Interested in participating in this year’s FEAST FESTIVAL? Register your expression of interest here. Registrations close 25th April. (more…)

Notification of Annual General Meeting Dear members, The SA Writers Centre Incorporated (ABN 40783458265) Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at 6pm on Monday 9 May 2016 at the SA Writers Centre, Level 2, 187 Rundle St Adelaide 5000. (more…)

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST – GEORGE TOWN LITERARY FESTIVAL SA Writers Centre is partnering with the George Town Literary Festival, in Penang, Malaysia, to include an established South Australian writer on the 2016 GLTF festival program. This opportunity is open to all current SA Writers Centre members (as at 30 March 2016) who are residents in […]

Lovers of Australian literature will welcome today’s release by Perpetual of the longlist for one of Australia’s most prestigious literary awards, the Miles Franklin Literary Award. As Trustee of the award, Perpetual has announced the nine authors in competition for this year’s prize. The authors include new entrants such as Lucy Treloar, A S Patric, […]

May 7, 2016 – May 8, 2016 Level 2 Map and Directions | Register Description: We’re bringing you one of the most exciting genre festivals this year! Put Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 May in your diary for the Spec Fiction and Fantasy Writers Fest. FEATURING: Gillian Rubinstein, Sean Williams, Lisa L Hannett, Ben Chandler, […]

Adelaide-based MidnightSun Publishing was founded in 2011 by writer-turned-publisher Anna Solding. Solding spoke to Books+Publishing: Describe your company in under 50 words. MidnightSun publishes beautiful, engaging, challenging and well-written books. Our main interest lies with literary fiction but we are branching out into picture books, middle-grade fiction and YA. We only publish books that we […]

May 12, 2016 – May 12, 2016 Cnr of Franklin and Cannon Street Map and Directions | Register Description: During May we are combining our two favourite events into one super literary event for writers! Join us at the Publishers Hotel on Thursday 12 May from 5.30pm for both #ADLLitDrinks and our Member Meetup. Enjoy […]

In exciting news, we are giving one person the chance to win one of our First Feedback service during April. Simply sign up for our Getting Started or Poetry Play workshop during April, 2016 and you will be in with a chance to win! Must be a financial participant of the abovenamed workshops and a […]

April 19, 2016 – April 21, 2016 Level 2 Map and Directions | Register Description: April School Holidays    ‘I learnt way too much to be able to list it all here, but every little bit of it will definitely help me with my writing.’   If you love creative writing and want to write […]

April 10, 2016 – April 10, 2016 Level 2 Map and Directions | Register Description: with Rowena Holloway and Sandy Vaile No matter what genre you are writing, understanding and applying the elements of suspense can help avoid stories being abandoned part way through. Knowing how to create a compelling story question, build anticipation and […]

Check out this great interview with Anna Solding, MidnightSun Publishing, on Radio Adelaide this morning where she discussed getting published and how she started her publishing company.   Although her workshop is sold out this weekend, stay tuned to our program of workshops for similar events or keep an eye on our enews.   (more…)

Meet our current Writer in Residence, Dean Mayes. Dean took some time to answer some questions about his writing so we could get to know him better. What is your typical writing process? I have been very much a “panster” over the course of my career. I tend to brainstorm ideas to a certain point […]

As you know, the draft City of Adelaide 2016 – 2020 Strategic Plan is now open for public comment. And now that you’ve had a chance to read the plan, we want to give you the opportunity to ask any questions that came to mind. Would you like to ask the Lord Mayor a question […]

Adelaide Writers’ Week may be over but you can still relive the literary glory thanks to ABC 891 Adelaide. At the 2016 Adelaide Writers’ Week, Afternoons with Sonya Feldhoff captured the insightful and inspiring stories of 16 national and international authors. Monday February 29 Lauren Groff, Fates and Furies Simon Winchester, Pacific Stephen Daisley, Coming […]

Here are some great interviews with some of the visiting authors to Adelaide Writers’ Week: Joanna Walsh, a renown British writer and illustrator, who writes for The Guardian, The New Statesman and The National, is in Adelaide for Writers’ Week. Check out her interview on Radio Adelaide here. 05 Mar 2016 In Adelaide as a guest […]