Kevin Brophy remembers visiting possible locations for Writers Victoria (then called the Victorian Writers’ Centre) along with founding Coordinator Bev Roberts when the idea to set up a state writers’ centre was first being discussed. A member since its inception, Kevin joined the Committee of Management in 1995 before taking on the role of Chair from …
Chris Thompson’s introduction to Writers Victoria (then called the Victorian Writers’ Centre) took place in late 1990 when the organisation was located in Tasma Terrace in Parliament Place, East Melbourne. As Artistic Director of St Martins Youth Arts Centre, Chris went to the National Trust building to meet with Agnes Nieuwenhuizen to talk about her …
Chris Wallace-Crabbe has been writing poetry since the age of 18 and continues to write poetry at the age of 80. He shares some of his wisdom with Sharona Lin ahead of his Month of Poetryworkshop. In all your time writing, have you ever wanted to pursue something else, or have you always known you …
Maxine Beneba Clarke was announced as the winner of the 2014 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship at the Writers Victoria Salon last night. Clarke will use the $10,000 fellowship to work on Part Two of her proposed autobiography, ‘The Hate Race’ – a memoir about growing up black in white middle-class Australia. “Amid a rich field …
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The 2012 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship was awarded to Stephany Steggall last night at Adelaide Writers’ Week. Steggall will use the $10,000 prize to write a biography of Thomas Keneally, Booker Prize winner for Schindler’s Ark. The announcement was made at a lecture commemorating the life and work of biographer Hazel Rowley, where special guest …
We are pleased to announce the shortlist for the Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship: Ann-Marie Priest, Elizabeth Taylor, Helen O’Neill, John Murphy, Lisa Milner, Sheridan Palmer and Stephany Steggall. The judges for the fellowship are Alex Miller (acclaimed writer and close friend of Hazel’s), Jim Davidson (acclaimed biographer), Lynn Buchanan (close friend of Hazel’s) and Della …
On 14 March at the Wheeler Centre, Mary Hoban was announced as the winner of the inaugural Hazel Rowley Memorial Fellowship. The judging panel comprised Alex Miller, Jim Davidson, Lynn Buchanan and Della Rowley. Mary’s project is a biography of Julia Arnold (nee Sorrel, 1826-1888). Julia lived through many important moments of early Tasmanian history …
The Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship was established in 2011 to encourage Australian authors to attain a high standard of biography writing and to commemorate the life, ideas and writing of Hazel Rowley (1951–2011). Biography writers were invited to apply for a literary fellowship up to the value of $10,000. Writers Victoria congratulates the shortlisted applicants: …
Congratulations to the winners and runners up of our Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers Competition. Timothy Robinson won the Short Story category for his entry “Henry Stanfield Can Fly”, while Lindy Alexander won the Non-fiction prize for “Hiding from the World”. The fiction runner up was Melanie Cheng for “Stone Baby”, and Lorna Hendry was …
We are delighted to announce the winners of our inaugural Grace Marion Wilson Emerging Writers Competition. Literary Non-fiction winners First prize: HL Singer for “Life: An Exercise in Words” Second prize: Zhiling Howlitt for “Mao’s Great Mangifera Parade” Other shortlisted entries: Joan Kerr for “The House We Live In” Graham Reeks for “Beneath Balaclava” Judy …
