The festival, sponsored by City of Launceston Council runs from 25—27 August at the Sir Raymond Ferrall Centre on the UTAS Newnham Campus in Launceston. The festival will see a weekend full of told stories, storytellers, performers and writers, expert teaching workshops and open mike sessions for attendees. For more information about the festival and how […]
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Varuna Residential Fellowships offer two to three weeks of full board and accommodation at Varuna including a prepared evening meal, uninterrupted time to write in your own private studio, the companionship of your fellow writers and a one-hour Varuna Conversation with a Varuna consultant. Applications close close midnight on 31 July 2023. For more information about
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Join us in the Writers Victoria library on the third floor of The Wheeler Centre on the first Friday of every month for a short burst of writing followed by an opportunity to network with other writers. Everyone is welcome – you don’t need to be a Writers Victoria member to take part. These casual
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Thematic residency program in Finland for artists, writers and creative minds attuned to the theme. The program brings together creative individuals from different backgrounds. Artistic, scientific, meditative and existentialistic approaches are all equally embraced. Applications close 26 July. For more information about this opportunity and how to apply, visit the Arteles Creative Centre here.
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Cambridge Australia First Nations Writer-in-Residence is a new fellowship program that offers a unique opportunity for an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander writer/storyteller working in any form (poetry, fiction, non-fiction, playwriting, criticism, and any other literary form) to spend a period of time at the University of Cambridge. Applications close 14 July. For more information
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Meuse Press are now accepting poems for their Australia Poetry Collaboration produced with World Poetry Movement – Oceania. This issue will celebrate South Asian and South Asian born Oceania-resident contemporary poets. Submissions close 15 July. For more information on how to submit, visit the Meuse Press website here.
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New Writers Collective (NWC) is a writing program for live performance program that supports young women, female-identifying, non-binary and trans-people between the ages of 13 to 21. The NWC will have a series of 10 workshops from 10 June until the end of July in which they will work alongside professional playwrights to write and develop
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Crime has left the mean streets to stalk the dusty backroads of the Australian bush and thrills abound. Getting down and dirty are Michelle Prak (The Rush), Jacqueline Ross (Blackwater), Maryrose Cuskelly (The Cane) and host Catie Maher (Programs Lead, at Bayside Library Service). Please book by Thursday 22 June, 12 pm. Friday 23 June. Dinner 6.30
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Following on the success of our previous One Act Play Seasons, Peridot Theatre welcomes submissions for their final season for 2023. Peridot Theatre is calling for original One Act Plays to be performed in November 2023 at the Clayton Community Centre. Peridot Theatre is proud to support and encourage new works, so if you have
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It is a cause for celebration. Sisters in Crime Australia’s 30th Scarlet Stiletto Awards for best short stories will be launched by Dr Angela Savage at the Melbourne Athenaeum Library on Friday 2 June, 5.30 for 6 pm. The event will include dramatic readings of the last two winning ‘body in the library’ stories sponsored
