In October, we partnered with Art Gallery of SA and TARNANTHI Festival to bring you a fascinating day of readings called Pirrku Warrapina. Radio Adelaide had a chance to interview two of the writers involved beforehand. You can have a listen to the interviews here: Bruce Pascoe Ellen van Neerven   (more…)

To help us get an idea of what the writing and literary community looks like in South Australia, we urge you to spend ten minutes to complete our survey. Everyone who fills out the survey will go into the draw to win a brand new Apple iPad Mini 2! Complete the survey before 5pm, 4 […]

Each year the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) runs a selective mentorship program for unpublished writers and picture book illustrators. Authors writing in a new genre may also be eligible to apply. Applications are accepted for works of fiction, literary non-fiction, young adult literature, poetry, graphic novels, children’s literature and picture book illustration. (more…)

Congratulations to Jason Marsiglia who won the 2015 Australian Poetry Slam and Matilde Wiese who was runner up. Jason Marsiglia is a performer and writer, specialising in theatre and performance poetry. Jason absolutely loves the guts and power of slam poetry. Jason Marsiglia is a performer and writer, specialising in theatre and performance poetry. He […]

MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT An Australian first study of Australian authors highlights the dramatic and profound impact that technology is having on authors and the publishing industry. Technology has opened up significant opportunities for self-publishing with the study showing that 84 per cent of fiction authors are changing the way their work is published or distributed. Technology […]

We’re so thrilled that our Research Officer, Sarah Gates, has garnered some phenomenal success of late and shows great promise as she is well on her way to being a published author. Recently, she has won the Flinders University Student Association Development Grant to cover the costs associated with attending the 2015 National Young Writers […]

The Oct – Dec 2015 Program has been released and is filled with all things glorious to ensure that you complete the year by following your literary aspirations. No matter where you are in your writing journey, we have some excellent development opportunities for you delivered by local and interstate experts. There is something for everyone […]

The University of South Australia has announced the formation of the biennial $100,000 Sir Terry Pratchett Memorial Scholarship, funded by a $1m endowment to the university made by the UK author prior to his death earlier this year. The scholarship will be awarded to a student to undertake a two-year Masters by research at the […]

SA Writers Centre will be giving evidence on Friday at the upcoming Public Senate Hearing in Adelaide regarding Impact of the 2014 and 2015 Commonwealth Budget decisions on the Arts, and we will be  advocating for SA writers and the writing sector.  (more…)

Award-winning South Australian author Dr Cath Kenneally has been named as the inaugural Copyright Agency (CAL) J.M. Coetzee Writing Fellow at the University of Adelaide. (more…)

Proudly presented by the City of Salisbury in partnership with the SA Writers Centre the Salisbury Writers’ Festival offers a smorgasbord of local and national talent – some with international reputations. With a number of genres represented, you certainly don’t want to miss out on this year’s Festival. Held over ten days, from 21 August to 30 August […]

Applications are invited for the 2015-16 Writers with Disability Project. Members with a current writing project are invited to apply to be part of the up and coming scheme to help develop their writing to it’s fullest potential. (more…)

For the first time, SA Writers Centre and major publisher, Hachette, have teamed up to introduce a unique mentoring opportunity for South Australian writers. Submissions were sought from fiction, non fiction and young adult writers across the state earlier this year. The decision process proved to become difficult when it was clear that there was […]

Our first ever Adelaide Pitch Conference was a terrific success that exceeded all expectations. Out of the 43 attendees, 27 people were asked by major Australian publishers to submit their manuscript – most to more than one publisher! (more…)

New York, New York! To celebrate the New York Writers Workshop Pitch Conference leaving New York for the first time and the director Tim Tomlinson being with us in Adelaide, we are hosting a very special New York themed Quick & Dirty during the Adelaide Pitch Conference. (more…)