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