Writers SA and Varuna, The National Writers’ House are delighted to announce the inaugural recipient of our Fellowship for a South Australian Emerging Writer. And the award goes to… Katerina Bryant! Katerina will work on her manuscript Animals Like Us, a literary non-fiction essay collection. She will spend a week in residence at Varuna in May. Her Fellowship includes […]
This week we welcome Bernice Chauly to Adelaide as part of our partnership with George Town Literary Festival, Penang – our Malaysian sister city. Bernice is a writer, filmmaker, actor and festival director. She will be in residence until mid-March and will appear at Adelaide Writers’ Week. Before she jets home, she’ll host a session […]
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) will accept applications for the annual Ray Koppe Young Writers’ Residency in April 2015. The program is open to writers who have not yet had a full-length work published and have a limited publication history of short works. Judges will accept submissions across a range of genres, and will […]
WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT participants of this year’s Digital Writers Room masterclass will be invited to apply to take up one of our Digital Writers in Residence slots for 2015. This new online space gives Australian writers an opportunity to take up residence (more…)
Mindshare.org.au are looking for a writer with lived experience of mental health issues to participate in a residency at the new City Library in Rundle Plaza. The residency is during October in Mental Health Awareness Month. The commitment is hosting a workshop around 2 hours long, 2 – 3 times during a week between 11 […]
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