Do you have a burning question on social media, your author brand, websites, or online marketing for writers? We are delighted to have a very special guest joining us for a Facebook live Q+A… Kate Larsen! Ahead of her upcoming session on building your author brand, she will spend an hour answering your questions. Kate […]

From literary networking to craft workshops, we have a range of free and low-priced events in our winter program to get you inspired, engaged and writing. June 23 Think Tank (in person) Get together with other writers in this fast-paced hour of creative construction. Free. June 28 Literary Drinks at Belgian Beer Cafe (in person) […]

Do the technical aspects of writing make you yawn? Adverbs and dangling modifiers and active versus passive got you befuddled? Can’t get through a how-to book before falling asleep and drooling on the pages? Writing rules? Pfft, who needs those? You do. We all do. Sometimes knowing those technical aspects and why they’re important are […]

We’ve rounded up a selection of inspiring Australian podcasts for writers, whether you’re looking for inspiration, to hone your craft, find a new read, or keep yourself entertained as you cook/clean/commute/relax. Happy literary listening! If you want to explore the creative possibilities of podcasting for your own stories, our introductory session, Page to Podcast will […]

Author Danielle Clode has hit the road and is touring the Far North of SA as part of our Writers and Readers in Residence Project, which sees South Australian writers undertake an artistic residency in regional communities to meet locals and activate reading and writing in the area. Danielle will be travelling to Port Augusta, Roxby […]

Zoe Lewis is a Library Youth Collections Officer who has been working in South Australian libraries for over two decades. In her role at Adelaide Hills Council, she selects, purchases, and curates library materials for young people. We talked to Zoe about her job, what she looks for in choosing library material, the best online library […]

With South Australia’s History Festival running this May, the Writers SA team picked a few historical novels to take you back in time. Bronwyn Tilley, Program Coordinator: Year of Wonders (yeah, a plague book!) by Geraldine Brooks Tales of The Otori series by Lian Hearn Chance Sisters series by Anne Gracie Historical romance is always […]

Award-winning natural history author, Danielle Clode will be travelling to the Far North of South Australia this May as Writers SA’s latest Writer in Residence. Clode will be visiting several towns in the region, and a few additional SA locations, to connect with readers and writers through talks and workshops at libraries and community centres, […]

Looking for a new read? Victorian author Joy Dettmman has launched her latest book, The Hope Flower and thanks to Pan Macmillan we have a copy to giveaway! From the bestselling author of Mallawindy and the Woody Creek series comes a story of love and survival. Lori Smyth-Owen isn’t your average teenager – as you’d […]

In 2021, Writers SA has partnered with Varuna, the National Writers’ House, to offer two new writing residency and development fellowships for South Australian writers working in any genre or form. We have introduced the SA First Nations Writers Fellowship, alongside the SA Emerging Writers Fellowship (formerly the Young Writers Fellowship). The SA First Nations […]

Claire G. Coleman is a Noongar woman whose family have belonged to the south coast of Western Australia since long before history started being recorded. She writes fiction, essays, poetry and art writing, and we are lucky to have her lead an online workshop on blending genre. Claire wrote her black&write! fellowship-winning book Terra Nullius […]

Described as “an empowering history of badass women”, GIRLS CAN’T SURF is the untold story of how a band of renegade surfer girls in the 1980s fought to create their own professional sport, changing surf culture forever. It’s the 1980s and the world of professional surfing is a circus of fluoro colours, peroxide hair and […]

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The Codebreakers (HarperCollins) is inspired by the real-life codebreaking women of Australia’s top-secret Central Bureau in Brisbane in WWII. Author Alli Sinclair interviewed the real life codebreakers to learn more about their lives and roles to tell a fascinating, untold part of Australian history. 1943, Brisbane: the war continues to devastate and the battle for the […]

Releasing to Australian and New Zealand cinemas on March 18, French Exit is based on the novel of the same name by Patrick deWitt. “My plan was to die before the money ran out,” says 60-year-old penniless Manhattan socialite Frances Price (Michelle Pfeiffer), but things didn’t go as planned. Her husband Franklin has been dead […]