This month the Writing NSW team has been reading anthologies and journals, memoir, speculative fiction, non-fiction and new fiction releases.

‘Try to find communities wherever you are and wherever you go, one friend at a time. Creating art itself can take turns being exhilarating, boring and painful. Having friends and mentors to wade with you through times of doubt is the reason I’m still able to write.’

This month the Writing NSW team has been devouring fiction, essay, poetry, memoir and short story, read on for what we’ve been enjoying!

This month the Writing NSW team has been devouring poetry, fiction and non-fiction, read on for what we’ve been enjoying!

This month, the Writing NSW team has been reading memoir, devouring essays on women’s football in the midst of the Matildas fever, and listening to podcasts that tell stories and discuss writing for video games.

Have a look at what the Writing NSW team has been reading over the last month: short stories, crime fiction, our own program manager’s debut, a black comedy, and poetic YA.

‘Dirt Town started as a short story. I wrote about a group of small-town kids, describing all the different ways they’d made their way home from school on a Friday afternoon. After I’d written that, it occurred to me that there needed to be a reason for them to be talking about that day, in particular.’

Take a look at what we’ve read in February – a recent Victorian Premier’s award-winner, a moving literary novel, a bestseller soon to be translated for the stage, a charming Aussie kids book and more!

Take a look at our favourite reads of 2022 – a haunting Aussie novel, a collection of books exploring Western farming practices, a heartbreaking memoir, a political page-turner, a reflection on fatherhood and more.