On Friday 18 August 2023, Ultimo Press, an independent publisher established in 2020 with the simple ambition to become home to Australia’s best storytellers, will be in residence at Writing NSW.

First Friday, our monthly conversation with an industry professional, is a chance for our community to learn more about the writing and publishing industry. This August, we invite you to our online event with Wenona Byrne, Head of Literature at the Australia Council for the Arts.

First Friday, our monthly conversation with an industry professional, is a chance for our community to learn more about the writing and publishing industry. This July, we invite you to our online event with Benjamin Stevenson, literary agent with Curtis Brown and award-winning stand-up comedian and author.

Join Writing NSW for the 2023 Speculative Fiction Festival, where panelists will discuss everything from world-building to crafting monsters, from cross media publication to hopeful futures, from the rise of darkness to the search for new light.

First Friday, our monthly conversation with an industry professional, is a chance for our community to learn more about the writing and publishing industry. This June, we invite you to our online event with Fiona Hazard, group publishing director for Hachette Australia and New Zealand.

Boundless Festival event series 2023 Call for submissions from emerging curators of writing events Applications are now open for the Writing NSW development program for emerging literary curators from First Nations or culturally diverse backgrounds. The program will give up to five emerging curators the experience of programming an individual event in our 2023 Boundless […]

First Friday, our monthly conversation with an industry professional, is a chance for our community to learn more about the writing and publishing industry. This May, we invite you to our online event with Alan Baxter, director of the 2023 Speculative Fiction Festival.

This special event on writing groups hosted at Writing NSW features award-wining author Lisa Nicol and the knowledgeable convenors of our writing groups.

A journalist, scientist, poet and speculative fiction writer discuss writing hope and despair in the face of climate emergency.

First Friday, our monthly conversation with an industry professional, is a chance for our community to learn more about the writing and publishing industry. This March, we invite you to our online event with Dr Jan Zwar, Faculty Research Manager at Macquarie Business School.

Want to write a novel in 2023? Are you keen to enrol in our popular Year of the Novel course, but not sure what you might get out of it, or how best to prepare over the summer? Join us for our Year of the Novel celebration on Tuesday 15 November from 6:30pm at Writing […]

First Friday, our monthly conversation with an industry professional, is a chance for our community to learn more about the writing and publishing industry. This November, we invite you to our online event with Miles Merrill, Creative Director of Word Travels.

First Friday, our monthly conversation with an industry professional, is a chance for our community to learn more about the writing and publishing industry. This October, we invite you to our online event with Kate Mildenhall, co-host of The First Time podcast. The process of publishing your first book can be daunting. On The First […]

First Friday, our monthly conversation with an industry professional, is a chance for our community to learn more about the writing and publishing industry. This September, we invite you to our online event with Tiffany Tsao, editor of The Circular. Some of the best new literary writing disappears without a trace online. Great writing can […]

Join us for an evening of readings and discussion with Queer writers and artists living in Sydney.

First Friday, our monthly conversation with an industry professional, is a chance for our community to learn more about the writing and publishing industry. This August, we invite you to our online event with Amy Sambrooke and Veechi Stuart from Varuna, The National Writers’ House. Each year, over 200 writers participate in residencies and professional […]

First Friday, our monthly conversation with an industry professional, is a chance for our community to learn more about the writing and publishing industry. This July, we invite you to our online event with Executive Producer of Riverside’s National Theatre of Parramatta, Joanne Kee. Joanne will talk about the Riverside National Theatre of Parramatta’s program […]