The Easter break fell at the end of March this year, giving us four glorious early autumn days to devour books like they were hot cross buns. Here’s what the Writers’ Centre team read over the long weekend and throughout the rest of the month. Jane McCredie, Executive Director I’ve been reading Bruce Pascoe’s Dark […]

Bridget Lutherborrow, Projects & Communications Officer I’m finally reading Oliver Mol’s Lion Attack!. I’ve heard a bunch of the chapters at readings, but it’s a really different experience on the page. The writing seems calmer and sadder than it is out loud, though still really funny. In almost every ‘What We’re Reading’ post I’m still […]

Let’s face it: most people’s summer holidays revolve largely around eating, and as the great C. S. Lewis once said, ‘Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably’. So it’s no surprise that we devoured plenty of delicious books as well as festive food over the holiday period! Here’s a peek at what’s been […]

The air is fragrant and the nights are hot, but screw summer love – bring on summer reads! Crack your books in the sun, get some sand in the spine and ice cream on your pages. Here’s what NSWWC staff have been reading… Ashley Kalagian Blunt, Program Officer This month I’ve spent equal amounts of time […]

Here at NSW Writers’ Centre we’re not just all about writing – we’re also about reading! Reading is how writers are born, it’s how they hone their craft, it’s what happens when the writing’s done. You can’t have one without the other. Here’s our latest instalment in this ongoing series of posts, this month we […]

Things are heating up here in more than the literal sense. A bunch of us are just back from an invigorating National Young Writers’ Festival, and our own Creative Non-Fiction Festival is fast approaching. The program showcases a huge range of non-fiction writers who will turn up on the 7th of November with their best […]

Our first What We’re Reading post ended up containing plenty of awesome fiction by Australian women. A month on, what are we up to reading wise? A whole bunch of different stuff!

Reading is how writers are born, it’s how they hone their craft, it’s what happens when the writing’s done. You can’t have one without the other.

As you can imagine, people who work at the Writers’ Centre are voracious readers. As we lead in to Christmas and New Year, where you hopefully will be able to grab some reading time in a hammock somewhere, we thought it was a good chance to reflect on what we’ve read that’s stayed with us […]