Calling all WA writers! Writing WA will be hosting our first monthly ‘Writers Roundtable’ on Thursday 25 May where we want to chat with you about competitions and opportunities…
Writing WA will be hosting our first monthly ‘Regional Writers Roundtable’ on Friday 26 May where we want to chat with you about competitions and opportunities for writers and poets…
Writing WA will be hosting our first monthly 'Regional Writers Roundtable' on Friday 26 May where we want to chat with you about competitions and opportunities for writers and poets in Western Australia and discuss ways in which Writing WA can continue to support writers and the literary sector in our state.
These online sessions have been designed to support writers living in regional centres in Western Australia who would otherwise be unable to attend our in-person Writers Roundtables.
This is a free event but spots are limited so registrations are required.
join Sara Foster for an author in-conversation at Mattie Furphy House on Friday 2 June from 6.00 pm.
Please join Sara Foster for an author in-conversation at Mattie Furphy House on Friday 2 June from 6.00 pm.
Sara will be interviewed by Holly Craig as part of Love to Read Local week.
Sara Foster is an internationally published, bestselling writer of psychological suspense.
She has written seven novels: The Hush, You Don’t Know Me, The Hidden Hours, All That is Lost Between Us, Shallow Breath, Beneath the Shadows and Come Back to Me. Her eighth work is a novella, The Deceit.
Holly Craig is the author of thrillers The Shallows and The Rip.
Love to Read Local is supported by Writing WA and the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.
Tickets at the door: $15, or $10 members and concession. Doors open 6pm for 6.30pm start.
Celebrate Love to Read Local Week with Brendan Ritchie and YA for WA!
Celebrate Love to Read Local Week with Brendan Ritchie and YA for WA!
If you’re a fan of YA, you’re in the right place. We’re celebrating local with host Bianca Breen in conversation with Brendan Ritchie about his new release novel, ETA DRACONIS. Then, test your knowledge of Australian YA in a fun, Jeopardy-style game. There’ll be snacks and refreshments provided, and plenty of bookish chatter.
Have fun with Aska generating story ideas, learning how to plan, and expanding your stories into longer works.
In this workshop, Aśka will cover the nuts and bolts of sequential storytelling, the fundamentals of the 3-part story structure and some basics of the ‘visual vocabulary’.
Starting small, you will have fun with generating story ideas, and then learn how to plan, and expand your stories into longer works.
Everyone will have at least two comics by the end of the session, and plenty of ideas for many more! And best of all – you do not need to be an artist to do this, as this action-packed and super productive 60 minutes is all about using drawing as a language, rather than making ‘pretty pictures’.
This workshop is for people 8 to 12 years of age.
Places are limited and bookings are essential.
Visit library.armadale.wa.gov.au or call 9394 5125.
Join acclaimed Perth author David Whish-Wilson & travel writer & photographer Will Yeoman for this unique 2-hour writing workshop combining walking, observational writing, characterisation & imagination.
Join acclaimed Perth author David Whish-Wilson & travel writer & photographer Will Yeoman for this unique 2-hour writing workshop combining walking, observational writing, characterisation & imagination.
The first hour will be spent walking around Perth Cultural Centre & beyond. Find & make notes about an interesting character to observe & describe, a setting for an event/crime/moment, or a building that has a secret history! David will lead the walk & workshop, while Will will be on hand to give advice regarding the use of phone photography & sketching to help tell a story or as aides-memoire. Perfect for writers of all levels as well as for people simply wishing to sharpen their writing & photography skills before going on holiday.
This event is part of Love To Read Local Week, supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.
Join poets Miriam Wei Wei Lo (Who Comes Calling?) and Amy Lin (Infinite Ends) for an in-conversation together with the poets reading poetry from their recently launched poetry books. This…
Join poets Miriam Wei Wei Lo (Who Comes Calling?) and Amy Lin (Infinite Ends) for an in-conversation together with the poets reading poetry from their recently launched poetry books.
This Love to Read Local Week event is a collaboration between WA Poets Inc and Perth Poetry Club.
This event has been enabled by Writing WA’s Love to Read Local Week and the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.
Celebrate Love to Read Local Week with Brooke Dunnell and her award winning novel 'The Glass House' at the KSP Writers' Centre.
Join the KSP Writers' Centre for a free, 2023 Love to Read Local Week author talk and reading with Brooke Dunnell, winner of the 2021 Fogarty Literary Award for her novel The Glass House.
Brooke will read an excerpt from her novel and have a chat with Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers' Centre Board Member, Marilyn Chin, talking through all the highlights (and the surprises and challenges) of writing her novel. There will also be time for a Q&A with Brooke at the end.
GIVEAWAY! The KSP Foundation will be giving away a free KSP Writers' Centre one-year membership. To be in the chance to win, just register and attend the event, and we will contact you by email if you win. If you are already a member, then your membership will be extended by one year.
This event is brought to you courtesy of Love to Read Local Week and the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund, with thanks to Writing WA.
About the book: Julia Lambett heads across the country to her hometown where she' s been given the job of moving her recalcitrant father out of his home and into care. But when Julia arrives at the 1970s suburban palace of her childhood, she finds her father has adopted a mysterious dog and refuses to leave. Frustrated and alone, when a childhood friend crosses her path, Julia turns to Davina for comfort and support. But quite soon Julia begins to doubt Davina' s motivations. Why is Davina taking a determined interest in all the things that Julia hoped she had left behind? Soon Julia starts having troubling dreams, and with four decades of possessions to be managed and dispersed, she uncovers long-forgotten, deeply unsettling memories.
Award-winning science fiction author Amanda Bridgeman will talk through the basics of writing speculative fiction, exploring each genre, many of the common tropes and the best practices to meet readers’…
Award-winning science fiction author Amanda Bridgeman will talk through the basics of writing speculative fiction, exploring each genre, many of the common tropes and the best practices to meet readers’ expectations.
All are welcome!
This event has been enabled by Writing WA’s Love to Read Local Week and the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.
To celebrate Love to Read Local Week, join Peter Burke as he discusses his latest novel The Silk Merchant’s Son.
To celebrate Love to Read Local Week, join Peter Burke as he discusses his latest novel The Silk Merchant’s Son.
Love to Read Local Week is a state-wide campaign by Writing WA showcasing and celebrating Western Australia’s many wonderful writers and illustrators, and the books they create.
About the Book: In 1845, linguistics professor Fabrice Cleriqout is dispatched from Lyon to the Swan River Colony, sent away with a box full of silkworms to stop him bringing more disgrace upon the family. Accompanying him aboard the Elizabeth are twenty-eight mismatched and misguided Catholic missionaries including Dom Salvado, who seeks to create a Spanish Benedictine monastery deep in the bush, and the Irish Sisters of Mercy, who are fleeing a dreadful famine. Given the job of distributing a huge donation from a wealthy benefactress, Fabrice bears witness to the folly of his travelling companions who presumptuous attempts to rescue the colony and the original inhabitants from themselves, can only lead to tragedy.
About the Author: Peter Burke is a Perth doctor and writer of Western Australian historical fiction; his novels being enjoyed for their filmic quality and humour. Professionally, he divides his time between Murdoch University medical clinic and the hospitals of the Kimberley region of the Northwest. His first novel, The Drowning Dream, was shortlisted for both the Australian/Vogel Literary Award and the WA Premier’s Book Awards. The Silk Merchant’s Son is his third novel.
Author presentation 10.30 am, book sales and signing 11.30 am.
Morning Tea provided. Places limited. Bookings essential.
Bret Treasure is funny and provocative, and you'll uncover willpower you didn't know you had.
Good news: science has uncovered a more effective way to get people into action on exercise, dieting and life-style changes. Risking money (staking) activates the survival circuitry in your brain that produces action.
People who risk a non-trivial amount of money do what they promise 96% of the time (and if you keep your word it costs you absolutely nothing).
Behavioural science says we're naturally loss averse - in this talk you'll learn how to leverage that for your own health benefits.
Bret Treasure is funny and provocative, and you'll uncover willpower you didn't know you had.
Bret's book will be available for sale on the night for $20, cash only.
WA-based writer, Kate McCaffrey examines notions of truth, gender, identity and acceptance in a compelling novel about a cold-case podcast.
WA-based writer, Kate McCaffrey examines notions of truth, gender, identity and acceptance in a compelling novel about a cold-case podcast.
Newly returned to Western Australia, journalist Amy Rhinehart pitches a crime podcast to increase her radio station’s ratings. Her idea: to use the listeners of the show as its co-creators, with live-time calls and suggestion boards. The case: Jonah Scott, charged and imprisoned for life for the murder of his girlfriend, transgender woman Casey Williams. Jonah went to great lengths to hide the body – but when arrested, confessed immediately and pleaded guilty, negating the need for a trial. Amy believes there is something darker at the heart of this case and sets about finding the truth, investigating a world of drugs, sex, gender identity and religious cults.
Threaded through the main narrative, the podcast transcripts represent a story-within-a-story, exploring the characters of Jonah and Casey and the relationship between them, interwoven with Amy’s investigation into the cult run by Jonah’s family and its potential involvement in Casey’s murder.
Kate is a Western Australian author, who has published five Young Adult novels.
She is also working in several different genres from contemporary women’s fiction to historical and Middle Grade readers. She lives on the northern beaches of Perth with her husband, daughters, two Maltese Shih-Tzus and a cat called Not-Ruby.
Open Book, Mosman Park will be selling copies of Double Lives.
‘This event has been enabled by Writing WA’s Love to Read Local Week and the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.’
Come along for a fun morning of storytelling and craft with Maria Blackman, author and illustrator of "Hoo Hoo, Peekaboo".
Dragonfly Publishing is proud to present "Hoo Hoo, Peekaboo" by Maria Blackman, an engaging children's picture book that takes readers on an adventure with Little Boo, a playful and mischievous Tawny Frogmouth.
Join Little Boo as she chooses to stay awake and play her favourite games instead of going to bed, and see what she gets up to! After, enjoy fun craft activities inspired by the book.
In addition, you'll have the opportunity to meet with Maria and get your hands on a signed copy of "Hoo Hoo, Peekaboo". This is a wonderful chance to discover a new favourite story with stunning watercolour illustrations and a charming storyline.
Don't miss out on this unforgettable event! We can't wait to see you there.
Join Julia Lawrinson and Writers of the Coral Coast for a writing workshop.
Join Julia Lawrinson and Writers of the Coral Coast for a writing workshop.
This event is free and open to all.
Bookings can be made by email on neal@wn.com.au or by phone on 0488 486 942
This event has been enabled by Writing WA’s Love to Read Local Week and the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.
Join Dianne Wolfer at Albany Public Library for a free family-friendly event.
Join Dianne Wolfer at Albany Public Library for a free family-friendly event where Dianne will be reading one of her books and signing copies.
This event has been enabled by Writing WA’s Love to Read Local Week and the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.
Arts criticism is an art in itself. Join classical music critics Bourby Webster (Seesaw) & Will Yeoman (Gramophone, Limelight) for this first in-conversation & group discussion in our new series…
Arts criticism is an art in itself. Join classical music critics Bourby Webster (Seesaw) & Will Yeoman (Gramophone, Limelight) for this first in-conversation & group discussion in our new series focusing on arts criticism in WA and beyond.
Future sessions will take in literary, visual arts, dance, theatre & film criticism. Drinks & nibbles provided.
This free event is part of Love To Read Local Week, supported by the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.
Come and listen to Craig Silvey talk about Runt, his shortlisted book in the 2023 CBCA Book of the Year Award: Young Readers.
Come and listen to Craig Silvey talk about Runt, his shortlisted book in the 2023 CBCA Book of the Year Award: Young Readers.
There will be light refreshments and book signings.
CBCA members $7.50, non-members $15.00.
This event will take place in the Iona Presentation College Staff Room, 6th Floor, Albeus Fahey Building
33 Palmerston St , Mosman Park.
This event has been enabled by Writing WA’s Love to Read Local Week and the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.
To celebrate Love to Read Local Week, join Brett Adams as he discusses his latest novel, Blood and Ink.
To celebrate Love to Read Local Week, join Brett Adams as he discusses his latest novel, Blood and Ink.
Love to Read Local Week is a state-wide campaign by Writing WA showcasing and celebrating Western Australia’s many wonderful writers and illustrators, and the books they create.
Author presentation 10.30 am, book sales and signing 11.30 am.
Morning Tea provided.
Bookings essential.
About the Book: Literature professor Jack Griffen has recently suffered a nervous breakdown. His wife has divorced him, and she and their adult daughter have moved to the USA. Into the void steps exchange student Hieronymus Beck, claiming to be the professor’s greatest fan. But everything changes when Jack finds Hiero’s list. Five sheets of paper. Five ways to commit a murder. His student told him he’s writing a crime novel, but is that all he is doing? Caught up in his protégé’s dangerous game, the mild-mannered professor finds himself asking how far will he go to save a life. As far as murder?
About the Author: Brett Adams was raised in country Western Australia and lives in Perth. He has a PhD in Computer Science that taught him to love puzzles, and a family who taught him to love stories (or vice versa). He writes across a range of genres and has been known to plant an easter egg or two.
Join Casey Mulder and Laura Keenan, editors at Night Parrot Press, as they present how to write micro memoir, a unique form of creative non-fiction that blends the techniques of memoir and flash…
Join Casey Mulder and Laura Keenan, editors at Night Parrot Press, as they present how to write micro memoir, a unique form of creative non-fiction that blends the techniques of memoir and flash fiction.
Writing about true events or a life in 500 words or less seems daunting, but when you approach the idea as distilling or shining a light on a pivotal moment, a life story can come alive in new and unexpected ways.
Casey and Laura will provide examples of local and international micro memoir, techniques for writing these micro nonfiction stories, as well as inspiring prompts to help generate your own micro memoirs that you will be proud of.
This event has been enabled by Writing WA’s Love to Read Local Week and the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.
To celebrate Love to Read Local Week, join Marlish Glorie as she discusses her debut novel The Bookshop on Jacaranda Street.
To celebrate Love to Read Local Week, join Marlish Glorie as she discusses her debut novel The Bookshop on Jacaranda Street.
Love to Read Local Week is a state-wide campaign by Writing WA showcasing and celebrating Western Australia’s many wonderful writers and illustrators, and the books they create.
About the Book: Helen can’t sleep. Her husband’s hoarding tendencies’ have taken over not only their house, but their marriage too, and she needs out. In a moment of desperation, Helen burns her bed, and leaves. Seeking to rediscover herself, she rather spontaneously seizes the opportunity to buy a run-down second-hand bookstore. But when her two adult sons unexpectedly return home with their own problems, Helen’s attempt to turn her life into something out of a literary novel starts to look like more of a comedy of errors. As quirky characters browse the shelves of The Book Maze, and relationships are put to the test, Helen fights to write her own happy ending to her story.
Author presentation 10.30 am, book sales and signing 11.30 am.
Morning Tea provided.
Bookings essential.
About the Author: Marlie Glorie was born in Western Australia and has juggled a number of occupations throughout her life. She has worked as a nurse, environmentalist, art dealer and all-round handy woman. Since the publication of The Bookshop on Jacaranda Street she has had a second novel published – Sea Dog Hotel. Marlish Glorie is married to Western Australian artist Lindsay Pow. They have two children and live in Palmyra.
Madison Godfrey and Alan Fyfe will be in conversation together, discussing their books, poetry, identity and the industry.
Madison Godfrey and Alan Fyfe will be in conversation together in a dream event (it’s true, they dreamed it up together!). These two have a beautiful friendship, which always makes for the most lovely chats They will discuss their books, poetry, identity and the industry.
Tickets are $10 and include food and drinks during the event.
This event has been enabled by Writing WA’s Love to Read Local Week and the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund.
To celebrate Love to Read Local Week, enjoy an In Conversation with Michael Trant who will be discussing his latest novel No Trace with David Whish-Wilson.
To celebrate Love to Read Local Week, enjoy an In Conversation with Michael Trant who will be discussing his latest novel No Trace with David Whish-Wilson.
Love to Read Local Week is a state-wide campaign by Writing WA showcasing and celebrating Western Australia’s, many wonderful writers and illustrators, and the books they create.
About the Book: From the author of Wild Dogs comes an electrifying combination of outback action thriller and the classic locked room mystery. ‘Did you have to kill them all?’ It’s the question Gabe Ahern has been running from since he bust open a major criminal operation - and left a dozen men dead. He knows that one day the bad guys will come for revenge. A skilled dog-trapper, Gabe has one rule: leave no sign, leave no trace. And for the last year he’s been successfully hiding out on a friend’s remote cattle property in the Pilbara. But when Goldmont Station opens its gates to a bunch of city folk eager for an authentic outback experience, Gabe can feel eyes on the back of his neck. Are all these visitors really tourists? In the space of 24 hours, the station’s helicopter falls from the sky . . . the phones and internet go down . . . and one of the guests turns up dead . . . With major flooding suddenly cutting off all exit roads, Gabe fears he’s as trapped as the dogs he hunts. And that his bloody past has finally caught up with him.
Author presentation 10.00am, book sales and signing 11.00am.
Morning Tea provided.
Bookings essential.
About the Author: Michael Trant is a WA country boy turned suburban writer, following careers ranging from marine draftsman to farmer, pastoralist to FIFO pot-washer. Michael grew up on the family farm at Eneabba. He moved to Geraldton then Yalgoo before heading to Perth. His debut novel Ridgeview Station was inspired by his time on Gabyon Station, and he highly recommends a visit for those curious about life on a sheep station. When he’s not writing, Michael can be found plucking away at his guitar in attempts to replicate his idol Tommy Emmanuel or cheering on his beloved Fremantle Dockers. Michael’s new novel No Trace will be released in May 2023.
David Whish Wilson: David Whish Wilson is the author of eight novels and three creative non-fiction books. He was born in Newcastle, New South Wales but raised in Singapore, Victoria and WA. He left Australia aged 18 to live for a decade in Europe, Africa and Asia, where he worked as a barman, actor, streetseller, petty criminal, labourer, exterminator, factory worker, gardener, clerk, travel agent, teacher and drug trial guinea pig.
David’s first novel in the Frank Swann crime series, Line of Sight (Penguin Australia) was shortlisted for a Ned Kelly Award in 2012. He has since written three more in the series – the first three being published in Germany by Suhrkamp Verlag. David wrote the Perth book in the NewSouth Books city series, which was short-listed for a WA Premiers Book Award, David also teaches in the prison system in Perth and previously in Fiji, where he started the countries first prisoner writing program. He currently lives in Fremantle, Western Australia with his partner and three kids, and teaches creative writing at Curtin University.
To celebrate Love to Read Local Week, join us for a fascinating panel with Mandurah local authors Louise Helfgott and Alan Fyfe facilitated by Rashida Murphy. Light Lunch served at…
To celebrate Love to Read Local Week, join us for a fascinating panel with Mandurah local authors Louise Helfgott and Alan Fyfe facilitated by Rashida Murphy.
Light Lunch served at 12noon
Panel presentation 12.30pm
Book sales and signing 1.30pm
Places limited and bookings essential.
Please wait for confirmation email before attending the event.
To celebrate Love to Read Local Week, join us for an In Conversation with David Whish Wilson who will be discussing his latest novel The Sawdust House with Kathy Heys.…
To celebrate Love to Read Local Week, join us for an In Conversation with David Whish Wilson who will be discussing his latest novel The Sawdust House with Kathy Heys.
Love to Read Local Week is a state-wide campaign by Writing WA showcasing and celebrating Western Australia’s many wonderful writers and illustrators, and the books they create.
About the Book: San Francisco, 1856. Irish-born James ‘Yankee’ Sullivan is being held in jail by the Committee of Vigilance, which aims to rout the Australian criminals from the town. As Sullivan’s mistress, seeks his release and as his fellow prisoners are taken away to be hanged, the convict tells a story of triumph and tragedy: of his daring escape from penal servitude in Australia; how he became America’s most celebrates boxer; and how he met the love of his life.
Author presentation @ 2.30 pm, book sales and signing @ 3.30 pm.
Afternoon Tea provided.
Bookings essential.
David Whish Wilson: David Whish Wilson is the author of eight novels and three creative non-fiction books. He was born in Newcastle, New South Wales but raised in Singapore, Victoria and WA. He left Australia aged 18 to live for a decade in Europe, Africa and Asia, where he worked as a barman, actor, streetseller, petty criminal, labourer, exterminator, factory worker, gardener, clerk, travel agent, teacher and drug trial guinea pig.
David’s first novel in the Frank Swann crime series, Line of Sight (Penguin Australia) was shortlisted for a Ned Kelly Award in 2012. He has since written three more in the series – the first three being published in Germany by Suhrkamp Verlag. David wrote the Perth book in the NewSouth Books city series, which was short-listed for a WA Premiers Book Award, David also teaches in the prison system in Perth and previously in Fiji, where he started the countries first prisoner writing program. He currently lives in Fremantle, Western Australia with his partner and three kids, and teaches creative writing at Curtin University.
Kathy Heys: Kathy Heys graduated from UWA with a degree in English Literature and a Graduate Diploma of Education before embarking on a career teaching in public schools. She is the Head of English at Coodanup College, a position she has held for seven years. Highlights of Kathy’s reading journey include meeting Markus Zusak and visiting Jane Austen’s house. Kathy is also currently studying Creative Writing at Curtin University.
The Industry Roundtable (Writers Centres), run quarterly, is an opportunity for Writers Centres to be part of the conversation here at Writing WA.
The Industry Roundtable (Writers Centres), run quarterly, is an opportunity for Writers Centres to be part of the conversation here at Writing WA.
It's a place to discuss information about relevant collaborative and development opportunities, and equally, a space for WA writers centres to be heard and acknowledged and to provide feedback on the Writing WA they want to see going forward.
The Writers Roundtable is a monthly roundtable that showcases competitions and opportunities for writers and poets in Western Australia and discusses ways in which Writing WA can continue to support writers…
The Writers Roundtable is a monthly roundtable that showcases competitions and opportunities for writers and poets in Western Australia and discusses ways in which Writing WA can continue to support writers and the literary sector in our state.
Sessions hosted by staff from Writing WA. Forthcoming sessions will include in-person and online options. Priority is given to those writers who've previously attended a previous Writers Roundtable. If spaces remain for a particular session, however, then we will notify followers of all remaining tickets available to book one week prior to the event.