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writingnsw has been a member of Linktree for 6 years and joined in November 2019. The social media accounts linked to from writingnsw are: • Facebook • YouTube • Email Besides social media accounts, writingnsw has populated their site with: • Mentorships & Manuscript Assessments • Garry Owen House Venue Hire • Shared Writing Space - Members’ Thursday Writing Retreat • Writing Groups and Thursday Writing Retreat • Become A Writing NSW Tutor • Mentorship • Gift Vouchers • Explore new writing courses at Writing NSW • Online Write-in Registration • September Write-in • Space to Write – Writing Rooms at Writing NSW • Drafting a novel with Ashley Kalagian Blunt • Year of the Novel: In Person with Ashley Kalagian Blunt • Online: Year of the Novel with Amy Lovat • Navigating the publication process with Irma Gold • Seminar: Everything You Need to Know Before Getting Published with Irma Gold • Manuscript Assessments • The power of bullet-point plotting with Timothy Daly • Narrative Structure for Fiction Writers with Timothy Daly • Starting a Writing Group • The Art of Poetry with Judith Beveridge • Breathing life into your novels with Amy Lovat • February Write-in - Writing NSW • Resisting the urge to sound smart when writing for young people with Will Kostakis • Online: Writing for Middle Grade and YA with Will Kostakis • Finding your own style as a playwright with Michelle Law • Voice in Contemporary Playwriting with Michelle Law • Online Feedback Courses • Controlling chemistry through structure with Saman Shad • Writing Romance: Tropes, Chemistry, and Craft with Saman Shad - Writing NSW • February Writing on our Calendar • Writing Compelling True Stories with Sian Prior • Sound, rhythm, and meaning-making with Judith Beveridge • Balancing craft and creativity with Kirsten Tranter • Online: How To Write Fiction: Craft Essentials • Writing Complex Characters: Exploring Inner Conflict with Rosie Dub • Cultivate Mentorship Program • Breaking into the world of ghostwriting with Erin O'Dwyer • The Ghostwriter’s Toolkit with Erin O'Dwyer • Pathways to Publication • Donation - Writing NSW • Changing your internal experience of writing with Natasha Rai • Fight, Flight, Freeze: Get Out of Your Own Way and Write with Natasha Rai • Screenwriting Fundamentals with Chris Phillip • First Friday with Huyen Hac Helen Tran • Online: Small Moments, Big Journeys: Crafting the Travel Memoir with Jillian Schedneck • Shaping a journey into a story with Jillian Schedneck • Writing On Our Calendar - October 2025 • Online: Writing Setting in Fiction with Angie Faye Martin • Writing Fiction From Life with Kavita Bedford • What drives tension with Darcy Tindale • The Art of Tension and Twists with Darcy Tindale • March Write-In • Online: Tools and Tricks from Commercial Fiction with Kate Cuthbert • Playing with the rules in screenplays with Chris Phillips • Screenwriting Fundamentals with Chris Phillips • Opening yourself to the full possibilities of place with Angie Faye Martin • Online: Writing Setting in Fiction with Angie Faye Martin - Writing NSW • Fiction Assessments - Writing NSW • First Thursday with Rochelle Fernandez • Writing for Children: Finding the Fun with Mick Elliott • Writing for Insight and Transformation with Jessica Raschke • Writing for self-connection and understanding with Jessica Raschke • Online: Writing Short Stories with Nick Earls • Building online engagement and community with Jenny Valentish • Seminar: Self Promotion and Public Speaking with Jenny Valentish • Writing On Our Calendar - April 2025 • Online: Year of the Novel (Phase 2) with Amy Lovat • Year of the Novel: In-Person (Phase 2) • Writing Mentorships • Story Design with Laurel Cohn • Writing for Middle Grade and YA | Writing NSW • Sensing the scope of your ideas with Nick Earls • The Pitch Sessions: Meet the Agents • Cultivate Mentorship Program 2026 winners announced • Liberating your creativity with Emily Maguire • The Inner Life of Fiction: Going Deep with Craft with Emily Maguire • Online Feedback: Romance with Anne Gracie • Misconceptions about writing romance with Anne Gracie • May Write-In • Crafting Crime Fiction with Dinuka McKenzie • Spotlight On: Oormila Vijayakrishnan Prahlad • First Friday with Beth Cox • Asking the big questions of life in mind, body, spirit writing with Maggie Hamilton • Online: Writing Mind, Body, Spirit - with Maggie Hamilton • Get Your Work Published: A Short Story Workshop with Claire Corbett • Stories wrapped in puzzles, thrills, and danger with Dinuka McKenzie • May Writing on our Calendar • Historical Fiction: Transforming Research into Story • Information Sheet: Creating an Author Website • Online: Writing Mind, Body, Spirit with Maggie Hamilton • Bringing the best out of books with Catherine Hill • Seminar: Working with Editors with Catherine Hill • June Write-in • Responding to the world through short story with Claire Corbett • Online: The Art of the Personal Essay with Zoya Patel • Choice and control in prose with Anthony Macris • Creating Voice: Crafting Style in Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction with Anthony Macris • Event Recap: The Pitch Sessions: Meet the Agents • Creating Unforgettable Characters with Deborah Pike • Have your say on the next National Cultural Policy • Seeking and receiving feedback as a skill with Fiona Murphy • Online Feedback: Non-Fiction with Fiona Murphy • A Play in Two Days with Hilary Bell • Editing your poetry as a dialogue with Alicia Sometimes • Online Feedback: Poetry with Alicia Sometimes • Writing on our Calendar June • Marketing and publicity for the debut author with Amy Hutton • Children's Book or Young Adult Manuscript Assessment with Lee Mavin • Seminar: Everything You Wanted to Know About Gen AI (but were too afraid to ask) with Olivia Lanchester - Writing NSW • Online Feedback: Fiction with Pamela Cook • Staying true to your story with Pamela Cook • July Write-in • Venue Hire at Writing NSW • First Friday with Chiara Priorelli • Read Fizza Abbas' poem • Online Feedback - Writing NSW • Writing Courses at Writing NSW • Stories Matter: NSW Literary Fellowships - Writing NSW • Information Sheet: Writing a Synopsis • First Friday with Lesley Williams • Writing Groups - Writing NSW • The power of bullet-point plotting with Timothy Daly - Writing NSW • Writing Speculative Fiction with JS Breukelaar • 30-Day Writing Challenges • Information Sheet: Getting Published • Night of Letters 2026 - Writing NSW • Getting Published - Writing NSW • Manuscript Assessment at Writing NSW • Work With Us - Writing NSW • Crafting a speculative world with JS Breukelaar • Writers On Writing Interviews • Online: Books Without Barriers: Writing for Accessibility and Inclusion • Write-Ins • Writing NSW - courses, events, and support for writers • Character, Plot, Dialogue with RMR McDonald • Online Write-in Registration - Writing NSW • Course Tutor Expression of Interest - Writing NSW • Writing Riveting Romantasy | Writing NSW • Getting personal: the joys and challenges of creative non-fiction with Anna Spargo Ryan • Subtle and surprising characters with Deborah Pike • Online: Writing Poetry with Vanessa Kirkpatrick • Plotting and persevering with your novel with JP Pomare • Seminar: How to Launch Your Book with Sunil Badami • Language for its own sake with Anwen Crawford • Commemorating your hard work at book launches • How history creates colour in your narrative with Elisabeth Storrs • Cultivating your authorial voice with Emily Bitto • Online: Finishing That Draft: A Novel Writing Course with J.P Pomare • Adventures Among Essays with Anwen Crawford • Information Sheets for Writers • Creating Unforgettable Characters - Writing NSW • Support us with donation • Online: Writing from the Sentence Up with Emily Bitto • Subscribe to our newsletter! • Podcasts to inspire and improve your writing - Writing NSW • Become a Writing NSW Member • Writing NSW Annual Survey 2025 • Find a Writer • Writing On Our Calendar - 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Yvonne Low • Online: Crafting Short Stories with Gretchen Shirm • Talking Writing: Debut Authors • Christmas with The Book Deal Podcast • Writing On Our Calendar - November 2025 • Join a Waitlist - Writing NSW • Year of the Novel 2026 Scholarships • Writing for the education market with Louise Park • Writing On Our Calendar - October 2025 | Writing NSW • The stories that objects tell with Vanessa Berry • Online: Writing for the Education Market with Louise Park • Creating Unforgettable Characters with Vanessa Berry • Finding Inspiration Through Objects for Memoir and Fiction • Starting a successful podcast with Michelle Barraclough • Night of Letters Event Recap • Night of Letters - Writing NSW • November Write-in • Online: Novel Writing: Structuring Your Narrative • First Friday with Perentie Press - Writing NSW • Online: Finding your Poetic Voice with Fiona Wright • October Write-in - Writing NSW • Building your readership with Claudine Tinellis • Uncovering surprise and wonder in poetry with Fiona Wright • Writing characters and stories that young readers adore with Jacqueline Harvey • Pushing the Bounds of Reality in Romantasy with Madeline Te Whiu • Developing a deeper knowledge of technical possibilities • Space to Write • Disquietude: How to Create Meaningful Terror and Suspense in Fiction with Zahid Gamieldien • Playful experimentation in poetry with Paris Rosemont - Writing NSW • Playing with Poetry with Paris Rosemont • Online: Writing Children's Books with Jacqueline Harvey • Seminar: Setting Up for Success: Build your Community and Brand • Online: Writing Riveting Romantasy with Madeline Te Whiu • Seminar: From Idea to Air: A Beginner’s Guide to Podcasting • Year of the Novel Scholarships 2026 • Writing On Our Calendar – September 2025 • The necessity of humour with Tim Ferguson • Knowing your audience with Kate Cuthbert • Crafting Comedy Gold with Tim Ferguson • Online: Tools and Tricks from Commercial Fiction • First Friday with Anna Burkey • Writing Setting and Landscape with James McKenzie Watson • First Nations & CaLD Writers' Scholarships - Year of the Novel • Sensitive and straightforward feedback with Tricia Dearborn • Online: Writing From Life with Amra Pajalić • Researching clues, evidence, and crime with Dr Rachel Franks • The travel stories worth telling with Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan • Travel Writing: Turning Wanderlust into Wordcraft with Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan • True Crime and Crime Fiction: Researching and Writing in the State Library Archives with Dr Rachel Franks • Announcing the winner of the 2025 Curlew Regional Writer's Grant • Online Feedback: Fiction with Anna Spargo-Ryan • Online Feedback: Non-Fiction with Tricia Dearborn • Reading to Write with Emily Maguire • Writing Thrillers: How to Hook your Reader with Petronella McGovern • Cliffhangers and plot twists in thrillers with Petronella McGovern • Submitting to literary journals with James Jiang • Learn to read like a writer with Emily Maguire • Questions to ask your fiction manuscript with Anna Spargo-Ryan • 2025 Kids & YA Festival Event Recap • Manuscript Assessments - Writing NSW • First Friday with Michelle Teear • On-Demand Course: Mastering the Art of Opinion Writing with Saman Shad • The joyful possibilities of speculative fiction with JS Breukelaar • Speculative Fiction with J.S. Breukelaar • Spotlight On: Alejandra Martinez • Course Tutor Expression of Interest • Seminar: Pitching to Literary Journals with James Jiang • Manuscript Assessments Survey • 2025 Kids & YA Festival • Writing NSW Varuna Fellowship 2025 • The Curlew Regional Writers Grant 2025 • Podcasts to inspire and improve your writing • Collaboration and Critique in Poetry with Fiona Wright • Writing from life with Kate Holden • August Write-in • Online: Writing Memoir with Kate Holden • First Friday with Susan Murray • The universal visual language with Christof Bogacs • Manuscript Development • 2025 Kids and YA Festival Volunteers • Yasmin Johnson Wins 2025 Indigenous Writers Mentorship • July Write-in (In-Person) • July Writing On Our Calendar • The value of feedback for non-fiction with Zoya Patel • Online Feedback: Creative Non-Fiction with Zoya Patel • Online Feedback: Children's Book with Belinda Murrell • Succeeding in writing for children with Belinda Murrell • Online Feedback: Poetry with Fiona Wright • Now Hiring - Professional Development Officer • Preparing for Publication: Tools for the Debut Author • Spotlight On: Bronwyn Rodden • How to edit your writing with Pamela Hewitt • Writing Visually for Comics and Graphic Novels with Christof Bogacs • Online: Edit Your Manuscript for Success with Pamela Hewitt • Writing Groups • Members' Thursday Writing Retreat • Seeing the world through nature with Inga Simpson • Online: Nature Writing with Inga Simpson • First Friday with Jacqueline Harvey • Writing On Our Calendar - June 2025 • Kids & YA Festival 2025 • Online: Writing Trauma with Meera Atkinson • Speeding up and slowing down using summary and scene with Eleanor Limprecht • Writing humour and heart in children's books with Lisa Shanahan • Meera Atkinson on the complex interweaving of writing and resilience • Story Fundamentals: Narrative Scene and Summary with Eleanor Limprecht • Online: Novel Writing From Idea to Manuscript with Pamela Cook • Fierce, Funny, True: Writing for Children with Lisa Shanahan • Grammar Essentials with Susan McKerihan • Writing and revising your manuscript with Pamela Cook • Bursting into the romance genre with Melanie Saward - Writers on Writing • Writing Tools: The Fundamentals of Fiction with Melina Marchetta • Online: The Rules of Writing Romance with Melanie Saward • Information for Writers - Starting a Writing Group • Cultivate diverse writers mentorship program 2025 winners announced • First Friday with Anna Featherstone • Online: Writing for the Education Market with Louise Park - Writing NSW • Questions to ask about your non-fiction manuscript with Lliane Clarke • The value of structural edits with Camha Pham • Online: Dialogue and Character Fundamentals with Amy Lovat • Crafting characters from reality with Amy Lovat - Writers on Writing • Spotlight On: Sydney Srinivas • Writing On Our Calendar – January 2025 • Getting Started with Writing • Writing emotionally engaging characters with Rosie Dub • Writing Complex Characters: Exploring Inner Conflict with Rosie Dub - Writing NSW • First Friday with David Stavanger • Writing On Our Calendar – March 2025 • Developing a deeper knowledge of technical possibilities with Anthony Macris • Depicting emotion in climate fiction with Amanda Niehaus • Craft of Fiction: Form and Structure with Anthony Macris • Online: Writing Compelling Climate Fiction with Amanda Niehaus • Open House with HarperCollins 2025 - Writing NSW • Talking Writing: Storytelling Through Music • Writing Mind, Body and Spirit with Maggie Hamilton - Writing NSW • Cultivate Mentorship • Writing Fiction From Life with Kavita Bedford - Writing NSW • Developing a creative practice with Kavita Bedford • Understanding the big picture in story design with Laurel Cohn • Writing Love & Sex in Fiction with Anne Gracie - Writing NSW • Story Design with Laurel Cohn - Writing NSW • Talking Writing at Writing NSW • First Friday at Writing NSW • Upcoming Courses & Workshops • Finding Creative Inspiration with Hilary Bell • Time and Place in Poetry with Jazz Money • Candice Fox uncovers the perfect score psychopath • Writing NSW Annual Survey • Writing Group Information Day: Find Your People • Preparing manuscripts for publication with Pamela Cook • Writing On Our Calendar – February 2025 • Non-Fiction Assessments • Writing Crime Fiction with Candice Fox • Online Feedback: Manuscript Development with Pamela Cook • Writing Crime Fiction with Candice Fox - Writing NSW • Exploring the remarkable in children's books with Aleesah Darlison • Poetics of Place with Jazz Money - Writing NSW • Spotlight On: Seanna Smith • Online Feedback: Young Adult Fiction with Simmone Howell - Writing NSW • Online Feedback: Short Stories with Eugen Bacon • Vividness and sparsity in short stories with Eugen Bacon • Online: Short Stories with Nick Earls • The best ideas for short stories with Nick Earls • Year of the Novel with Ashley Kalagian Blunt - Writing NSW • Online Feedback: Creative Non-Fiction with Fiona Murphy - Writing NSW • Coming Up in February at Writing NSW • Online & In Person Write-Ins • Online Feedback: Children’s Books with Aleesah Darlison - Writing NSW • Online Feedback: Poetry with Ivy Ireland - Writing NSW • Creativity for Writers with Hilary Bell - Writing NSW • Online Feedback: Children's Books with Aleesah • On-Demand Courses • Q&A with Emily Bitto • Information for Writers • Q&A with Laurel Cohn • Q&A with Zoya Patel • On-Demand Course: Editing and Submitting Your Picture Books • On Demand Course: How to Self-Edit Your Manuscript • On-Demand Course: Writing a Sense of Place • Online: Building a Freelance Writing Career • Writing On Our Calendar – December 2024 • Non-Fiction Manuscript Assessments • James and Ashley Stay at Home • Crafting Memorable First Chapters with Laurel Cohn • Writing NSW Gift Vouchers • Q&A with Hilary Bell • Novel Next Steps • Writing On Our Calendar – November 2024 • Q&A with Gretchen Shirm • Boundless Indigenous Writer's Mentorship Program • Year of the Novel Celebration 2024 • Submitting to Journals • Screenwriting • Q&A with Inga Simpson • Q&A with Rico Craig • Q&A with J.S.Breukelaar • Q&A with Melaina Faranda • Q&A with Kate Holden • Q&A with Belinda Castles • Spotlight On: Gayle Kennedy • Q&A with Timothy Daly • Q&A with Vanessa Kirkpatrick • Q&A with Eleanor Limprecht • Writing NSW Varuna Fellowship Winners • Online: Writing Memoir with Kate Holden - Writing NSW • Talking Writing: Rom Coms • Writing On Our Calendar – October 2024 • Writing Competitions & Opportunities for NSW Writers • Upcoming Writing Courses at Writing NSW • Online: Writing and Revising Short Stories with Roanna Gonsalves • Writing On Our Calendar – September 2024 • First Friday with Phillipa McGuinness • The Everyday Epic: A Poetry Workshop with Rico Craig - Writing NSW • First Friday with Angelo Loukakis • Online Feedback: Children’s Books with Belinda Murrell • The Rules of Writing Romance with Melanie Saward • The Art of Writing Memoir with Sarah Malik • Open House with Penguin Random House 2024 • Online: Character and Dialogue: Bringing Characters to Life with Amy Lovat • Bursting into the romance genre with Melanie Saward • Writers on Writing: Roanna Gonsalves • Researching and Writing Difference with Roanna Gonsalves • Writing On Our Calendar July • Roanna Gonsalves shares resources for writing difference • Writing NSW Varuna Fellowship • First Friday on 2 August • Getting Published • Member Successes • The Everyday Epic: A Poetry Workshop with Rico Craig • Voice and Point of View for Fiction Writers with Hayley Scrivenor • Letting your voice find you with Hayley Scrivenor • Crafting characters from reality with Amy Lovat • The power of memoir with Sarah Malik • Spotlight On: Mawunyo Gbogbo • Understanding short stories with Michelle Cahill • Write-In on 6 July • Short Stories: Being a Reader and a Writer with Michelle Cahill • First Friday with Phillipa McGuinness on 5 July • Online: Introduction to Writing from Life with Amra Pajalic • Online Feedback: Poetry with Ivy Ireland • First Friday with Phillipa McGuinness on erjnge august • Spotlight On: Adrian Mouhajer • 29 June | Young Adult Books with Leonie Tyle • The Complexity of Kin: Writing Family into Fiction • Writing relationships and points of view with Maame Blue • Writers on Writing: Mirandi Riwoe • Writing On Our Calendar – June 2024 • Writing Historical Fiction with Mirandi Riwoe • 27 June | Fiction and Narrative Non-Fiction with Camha Pham • Online: Writing Romance with Anne Gracie • Online: Editing for Writers with Pamela Hewitt • Demystify the Editing Process with Pamela Hewitt • Writers on Writing: Ashley Kalagian Blunt • Pathways to Publishing: Perfect Your Submission with Ashley Kalagian Blunt • 29 June | Children's Books with Leonie Tyle • 7 Jun | First Friday with Myoung Jae Yi • 1 Jun | Inside Publishing: Do I Need an Agent? | Words on the Waves • Writing On Our Calendar – May • Plotting and Suspense with JP Pomare • Writers on Writing: Oliver Phommavanh • 1 Jun | June Write-In • Funny Kids Business: Writing Humour for Children with Oliver Phommavanh • writingnsw.org.au • Work With Us: Program Manager • Poetry with Pip Smith • The power of poetry with Pip Smith • 4 May | Write-In • 4 May | Mindfully Creative with Walter Mason • Writing On Our Calendar: April • 15 June | Non-Fiction with Lliane Clarke • Spotlight On: Fiona Kelly McGregor • Starts 23 Apr | Online: Writing Children's Books with Jacqueline Harvey • Writing children's books with Jacqueline Harvey • Bardi writer Kalem Murray wins the 2024 Boundless Mentorship, to be mentored by Mykaela Saunders • 13 Apr | Fairy Tale Fundamentals with Gabiann Marin • 6 Apr | Writing Mind, Body and Spirit with Maggie Hamilton • 5 Apr | First Friday with Anne-Marie Te Whiu • Starts 25 Mar | Online: Writing Trauma with Meera Atkinson • Writing On Our Calendar: March • Tiffany Tsao on the realities of the publication process • Writers on Writing: Claire Corbett • Starts 20 Mar | Online: Preparing for Publication with Tiffany Tsao • Kids & YA Festival 2024 Speaker Callout • 13 Apr | Get Your Work Published: A Short Story Workshop with Claire Corbett • Work With Us - Professional Development Officer • 14 Mar | Children's Book Assessments with Katrina McKelvey • Starts 13 Mar | Online: Writing for the Education Market with Louise Park • 9 Mar | Poetry Workshop: The Archive of Remembering and Forgetting with Sara Saleh • 9 Mar | March Write-In • What We're Reading: February • Writers on Writing: Sara Saleh • Starts 4 Mar | Online Feedback: Manuscript Development with Ashley Kalagian Blunt • Starts 4 Mar | Online Feedback: Short Stories with Ryan O'Neill • The Power of Short Stories with Ryan O'Neill • 2 Mar | Non-Fiction Assessments with Patrick Mangan • 2 Mar | Narrative Structure for Fiction Writers with Timothy Daly • 1 Mar | First Friday with Anne-Marie Te Whiu • Writing On Our Calendar – March 2024 • Writing On Our Calendar: February • Starts 21 Feb | Online: Research for Writers with Eliza Henry Jones • 17 Feb | Free Write-In at Writing NSW • Reshaping Life Into Fiction with Kavita Bedford • 2 Mar | Writing Fiction From Life with Kavita Bedford • What We're Reading: Best of 2023 • Michelle Law on Playwriting • 10 Feb | Voice in Contemporary Playwriting with Michelle Law • Michael Winkler on Self-Publishing • 17 Feb | Introduction to Self-Publishing with Michael Winkler • Approaches to Poetry with Fiona Wright • Starts 5 Feb | Online Feedback: Creative Non-Fiction with Lee Kofman • Starts 5 Feb | Online Feedback: Poetry with Fiona Wright - Writing NSW • Starts 5 Feb | Online Feedback: Children’s with Aleesah Darlison