Writers centres
Peak body for Australian Writers
Australian Society of Authors – asauthors.org
Government funded resource and information centres for writers, each running a program of events including workshops and courses:
Byron Writers Festival – byronwritersfestival.com
MARION (formerly ACT Writers Centre) – marion.ink
Northern Territory Writers’ Centre – ntwriters.com.au
Queensland Writers Centre – queenslandwriters.org.au
Varuna – varuna.com.au
Writers SA – writerssa.org.au
Writers Victoria – writersvictoria.org.au
Writing NSW – writingnsw.org.au
Writing WA – writingwa.org
NSW regional writers centres:
Booranga Writers’ Centre – arts-ed.csu.edu.au
Byron Writers Festival – byronwritersfestival.com
Hunter Writers Centre – hunterwriterscentre.org
New England Writers’ Centre – newc.org.au
Outback Writers’ Centre – outbackwriterscentre.com.au
South Coast Writers Centre – southcoastwriters.org
Writing organisations
Organisations offering a range of support for writers, including information, courses and workshops:
Australian Crime Writers Association – austcrimewriters.com
Australian Writers’ Centre – writerscentre.com.au
Children’s Book Council of Australia – cbca.org.au (there are branches in most states)
Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW – fawnsw.org.au (there are branches in most states)
Katherine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre – kspwriterscentre.com
Romance Writers of Australia – romanceaustralia.com
Society of Women Writers NSW – womenwritersnsw.org (there are branches in most states)
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators – scbwi.org
The Art of Writing – the-art-of-writing.com
Publishing industry organisations
Find an industry professional
Australian Literary Agents Association – austlitagentsassoc.com
Australian Publishers Association – publishers.asn.au
Institute of Professional Editors – iped-editors.org
Writing First Nations Characters
For information about protocols around Indigenous cultural and intellectual property
Creative Australia: First Nations Arts – creative.gov.au/first-nations-arts/protocols-for-using-first-nations-cultural-and-intellectual-property-in-the-arts
Australian Society of Authors – www.asauthors.org.au/news/what-you-need-to-know-about-indigenous-cultural-and-intellectual-property/
State Library of Queensland – https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/writing-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-characters-fiction
ABC news article by Molly Schmidt – https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-14/non-indigenous-authors-write-inclusive-fiction/102411568
Copyright and legal issues
Understand your rights and obligations
Arts Law Centre of Australia – artslaw.com.au
Australian Copyright Council – copyright.org.au
Sidebar Saturdays – sidebarsaturdays.com
