“As writers, we must consider questions of freedom of speech and expression as being inextricably linked to questions of responsibility, positionality and context. These are ethical questions but they are also questions of craft, skill and imaginative labour.”

We might be staying at home this month, but that doesn’t mean you can’t engage with some fantastic literary discussions! Pull out your laptop and support writers with some of these great virtual events. This list is updated periodically so you can keep up to date with what’s happening in our (digital) literary communities.

There’s plenty happening around the state this March.

So you better get pencilling!

With Sydney Writers’ Festival having just wrapped for another year, the literary world is showing no signs of slowing down. This month is jam-packed with book launches, author talks, and workshops covering a broad range of genres–meaning there’s bound to be one for everyone to get excited about. June 1: Daniel Findlay Book Launch In […]

With the Sydney Writers’ Festival underway this month, there’s loads to look forward to towards the end of May, and lots of other book-ish events and workshops to keep you occupied in the meanwhile! May 4: Catherine Fox in Conversation with Margot Saville Millions of words have been spent in our quest to explain men’s […]

Felicity Castagna‘s latest book, The Incredible Here and Now received the Prime Minister’s Literature Award (YA). Felicity spent several years as a high school English teacher before leaving to teach creative writing in universities, community organisations and schools. She is an experienced Extension 1 and 2 teacher as well as an experienced HSC marker who […]

Davina Bell is a former senior editor in the young readers division of Penguin Books, and a popular author of books for children. Her picture books include The Underwater Fancy-dress Parade, Hattie Helps Out and Oh, Albert!. Davina wrote the Alice books in the bestselling Our Australian Girl series of historical middle fiction. She’s currently […]

Sulari Gentill is the author of ten published novels, including the Rowland Sinclair Mysteries, a series of historical crime novels chronicling the life and adventures of her 1930s Australian gentleman artist, and the Hero Trilogy, based on the myths and epics of the ancient world. Sulari’s first novel was shortlisted for the 2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize […]