A big hit at the recent Alliance Française French Film Festival, THE TRANSLATORS (M) comes to Adelaide cinemas this month. Written and directed by Régis Roinsard (‘Populaire’), this ingenious and wickedly entertaining whodunit is an Agatha Christie-style mystery in the vein of  ‘Knives Out’ centring on nine international language experts, hired by a supercilious […]

Cinemas are slowly re-opening with new health and safety measures in place and to celebrate, we have five double passes to The Booksellers to give away, thanks to our pals at Palace Nova Cinemas! Antiquarian booksellers are part scholar, part detective and part businessperson, and they also play an underappreciated yet essential role in preserving […]

Ahead of our upcoming Writing for the Education Market workshop, we have an educational giveaway! Thanks to our friends at Allen & Unwin, we have a copy of Teaching Writing, edited by Tessa Daffern and Noella Mackenzie, up for grabs. An invaluable resource for primary, secondary and pre-service teachers, Teaching Writing is a comprehensive introduction […]

*This giveaway is now closed* We’ve rounded up some our favourite literary-themed shows and we’re Fringe-ready – and we want you to join in the fun. We have two double-passes to giveaway to Being Dead (Don Quixote). After touring Midsumma Festival in Melbourne, Mardi Gras in Sydney and Fringe World in Perth, the acclaimed queer […]

The pleasures of a good detective story are hard to beat – and we’re delighted to see author Kerry Greenwood’s best-selling Phryne Fisher mystery series take the leap from TV to the silver screen. Thanks to our pals at Roadshow, we have five double passes to Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears to give […]

Summer’s pleasures include hiding away in the blissful chill and hush of a movie theatre – thanks to our pals at Palace Films, we have double passes to bookish dramedy The Truth to give away! After the global success of the Cannes Palme d’Or-winning Shoplifters, master auteur Hirokazu Kore-eda’s wry and charming new movie The […]

We’re pleased to announce the winners of the Writers SA Feast Short Story Competition for 2019! The competition attracted a strong field of entries, covering a range of subjects and genres from YA to historical romance, inspired by the broad theme of ‘queer lives’.  All finalists were wonderfully written – congratulations to the winners and the […]

Win! Thanks to our friends at Allen & Unwin, we have a copy of Vicki Hastrich’s Night Fishing to giveaway. A luminous and remarkable memoir of a singular life in art and nature, Night Fishing unfolds as a series of expeditions or essays, undertaken in the spirit of the philosopher scientist. All the while, slowly, […]

*Please note, this competition has now closed* It’s spring, and time to emerge from the cocoon – lucky for us, there’s plenty to do in Adelaide in October and November. The folks at Woodville Town Hall are holding November Nights, a new music festival featuring seven female artists, celebrating soul, storytelling, diversity and strength from […]

The Feast short story completion attracted a strong field and we were delighted with the numbers. The stories covered a range of subjects: falling in love, rites of passage, casual sex vs. friendship, living with HIV, being trans in a country town; and included every genre from realism to futuristic fantasy and whimsy.   The winning stories were […]

Lit Bulb Festival … flash fiction at its flashiest Announcing the Lit Bulb Festival. The inaugural Lit Bulb Festival is supported by the SA Writers Centre and Pure Slush and it’s a celebration of flash fiction in its many forms. Most importantly, Lit Bulb will be a celebration of writing. You can find the Lit […]

The SAETA Young Writers’ Award is open to all South Australian students. It is free of a topic and you may write poetry or prose, up to 1000 words. There are categories from Reception to Year 12. Closes May 23. Details can be found here. (more…)