Bev Roberts was the very first Coordinator of the Victorian Writers Centre. In celebration of the organisation’s 25th anniversary, Bev tells how the exciting story, “filled with drama, blood, sweat and tears”, all began. Many of the members of Writers Victoria may be surprised to know that the organisation had quite radical beginnings in community […]
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Judith Rodriguez remembers the elegance of the Victorian Writers Centre’s first home in Tasma Terrace, which sat behind a high, iron fence in East Melbourne. Judith became Chair of the organisation in 1993 (a post she held until 1996), just after the Centre moved to its next home at the Broom Factory in Fitzroy. The
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Sue Penhall was “not much of a joiner” when her eldest son twisted her arm into helping out at Writers Victoria (then called the Victorian Writers Centre). Newly arrived from Adelaide, Sue began volunteering at Writers Victoria in 1999. Celebrating her own 15th anniversary with the organisation in 2014, Sue is our longest-serving volunteer and
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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