Industry Organisations
Meets monthly, mostly at Belgrave Regional Library. Meetings focus on workshopping and celebrating members’ writing activities and achievements. Holds annual professional development workshops (open to invited participants) and writing retreats. Main aim is to support, motivate and celebrate each other’s writing aspirations. Interested persons are welcome to contact the group.
Live Poets is a performing venue for writers, musicians and storytellers. Meets on the 4th Wednesday of every month from February to November. We feature special guests in poetry and unplugged music. We also welcome in our open section anyone who wants to recite, sing, tell a story, or play an instrument. Published eight books of poetry under Live Poets’ Press Imprint.
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The Macarthur regional branch of NSW FAW. Meets every third Sunday of the month at 1.00 pm, Campbelltown RSL Club (Jade Room), Carberry Lane (corner Cordeaux Street).
Since its inception in 2005, Malthouse Theatre has sought out collaborations with independent artists as well as new and established companies — locally, nationally and internationally. Malthouse Theatre is a company dedicated to contemporary Australian theatre in all its guises. Our programming is an investigation into what such theatre can be and the questions it raises about the world we live in. Malthouse Theatre produces and presents Australian contemporary theatre, a broadly defined program of work conceived and created in collaboration with writer…
The group aims to further members’ interests in writing. Meets monthly and is open to all.
New Theatre is one of the oldest continuously producing theatre companies in Australia with a proud history that is intertwined with much of Sydney’s social development and Australian theatre history. From our beginnings as a political workers’ theatre, we have grown to become one of Sydney’s leading independent community theatre companies. Our productions range across drama, comedy, musicals, gay theatre, family shows, political cabaret and specialised education programs. We have revisited classic texts with bold new interpretations and premiered some o…
The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) represents the professional interests of New Zealand writers. As a PEN organisation, the NZSA works to improve writers’ conditions and provide a voice. NZSA offers awards and fellowships as well as mentoring and assessment schemes, produces a fortnightly enews, a quarterly magazine and a range of professional development materials for writers.
A friendly group of people interested in writing who meet monthly to support local writers, disseminate information and provide opportunities for writers to perform their work.
Founded in March 1995, the aim of the group is to attain a publishable standard of work. The group is made up of short story writers, novelists and freelancers. All aspects of writing are discussed at our monthly meetings. An anthology is produced every year plus a newsletter every month. New members are always welcome. Meets at Pathways Library, North Lakes.
Port Macquarie-Hastings FAW is the regional branch of NSW FAW and meets on the last Saturday afternoon of each month at 1pm. Meetings are varied and include speakers, outings and workshops by local and non-local writers, and readings of members work. Two literary competitions are held annually. Have established a fortnightly writing group for members. New members and visitors to the Hastings area are very welcome to attend meetings.
This is an extremely supportive group for writers working in the genre of romance or within the broader context of fiction, where writers can share their work, discuss technique and ultimately help each other to publish work in the various categories of romance (historical, chick lit, gothic etc). This group is also beneficial for writers of other genres looking to weave an element of romance into their narrative…
The SCREENPLAY Development Centre has been created because of a simple need: the need to find commercially viable screenplays. By creating a central screenplay submission centre and the Screenplay Notification Service™, we’re saving the writer the costs of multiple submissions and negative Coverage, while simultaneously saving the production companies the costs of redundant reader services.
Shopfront is an exciting and innovative arts centre – focused on contemporary performance, hybrid arts and cross-disciplinary forms. It’s a one stop creative haven where under 25s make engaging new work and meaningful connections.
The Tasmanian branch of the Institute of Professional Editors helps establish and maintain high standards of editing, promotes the exchange of ideas and information on professional matters, provides opportunities for professional development, and raises government, industry and commercial awareness of the benefits of professional editing. It offers workshops and seminars with a range of speakers and a regular newsletter. A register of freelance editors is available on the website.
The South Australian Writers’ Theatre Inc (SAWT) is a group of writers who specialise in the writing of scripts for stage and radio. The primary aim is to increase the quantity and improve the quality of South Australian writing for performance. To become a Full Member of SAWT you need to have written a script or be working on a script, otherwise you join as an Associate Member. Concessions apply for the unemployed, students and pensioners.
An integral part of the Melbourne theatre community, St Martins has spent over 25 years providing and resourcing hands-on performing arts experiences to Victorians aged between 5-25 years. You’ll find our program offers a range of masterclasses, theatre training ensembles, a choir, a playwriting development stream and brand new Australian theatre projects for all ages to get involved with. St Martins offers various pathways for emerging artists to develop their creative individuality. Whether it’s honing your existing acting skills, staging your first th…
The group meets every week to workshop each others’ writing and to discuss and analyse prominent writers’ work. Meets at Sutherland Entertainment Centre, Eaton Street, Sutherland (during school terms, Mondays 10am-12pm).
Sydney Theatre Company has been a major force in Australian drama since its establishment in 1978. As the state theatre of NSW, the Sydney Theatre Company offers Sydney audiences an eclectic program of Australian plays, lively interpretations of the classic repertoire and the best of new international writing. It seeks to produce theatre of the highest standard that consistently illuminates, entertains and challenges.
The group meets once a month and enjoys reading poetry. It runs the Blackened Billy Verse Competition for written verse.
Terrapin is the Australian innovator of puppetry-based visual theatre embracing new technologies, creating contemporary storytelling, and touring and collaborating nationally and internationally. The company is exploring digital puppetry, which uses new technologies and cross platform practice to continually challenge and redefine puppetry as a visual theatre form.
Wollondilly FAW is a regional branch of the NSW FAW and meets on the second Sunday of every month. The group is very active, holding an annual literary competition and an annual poets picnic at Wirrimbirra Sanctuary.
The Women Writers Network meets to workshop and edit works in progress from all genres. Meetings are held on Wednesdays at 1pm at the NSW Writers’ Centre. Must be a NSWWC member to attend.
Wordweavers is a support group for aspiring and published writers. The group does not function as a teaching group. Meetings are held fortnightly and visitors are welcome. For all enquiries please phone Waverley Community Learning Centre.
Group meets weekly on Tuesdays 12-12:30pm in the Box Hill Library to present their work and provide discussion and feedback. No entry fee. New members welcome.