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Sam Elkin on Reading, Writing and Honest Representation 


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Sam Elkin is a non-binary transmasculine writer, event producer and co-editor of Nothing to Hide: Voices of Trans and Gender Diverse Australia (Allen & Unwin). Born in England and raised on Noongar land, Sam now lives on unceded Wurundjeri land. Sam’s essays have been published in the Griffith Review, Australian Book Review, Sydney Review of Books and Kill Your Darlings. He hosts the […]

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Lauren Fuge on Finding the Time and Space to Write


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Tackling the climate crisis isn’t just about science and policy, it is also about the stories we tell. In this Q&A, award-winning science writer Lauren Fuge shares her thoughts on the power of a personal narrative and why storytelling must reach beyond science to engage with emotion, place and community to help us make sense

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Member Milestones March 2025


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Congratulations to these Writers Victoria members on their recent writing milestones! From new book releases to prizes and awards, fellowships to residencies, publications to honourable mentions and beyond, we are thrilled to celebrate the achievements of our members! Andrea Rowe‘s picture book, Amid the Sand Dunes (Hardie Grant) – illustrated by Hannah Sommerville – has been announced as a 2025

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Michelle Staff Wins The 2025 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship


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On Wednesday 5 March, in front of a large audience at Adelaide Writers’ Week, Michelle Staff (ACT) was announced as winner of the 2025 Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship. Michelle Staff was awarded $20,000 for her proposed joint biography of sisters Bessie Rischbieth and Olive Evans, two influential activist women in Australia’s feminist, social and political

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Anne-Marie Te Whiu on Deep Listening, Escaping Into Books and Writing Back to the Archives


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Anne-Marie Te Whiu is an Australian-born Māori who belongs to the Te Rarawa iwi in Hokianga, Aotearoa NZ. She lives on unceded Wangal Country. She is freelance a cultural producer, writer, editor and weaver. Her forthcoming debut poetry collection titled Mettle will be published by University of Queensland Press in 2025. This month, Anne-Marie is running a workshop

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Rashida Murphy on Writing, Routine and Learning Craft Through Reading


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Rashida Murphy is the author of the novel, The Historian’s Daughter (UWA Publishing, 2016) and a book of short stories titled The Bonesetter’s Fee & Other Stories, (Spineless Wonders, 2021), which was both a runner-up in the Carmel Bird Literary Award and shortlisted in the NSW Premier’s Multicultural Award. Rashida’s stories, poems and essays are widely anthologised. She has

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Member Milestones January–February 2025


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Congratulations to these Writers Victoria members on their recent writing milestones! From new book releases to prizes and awards, fellowships to residencies, publications to honourable mentions and beyond, we are thrilled to celebrate the achievements of our members! Alison Pouliot’s book The Allure of Fungi (CSIROI Publishing) has been released as an audiobook. A preview is available via

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Ruth McIver on Staying the Course, the Alchemy of Writing and Why Story is Queen


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Dr Ruth McIver is an award-winning crime writer represented by The Story Factory, and a sessional academic with an interest in genre fiction, memoir and true crime. Her books include: I Shot the Devil, Blackout (Audible), The Sound (2025) and The Sunset Club.    Over the next three months (March to May), Ruth will be running our Crime Fiction Online Feedback Clinic

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