Writers Victoria is so pleased to announce the recipient of our Only Connect Digital Writer Residency for Carers: Regional and Rural Writers for 2019. Bel Woods is a Victorian writer, residing in Ballarat. She enjoys both contemporary and lyrical literary fiction, especially the exploration of female characters within these contexts.
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WV members are invited to attend the 28th Annual General Meeting of Writers Victoria for the 2016 calendar year and cast their vote for four new Committee of Management members.
The meeting will be held at The Wheeler Centre (176 Little Lonsdale Street) on Wednesday 27 March 2019 at 6pm.
Meeting Agenda
1. Welcome and apologies
2. Minutes of the 2018 Annual General Meeting
3. Incorporation update
4. 2018 Reports
Welcome to our monthly brag about our Writers Victoria community members who have won awards, been shortlisted or longlisted for writing prizes or received industry recognition.
Collective Celebrations
The winners of this year’s Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards have been announced.
The winning titles in each of the categories are:
Older Readers (winner):
Welcome to our monthly brag about our Writers Victoria community members who have won awards, been shortlisted or longlisted for writing prizes or received industry recognition.
Collective Celebrations
The shortlists for the 2018 Queensland Literary Awards (QLAs) have been announced.
Among the shortlisted titles in each category are:
Children’s:
- Jane Godwin, tutor, for ‘Go Go and the Silver Shoes’
Young Adult:
Welcome to our monthly brag about our Writers Victoria community members who have won awards, been shortlisted or longlisted for writing prizes or received industry recognition.
Collective Celebrations
The Wheeler Centre (TWC) has announced the 10 inaugural recipients of the 2018 Next Chaptergrants for developing writers, each worth $15,000.
Among the 2018 Next Chapter recipients are:
Welcome to our monthly brag about our Writers Victoria community members who have won awards, been shortlisted or longlisted for writing prizes or received industry recognition.
Collective Celebrations
The winners of the 2018 Kids Own Australian Literature Awards (KOALAs), the children’s choice book awards for New South Wales, have been announced.
Among the winners in each category are:
Fiction for older readers