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Local Writers Groups

Bangalow Writers Group
Meet 1st Thursday of the month and regular Sunday meetings. Meeting times are published monthly in the BWG report in the local Heartbeat.
Contact: Jean Ringland on 02 6687 8094 or Paula Williams on 02 6687 6607.


Byron Shire Women Writers' Salon
Meets the 3rd Friday of every month 7-10pm. Venue changes, so please call to check location. BYO snacks, wine and writing.
Contact: Jane Meredith on 02 6684 0061 or meredith@linknet.com.au

Clarence Valley Writers' Network
An informal affiliation of writers' groups and independent writers based in the Clarence Valley. The network holds forums 3-4 times a year in different locations, in addition to other events. Contact Brendan Smith on (02) 6641 7222 or brendan.smith@clarence.nsw.gov.au


Coffs Harbour Writers Group

Meet 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month from 10am - 12 noon.
Contact: Ninette van Zyl on 02 6652 1898 or email nfunsail@kooee.net.au.


Dangerously Poetic Press, Byron Bay
Meet 2nd Saturday of the month, 3pm at RSL Hall, Station Street, Bangalow.
Membership is open to all.
Contact: Laura Shore on 02 6680 1967 or visit www.dangerouslypoetic.com.


Family History Writing Group
Meet 1st Tuesday, bi-monthly at Research Room, Richmond-Tweed Family History Society, Maritime Museum, La Balsa Plaza, Ballina.
Contact: Noeline Kyle on 02 6684 1403 or email nkyle@linknet.com.au.


Federal Writers Group
Meet 2nd Thursday of each month at Pogels Wood Cafe. Open to new members. All writers welcome, focus on feedback on own work.
Contact: Susanna Freymark on 02 6688 4357 or email susanna@byrononline.net. Post: PO Box 71 Federal NSW 2480.


Fellowship of Australian Writers Far North Coast Regional
Meet 2nd Wednesday of the month from 7-10pm at the Neighbourhood Centre, 76 Carrington Street, Lismore. 
Contact: Alison Lubow on 02 6622 5439 or write to PO Box 5093, East Lismore NSW 2480


Fellowship of Australian Writers Summerland Group
Meet 1.30pm on 2nd Sunday of each month, Alstonville RSL Hall, Bugden Avenue, Alstonville.
Contact: Jeanette Doyle on 02 6624 1933 or Quendryth Young on 02 6628 3753 or email faws@dragonwick.com. Write to PO Box 4210 Goonellabah NSW 2480.


Gold Coast Writers' Association

The Gold Coast Writers' Association meets on the third Saturday of each month at Fradgley Hall, Burleigh Heads Library, Park Avenue, Burleigh Heads, Queensland. Meeting time is 1.30pm for a 2pm start; cost is $5 for non-members and $3 for members, and includes refreshments. Look at www.goldcoastwriters.org.au or email info@goldcoastwriters.org.au, or phone 0431 443 385.


Kempsey Writers Group
Meet 1st Sunday of month. 1st Monday of the month is open session for poems, songs and stories at the Railway Hotel, Kempsey from 7pm.
Contact: Alan Wade on 02 6561 7313 or email awadea@tsn.cc or post PO Box 375 Kempsey NSW 2440.


Lismore - LIVE POETS!
Third Wednesday 8pm at the Rous Hotel, Barrow Lane Lismore. Open section, featured writers and poetry slams. New and visiting writers always welcome. Contact David Hallett 02 6621 7931.


Murwillumbah and Districts Writers Group
Meet 3rd Thursday of the month from 10am - 12.30pm at a members' house - venue changes monthly. Guest speakers, all genres, support, readings, inspiration.
Contact: Jilleen on 0412 300 048 or email j.j.wallacejones@bigpond.com.


Nambucca Valley Writers Group
Meets 4th Saturday of the month at 2pm at Nambucca Entertainment Centre, Ridge Street. 
Contact: Carrolline Rhodes on 02 6568 6236 or carrollinerhodes@yahoo.com.au
Northern Rivers Family History Writers' Group
Meets 1st Tuesday of the month, 1pm at Family History Rooms, Maritime Nuseum, Ballina. 
Contact: Jan Gracie Mulcahy on 02 6628 7586 or mulcahys@ceinternet.com.au.


Richmond-Tweed Family History Society
Meet 1st Saturday of the month (excluding January), 2pm at the Players Theatre, Swift Street, Ballina.
Contact: Carol Brown on 02 6687 8443.


Taree- Manning River Scribblers
Meet 1st Wednesday of the month from 9-11.30am in Taree. Call first to check venue.
Contact: Narida Bell Brown on 02 6550 5656 or narida@hotkey.net.au


Writing in Byron
Meets every Thursday 5.30-8.30pm in Suffolk Park. For writers with work in progress.
Contact: Jane Camens 02 6685 9886 or jcamens@bigpond.net.au


Writers at the Rails, Byron Bay

First Sunday 2pm at the Rails, Byron Bay. Open section, featured writers and poetry slams. New and visiting writers always welcome. Contact David Hallett 02 6621 7931.

Regional Arts The Northern Rivers Writers' Centre is currently making a list of writers of all genres and categories as well as professional editors (both fiction and non fiction) who reside in the Northern Rivers. This register will soon be available to NRWC members seeking a professional mentor to assist develop their work. Click here for more information.

Phone: 02 6685 5115 · Fax: 6685 5166
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