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NSW Writing Groups

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New South Wales

SYDNEY (look further down for regional groups)

The following groups are not associated with NSW Writers Centre:

Infinitas

http://www.infinitas.com.au/WritersGroup.php

Infinitas BookshopShop 22 Civic Arcade 48-50 George St Parramatta

Third Saturday of almost every month.12 noon to 2pm

Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Western Sydney Writers Group

http://www.nwg-inc.com/

Bondi Writers Group

http://www.bondiwritersgroup.org.au/
The Theory Room at
Waverley Library,
32-48 Denison St.,
Bondi Junction
2 to 4pm on the third Sunday of the month

ENTRY: $5 non members or $2 FAW Members

The following are NSW Writers Centre groups. You must be a member of the Centre to join! Please contact the group leader for details.

Youngstreet Poets
10.30am, fourth Friday of the month. Contact Winifred Weir (02) 9971 6206. By invitation only.

Monday Night Writing for Children Workshop
7.30pm every third Monday of the month.
Workshop. Network. Share. Critique. For writers of picture books, junior fiction, older fiction, young adult.
Contact Aleesah Darlison on (02) 9948 6002. New members are welcome.

Tuesday Night Children's Writing Group
7.30pm every second Tuesday.
For people who want to write for children and young adults.
Contact Aleesah Darlison on (02) 9948 6002. By invitation only.

Women Writers' Network
1pm every Wednesday. Founded in 1993, the group workshops writing in any genre. Contact Siobhan Coleman (02) 9622 3350. New members are welcome!

Wednesday Writing Group
4–5:30pm every Wednesday. Let your thoughts run wild! The group is concerned with writers’ early thoughts and the raw material. Participants spend 15–20 minutes free writing, then read their material out loud. Contact Peter Anderson on (02) 9460 0617. New members are welcome!

Wednesday Night Poets' Group
6.30pm every Wednesday for writers of contemporary or traditional poetry (other than bush verse). Contact Norm Neill on (02) 9361 0204. New members are welcome!

Thursday Night Writers’ Group
6:30pm every Thursday. Creative writing workshop with peers. Contact Charles Cox on (02) 9569 4143 or Peter Hart on (02) 9588 5226. New members are welcome!

Friday Night Writers’ Group 1
6:30pm every Friday.
Critical assessment of your creative fiction writing by those who are also creatively writing fiction. Any size. Any genre. Any style. eative writing workshop with peers. Contact George Mallory on 0412 436 301. New members welcome.

Friday Novel Writing Group
Meets last Friday of each month at 10am-12.30pm in the upstairs corner room. Contact Cassy Cochrane on (02) 8021 0140. New members subject to vacancies in the group.

Seize the Moment
1st Saturday of each month (except for long weekends and festivals) 2pm - 4pm. Contact Rowena Harding-Smith on (02) 9437 4940. New members subject to vacancies in the group.

The Company of Writers
Meets monthly on Saturdays. The group has been meeting since 1990. Please call first to confirm date. Contact Wendy Ashton on 0400 300 806. Experienced writers only.

Non-Fiction Writers' Group
Meets once a month at Berkelouw Bookshop Leichhardt to discuss the non-fiction writing market and critique work. Meets last Thursday of each month, 7-9pm. Contact Hugh Tranter on 0402 515 269.

REGIONAL WRITERS GROUPS

Bangalow Writers Group
Contact Jean Ringland on 02 6687 8094 or Paula Williams on 02 6687 6607. Meets 1st Thursday of month.

Cloudcatchers
Contact Quendryth Young on 02 6628 3753 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . For haiku enthusiasts, a ginko (haiku walk) is undertaken according to group agreement of time and place.

Coffs Harbour Writers Group
Contact Ninette van Zyl on 02 6652 1898 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday of month, 10am–12noon.

Dangerously Poetic
Contact Laura Shore on 02 6680 1967. Meets Sundays every 2nd month, 1pm–3pm at Bangalow RSL. Membership is open to all. Federal Writers Group
Contact Susanna Freymark on 0421 925 526 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Post: PO Box 71 Federal NSW 2480. Meets 3rd Saturday of each month in Federal. (contact for directions to meeting)

FAW Far Nth Coast Regional
Contact Jim Yeo on 02 6624 3436. Meets 2nd Wednesday of month from 7–10pm, Lismore Workers Club, Keen Street Lismore.

FAW Port Macquarie–Hastings Regional
Contact Bill Turner (President) on 6584 5342 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Meets 1pm on last Saturday of month, Historic Museum, Clarence Street, Port Macquarie.

Gold Coast Writers Association
Contact 0431 443 385 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Meets 3rd Saturday of month, 1.30pm for a 2pm start, at Fradgley Hall, Burleigh Heads Library, Park Avenue, Burleigh Heads, Qld.

Kempsey Writers Group
Contact Carma Eckersley on 02 6562 5227. Meets 1st Sunday of month at the Railway Hotel.

Lower Clarence Arts & Crafts Ferry Park Writers Group
Contact Di Wood on 6645 8969 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Meets 1st Thursday of month,10am–12noon.

Memoir Writing Group
Contact Diana Burstall on 02 6685 5387 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Meets every month at Sunrise Beach, Byron Bay.

New Mullum Writing Group
Contact Lisa MacKenzie on 02 6684 4387 ah or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Meets fortnightly on Wednesdays 7:30pm.

Nambucca Valley Writers Group
Contact Carrolline Rhodes on 02 6568 6236, or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Meets 4th Saturday of month, 2pm, at Nambucca Entertainment Centre, Ridge Street.

Northern Rivers Family History Writers’ Group
Contact Jan Gracie Mulcahy on 02 6628 7586, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Meets 1st Tuesday of month, 1pm, Family History Rooms, Maritime Museum, Ballina.

Richmond–Tweed Family History Society
Contact Carol Brown on 02 6687 8443. Meets 1st Saturday of month (excl. January), 2pm at the Players Theatre, Swift St, Ballina.

Taree–Manning River Scribblers
Contact Narida Bell on 02 6550 5656 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Meets 2nd Wednesday of month, 9–11.30am in Taree. Call first to check venue.

WordsFlow Writing Group
Contact Rosemary Nissen-Wade 02 6676 0874, Pam Moore 02 6676 1417 or PBNC 02 6676 4555. Meets Fridays during school term, 12.45-3.15 pm, at Pottsville Beach Neighbourhood Centre, 12a Elizabeth St, Pottsville Beach. Details: http://wordsflowwriters.blogspot.com/

Groups meeting at South Coast Writers Centre

Top Floor
Cnr Crown and Kembla Sts
Wollongong NSW 2500

Illawarra Performance Writers Group
2pm second Saturday of the month. Venues as announced.
Script readings and performance writing discussion

Common Cold Poetry Collective
7pm-9pm Tuesdays. SCWC premises, Top Floor, corner of Crown and Kembla Streets, Wollongong.

Poet’s Breakfast
7am-9am Wednesdays. SCWC premises, Top Floor, corner of Crown and Kembla Streets, Wollongong

Spanish Speaking Writers’ Group
10am-1pm every Wednesday
SCWC premises, Top Floor, corner of Crown and Kembla Streets, Wollongong

Long writing projects
5.30-7.00pm third Thursday of the month. SCWC premises, Top Floor, corner Crown and Kembla Streets, Wollongong.

NSW Writing Groups

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