Writing doesn’t have to be a solitary pursuit. Joining a writing group helps create a network of writing friends that can offer support, advice and a fresh approach to writing and publishing.
Search this list below for poetry, creative writing, script writing and other writing groups around Melbourne and Victoria. Use the ‘keywords’ field to search for your areas of interest. Or the ‘region’ field to search for groups in your area.
Want to start up your own writing group? Writers Victoria members can advertise via a classified on our Member Noticeboard, enews or The Victorian Writer magazine. You can learn more about adding your listing in the Membership section of this website.
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Writing Groups
- Altona North: Novel Saturdays in Hobsons Bay
- Bachus Marsh: Writers Craft Group, Moorabool Shire
- Ballarat: Ballarat Women Writers’ Group, Mollongghip
- Ballarat: Critique Groups, Ballarat Writers, Western Victoria Region
- Ballarat: Write Club, Ballarat Writers, Western Victoria Region
- Bayside: The Bayside U3A Writers Group
- Bayswater: Fernhill Writers’ Group
- Bendigo: Bendigo Writers’ Council
- Bendigo: Writeability Writing Group
- Blackburn South: The Avenue Writers’ Collective
- Blackburn South: The Avenue: Writing Poetry
- Box Hill: Box Hill Library (Write Track) Writers’ Group
- Brighton: Coastlines Poetry Group
- Brunswick: Brunswick Poets’ & Writers’ Workshop
- Caulfield: Caulfield Writers
- Doncaster East: Wordsmiths of Melbourne Poetry Group
- Echuca: Campaspe Murray Writers Group
- Emerald: Emerald Writers Group
- Geelong: Geelong Writers Inc.
- Geelong: Scribes Writing Group, Barwon South Region
- Geelong: Working Writers, Barwon South West Region
- Grampians: Writers’ Group, Grampians Region
- Hawthorn: Boroondara Writers’ Inc.
- Malvern East: Phoenix Park Neighbourhood House
- Melbourne (CBD): ANE Haiku Writers Group
- Melbourne CBD: Bearbrass Writers
- Melbourne CBD: Gonna Be Writers
- Melbourne CBD: Inner City Writers
- Melbourne CBD: Inner North Writing Group
- Melbourne CBD: Melbourne Poets Union, venue varies
- Melbourne CBD: Melbourne Romance Writers Guild
- Melbourne CBD: Melbourne Writers Group
- Melbourne CBD: Melbourne Writers’ Social Group
- Melbourne CBD: The YA Page
- Melbourne Outer: Monash Writers Group
- Melbourne: Encuentros Literarios Melbourne
- Melbourne: Melbourne Writers Group
- Melbourne: Speculative Fiction Writing Group
- Melbourne: Women Who Write
- Moe: Writeability Writing Group
- Mornington: Mornington Community Writers
- Mornington: Peninsula Fellowship Australian Writers (FAW)
- Mornington: Peninsula Writer’s Club
- Mount Waverley: Wordweavers Writers’ Group
- Northcote: Hellenic Writers Association
- Northwest/West Melbourne: Northwest Writers Melbourne
- Online: Australian Writers’ Forum
- Online: Galaxy Whale Creative Writing Group
- Online: Gippsland Writers Group
- Online: Live Write
- Online: Poets@Watsonia
- Online: Sunday Morning Writers
- Online: The Assayists
- Pakenham: U3A Cardinia
- Port Melbourne: Atport Writers’ Group
- Reservoir: wRiters and Reciters, Reservoir
- Rowville: Outer Eastern Children’s and YA Writers’ Group
- Shepparton: Goulburn Valley Writers Group
- Warburton: Upper Yarra Writers Group, Gippsland Region
- Warragul: Baw Baw Writers’ Network, Gippsland Region
- Werribee: Western Union Writers
- Williamstown: Williamstown Writers Group
- Wyndham City Libraries: Writing Group Online