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Welcome to the Northern Rivers Writers' Centre 

The Northern Rivers Writers’ Centre is a full-time centre that provides resources, information and literary activities for writers and readers. The Writers’ Centre is a non-profit, incorporated organisation receiving core funding from Arts NSW. We are member-based with a membership of more than 800 individuals and organisations. The Centre offers a year-round program of workshops, seminars and events as well as the annual Byron Bay Writers Festival. As a regional writers’ centre, we are responsible for promoting Australian literature and enhancing the skills of writers and readers in the Northern Rivers of NSW and beyond. The region we cover stretches from Taree to Tweed Heads and west to Kyogle.

 
Upcoming Events

Confirmed workshops and seminars up to June 2010 are listed below.  All classes will be held in Byron Bay.

Please click here to download the full calendar of events

FEBRUARY

Sparking It Up Workshop with Kristina Olsson, Saturday 6 February, 10am - 4pm

Supersessions:  Irina Dunn  Consultations with Irina Dunn, former Director of NSW Writers Centre, 17 - 25 March

From Page to Stage Masterclass with Julian Louis and Janis Balodis,  Monday 22 & Tuesday 23 February, 10am - 4pm

MARCH

New Frontiers: Travel Writing in the Digital Age Workshop with Kim Wildman, Saturday 13 March, 10am - 4pm  

Supersessions: Children's Fiction Consultations with Margaret Hamilton, Friday 19 March

The Whole Story: Creating a Children's Picture Book Workshop with Margaret Hamilton and Dee Huxley,  Saturday 20 March, 10am - 4pm

First to Final Draft Masterclass with Shelley Kenigsberg and Selena Hanet-Hutchins,  Saturday 27 and Sunday 28 March, 10am - 4pm

APRIL

The ten writers seminar: community, enquiry, excellence Seminar series with Melissa Lucashenko, Thursdays 8, 15, 22 & 29 April, 10am - 12.30pm

The Frontier of Fiction: Cartoons, Comics and the Graphic Novel Workshop with Jules Faber, Friday 9 and Saturday 10 April, 10am - 4pm

MAY

Supersessions: YA Fiction Consultations with Margo Lanagan, Wednesday 5 May

Twist in the Tale Masterclass with Margo Lanagan, Thursday 6 May 10am - 4pm

What Do Women Want? Workshop with Dianne Blacklock, Saturday 8 May, 10am - 4pm

FEBRUARY SUPERSESSIONS WITH IRINA DUNN

Irina Dunn, Director of the NSW Writers’ Centre from 1992 to 2008, is offering NRWC members Super Sessions when she visits Byron Bay in February.
In a one-hour session, Irina will provide feedback on your manuscript, including an assessment of the writing style, the marketability of the manuscript, and suggestions on how to go about publishing it.
Irina is the author of The Writer’s Guide: a companion to writing for pleasure or publication, Allen & Unwin 2002 (2nd ed), which was described by the Australian Book Review as “a godsend for writers” and was shortlisted for the Australian Publishers’ Association National Education Awards.
Irina has a wealth of experience in assisting aspiring writers to achieve publication, and is well known to Byron Bay Writers Festival audiences as a regular Chair over many years.
Cost to NRWC members is $115 and applicants must be able to email their manuscript to the Centre in Word or as a jpg.
Supersession dates are 17 - 25 February.
To make an appointment, contact Susie Warwick on This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it    or call 6685 5115.

 
Writing Across Cultures in Hong Kong

asia_pacific_logo.jpgNorthern Rivers resident and founder of the Asia-Pacific Writing Partnership, Jane Camens, has finalized the program for Writing Across Cultures, an event that will bring emerging writers from Australia and Asia together with established writers teaching in some of the most prestigious writing programs in the USA, UK, Australia and Asia.

The University of Iowa’s famous US writing program and the UK’s most senior writing program at the University of East Anglia (celebrated for its alumni including Ian McEwan, Kazuo Ishiguro and Tracy Chevalier among many others) will be represented respectively by Robin Hemley, Iowa’s Director of Creative Nonfiction, and both Andrew Cowan and Jon Cook from UEA.
‘Writing Across Cultures’ is being held in Hong Kong, 9-10 March 2010 at the City University of Hong Kong.

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