Join host George Catsi at Books Kinokuniya for a program launch with a difference, as NSW Writers’ Centre tutors are pulled out of their comfort zones and asked to pitch a book idea outside their genre. Our social media expert Zena Shapter will be pitching a social media fairytale called ‘Jack and the Interstalk’. Join […]

The Board would like to announce that Linda Funnell has been elected Chair of the New South Wales Writers’ Centre. Linda has extensive experience in the publishing industry and has worked as a publisher, editor and literary agent. From 2000 to 2010 she was a publisher with HarperCollins and published award-winning fiction and non-fiction as […]

Aside from having our own blog, Writing NSW runs a variety of blogging workshops and courses.

“Write a short story every week. It’s not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.” Ray Bradbury The NSW Writers’ Centre is excited to open its Library of Unwritten Stories, a dynamic new program for young writers aged under 30 developing their skills in short story writing both through an engaging talks […]

The NSW Writers’ Centre offers a mentorship scheme for writers who would like professional assistance with their writing. The program offers one-to-one discussion, supervision and analysis of a writers work with an experienced, established writer or editor. It is best suited for writers who have a fully completed manuscript and need some help to more […]

The Centre runs a range of courses for people looking to expand their skills as a writer in a business environment You’re good at your job but get a sinking feeling when it’s time to write reports, emails, proposals or other business documents. You know what you want to say but struggle to express yourself […]

  As a newbie writer 10 years ago, I felt as if I was standing at the bottom of a mountain of information that I had to scale and all I knew was that it was a long way up and I had a crick in my neck. I knew nothing about contracts, writing opportunities, […]

In 2012 the NSW Writers’ Centre is developing a database of writers’ groups meeting throughout Australia. On our website we now host an interactive map showing where writers’ groups are currently located around Sydney and wider NSW. We want to keep building up this resource for aspiring writers around the country. If you run a writers’ […]

I’m being really festival greedy this year… You’ll find me running (if you care to look, and you should – my run is good for a laugh) between events trying to cram as much festival goodness in as I can before the week ends. However, the absolute standout – the event that I am most […]