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 Ali Green, Co-founder and CEO of Pantera Press. Pantera Press is an Australian, independent social purpose business. As Co-founder and CEO, […]

Boundless, Australia’s leading festival of Indigenous and culturally diverse Australian writers, will be presented online, 30 October – 1 November.

First Friday Club, our monthly conversation with an industry professional, is a chance for our community to learn more about the writing and publishing industry. It can be hard to feel resilient as a writer at the best of times, but with a global pandemic and time spent in lockdown, mental health can take a […]

First Friday Club, 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 Lena Nahlous, executive director of Diversity Arts. Over the last 20 years, Lena has championed opportunities for culturally diverse artists. […]

First Friday Club, 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 Benython Oldfield. Benython will be joining us to discuss insights from his long career in publishing – as a literary […]

First Friday Club, 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 Rosemarie Milsom. Rosemarie will be discussing the challenges around running a regional writers festival, how festivals can contribute to a […]

First Friday Club, 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 publisher Terri-ann White, in conversation with a member of the Writing NSW team. Terri-ann will share tips about how writers […]

First Friday Club, 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 internationally published author and editor Eugen Bacon joins us to discuss her multifaceted publishing career. We’ll discuss writing across genres, […]

Want to write a novel in 2021? 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 17 November from 6:30pm, via Zoom. […]

In its annual Honouring Australian Writers series, Writing NSW pays tribute to writers who have made an important contribution to our literary culture. In 2020 we honour Katharine Susannah Prichard with an interactive online program from 9 – 30 November.

First Friday Club, 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 performing artist, cultural collaborator, educator and Artistic Director of Moogahlin Performing Arts, Lily Shearer, in conversation with Writing NSW Program […]

First Friday Club, 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 the editor of the Sydney Review of Books, Catriona Menzies-Pike, in conversation with a knowledgeable member of our staff. This […]

First Friday Club, 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 CEO of the Australian Society of Authors, Olivia Lanchester, in conversation with Writing NSW CEO Jane McCredie.

First Friday Club, our monthly conversation with an industry professional, has moved online! This August, we invite you to join Kirsten Krauth, novelist, editor and convenor of the popular Facebook group Writers Go Forth for writers publishing during the pandemic, in conversation with Writing NSW Program Manager Julia Tsalis.

Right now, as we each experience isolation differently, food is a comfort for many. These times are also a reminder of how much food is a vehicle for connecting with family, friends and culture. In Talking Writing: Food, we consider the use of food to convey history, community, identity, love and memory. It can also […]

First Friday Club, our monthly conversation with an industry professional, has moved online! This July, we invite you join non-fiction category manager at Booktopia, Joel Naoum, in conversation about how book sales are faring in these unusual times.

First Friday Club, our monthly conversation with an industry professional, has moved online! In June, we invite you join Picador publisher, Mathilda Imlah, in conversation with one of our knowledgeable staff about how the publishing industry is faring in these unusual times.

Join us online on Friday 8 May for a discussion with Head of Practice, Literature at the Australia Council for the Arts, Wenona Byrne, about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on writers and the Australia Council’s response.