has worked as a radio broadcaster with […]

One afternoon session of The Kids & YA Festival saw four YA authors come together to discuss their passion for young adult literature, the experiences that have enriched their story telling, and their contributions to the YA community. The panellists came from a variety of backgrounds. Both Steph Bowe and Will Kostakis began their writing […]

Mark Dapin is the author of The Nashos’ War, a highly acclaimed history of the Vietnam-era national service scheme in Australia. He is also editor of the Penguin Book of Australian War Writing and another Penguin anthology, From the Trenches: the Best ANZAC Writing of World War One and a PhD candidate in history at […]

For the month of July our First Friday Club guest was Brendan Fredericks, a publicist and author manager who has his own freelance publicist and literary agency BFPR. In the past Brendan has worked for Hachette Australia and Bloomsbury Publishing. He has been working with authors and promoting their works since 2006 and has worked […]

July brings a slew of poetry happenings, literary talks and workshops to keep you inspired, discovering and writing. From established authors to up-and-comers and amateurs at your local, we’ve scoured our networks to bring you some of the best events happening in Sydney this month.   Tues 12 July – Writing Sydney with Walter Mason Walter […]