Biography

Bondi Pavilion
S. Shakthidharan: Gather Up Your World in One Long Breath
A special launch event for this fearless, tender memoir from the prize-winning writer of 'Counting and Cracking'.

Sister Bullwinkel review: a biography by Lynette Ramsay Silver tackles the truth after 80 years
Lynette Ramsay Silver’s account about Sister Bullwinkel, Australia's wartime nurse, makes for grim reading, but we shouldn’t look away.

Vale Uncle Noel Tovey AM: Indigenous champion of gay rights
Tovey is remembered for his spirit, courage and creativity, and as a courageous elder with a sly wit.

The Victorian Pride Centre Ltd
Expressions of Interest are NOW OPEN for the Telling it with Pride Speakers Program
The TiPS Program is a free workshop series designed to empower LGBTIQA+ community members to share their lived experiences through…

Inconvenient Women review – Australian literary cage-rattlers and trailblazers
From the suffragists to the feminist writers of the 1970s, this book navigates both their inconsistencies and their courage when…

Writing NSW
Adventures Among Essays with Anwen Crawford
In this workshop with Anwen Crawford you will consider different aspects of essay writing, including how and where to look…

Writing NSW
Online: Writing from the Sentence Up with Emily Bitto
This online writing course with Emily Bitto will re-focus your writing on the level of the sentence, providing practical ways…

Writing NSW
Creating Unforgettable Characters with Deborah Pike
This workshop, with author Deborah Pike, is for writers of fiction who wish to devise new characters, or deepen and…

Writing NSW
Historical Fiction: Transforming Research into Story with Elisabeth Storrs
Join Elisabeth Storrs to locate, categorise, and analyse resources to identify inspiration points and bring immediacy to your writing to…

Writing NSW
Online: Finishing That Draft: A Novel Writing Course with JP Pomare
This intensive two-week online course is designed to help take you from the ideation stage to completion of a strong…