The Arts Industry Council of SA (AICSA) recently released the draft publication Adelaide 2055, with “a vision in which culture, the arts and creative industries play a stronger and more vital role in the state’s future.” Adelaide 2055 draws together the ideas of 200 members of South Australia’s arts community who attended the 40 Year […]

SA Writers Centre is looking for someone to join our amazing team. If you’re interested in the writing industry and want to be a part of it, or if you love working in the arts and helping support artists on their journey, this could be the position for you. We are a small but highly […]

January 29, 2016 – January 29, 2016 Map and Directions | Register Description: The ArtsPitch grant is a new initiative that aims to encourage innovative ideas and support creative risk taking while providing a different access pathway to Arts South Australia’s investment in individual artists to advance the realisation of their creative ideas. (more…)

February 4, 2016 – February 4, 2016 Map and Directions | Register Description: Got an idea for an arts project? Find out what makes a winning funding application and how to improve your chances of success. Project Officers from three funding organisations and three artists who have had funding success will join us for a […]

By Jillian Schedneck Travel memoir writing isn’t what you typically read in the Travel section of a newspaper, or in many glossy magazines. When you write a travel memoir, you aren’t compelled to lavish superlatives upon a beach resort or trendy city. You don’t have to recommend the restaurants where you ate, the museums you […]

By Sarah Gates There are two types of writers in the world: plotters and pansters (which, for the uninitiated, stands for a person who writes ‘by the seat of their pants’). Apparently. Okay, so no two plotters are exactly alike—and vice versa. That’s why there’s so much fun to be had on the Internet, learning […]

By Sarah Gates Being funny on the page is very different to cracking jokes in real life. It’s a skill that can be learned and practiced. You don’t need a natural knack for one liners or comedic timing. Situational humour I think it was Oscar Wilde that once said, humour occurs in two situations: Where […]

WIN A BOOK PACK! Thanks to the generous folks at Seizure, we have a prize pack of three incredible novellas to give away. These great novellas are previous Viva La Novella winners; Formaldehyde by Jane Rawson, Welcome to Orphancorp by Marlee Jane Ward and The End of Seeing by Christy Collins.   TO ENTER: simply […]

Authors from the 2015 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards shortlist share their tips: Tips for getting started writing each day: Ross Coulthart, Charles Bean (Harper Collins Publishers, shortlisted for the Australian History award): Before you go to bed each night, read through the next bit of writing that has you stumped. I find my subconscious works […]

Where does inspiration come from? A selection of authors shortlisted in the 2015 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards share where they get their inspiration from. Rebecca Lim, The Astrologer’s Daughter (Text Publishing, shortlisted for the Young Adult Fiction prize): Inspiration is everywhere. I’m a champion eavesdropper. I’m an inveterate newspaper skimmer and collector of weird stories and new words. […]

Are you an artist with a disruptive, creative interesting idea you would like to pitch to a panel of arts, cultural and business leaders to be considered for one of five $5k ArtsPitch grants? Are you an emerging, practising professional artist with a limited history of grant funding through Arts South Australia or Carclew? Have […]

The SA Writers Centre lends the strongest possible support to Radio Adelaide, a unique and vitally important cultural institution that is cherished by listeners, artists, writers and readers. Radio Adelaide is a key element of the arts ecology in SA, and makes crucial contribution to our robust and sustainable artistic community. (more…)

The ASA is delighted to announce the shortlist for this year’s Asher Award. The ASA received 47 eligible applications from a range of genres, including children’s literature and performance writing. Assessors Tegan Bennett Daylight, Anthony Birch and Charlotte Wood noted that the quality and diversity of submissions made selecting a winner extremely difficult. (more…)

Our Children’s and Young Adult Creators Festival was held recently and was a massive success that we are hugely proud of.  Program Manager, Bethany Clark, joined Jennie Lenman on Radio Adelaide and discussed the successes of the year and what’s in store for 2016 – including a sneak peek at the things to come! Have […]

Former SA Writers Centre intern, Samuel Williams, has recently been awarded the 2016 Australian Cultural John Monash Scholarship! Helping adolescents and young adults through relevant literature and non-fiction is the aim of 2016 Australian Cultural John Monash Scholar, Samuel, who last week became one of 17 recipients of the prestigious postgraduate scholarship. (more…)