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Society of Women Writers Victoria

Locality: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Phone: +61 3 9772 2389

Address: Ross House, 247 Flinders Lane 3000 Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.swwvic.org.au

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23.01.2022 It's important to share in the achievements of International writers who share their cultures. Available online, the free event launching the Indian Aussie Summer anthology on Dec 2nd at 4.30 Australian time will include Australian writers such as Susanne Gervay OAM, Libby Hathorn OAM and Dr Sharon Rundle.

22.01.2022 For Australia Reads Campaign at Kingston Library, as an author maybe you could participate with a recent Australian book you've enjoyed and your own most recent title. I nominated Heather Rose's 'Bruny'.

21.01.2022 https://www.theaustralian.com.au//e76c08aba364e6fa64d406d4 Books to be released pre-Christmas include some Australian female authors.

21.01.2022 Sparx Issue 5 Launched Friday 30 October 2020 This anthology of poetry and prose showcases work from the Society of Women Writers Victoria. The Society is a group of women who come together to nurture each other in the craft of writing. Now in its 5th edition, this issue ofSparx contains twenty-nine contributions from some of these talented Victorian female writers. They present a range of experiences, ideas and emotions that will provide both food for thought and entertainme...nt for the reader. Issue 5 includes the three prize-winning stories from the 2020 Margaret Hazzard Short Story Award as judged by Josephine Rowe. Copies of Sparx cost $10 each plus postage. Email: [email protected] to purchase copies.

20.01.2022 Jack and Harry are young brothers who wrote and illustrated this story about the frog who kept trying and never gave up. Published by Little Green Olives. Www.G...reenolivepress.com Their mother Caroline writes too. Families who write together also have fun. And resilience is a very relevant theme during Lockdown See more

20.01.2022 Vale Ramakrishnan. Ramakrishnan, the Cre-A, Chennai based Indian publisher of my family history mystery novel Fake ID, the first translated into Tamil for ado...lescent readers by Dr Meenakshi Hariharan, passed away this week from Covid.. Always courteous, he was an erudite ‘gentleman’ publisher, , and it was a privilege to have worked with him. The late Professor and poet, Dr Judith Rodriguez of Deakin University introduced us about five years ago. And her daughter Zoe Rodriguez spoke on my behalf at the Chennai launch. There has been a special cultural connection between Chennai, Australia and literature. Ramakrishnan was the link.

15.01.2022 All writers have stories in their 'bottom drawer' but sometimes new opportunities arise in formats not available when the story was originally written. Or attitudes may have changed towards the subjects matter. Fashions in style also affect publication or performance. Worth looking at your earlier work.

15.01.2022 This is part of a Portable Magic series of almost 30 minutes long You Tube interviews by journalist Sue Lawson which explores in-depth the ideas behind the writings of a number of Australian creators. Sue Lawson is an excellent interviewer who asks thoughtful questions and really listens to the answers. She started the series during the Pandemic Lockdown. Earlier interviews include Corinne Fenton, Deb Abela and Claire Saxby. https://youtu.be/efSzFje5R5Q

14.01.2022 95th year for the NSW Society of Women Writers and 50 years for the Victorian group. All with the same aim of celebrating the writing of women.

13.01.2022 llustrator-author Felicity Marshall was on the set of the 'Evil Angels' film production and her artwork is credited on the documentary which will show as 'Lindy Chamberlain;The True Story' on Sunday and Monday on Channel 10 at 7.30 pm.

10.01.2022 In writing workshops I get lots of requests about formatting picture books for young family members. (I have no shares in this company) But storyboardnotebook is very useful for organising ideas into picture books.

09.01.2022 https://untapped.org.au/ Zoom launch tonight at 6pm

08.01.2022 Auslan signing is an important skill for sharing stories.Sometimes a book can travel into other languages you had not envisaged when it was first published. Authors permit free usage of their works in Braille and Auslan signing.

07.01.2022 Vale Barbara Ker Wilson.https://tributes.theage.com.au/obitua//barbara-ker-wilson/ A very significant editor and contributor to the literary world. As a first time author, her advice to me was, 'A editor suggests what you would see for yourself in a year's time, when you are not so close to the manuscript. Act on the editor's advice if reasons are given.'

05.01.2022 Fake I.D. was my most sought after title, by those seeking fake ID. But it was also a family history mystery of a 14 year old grand daughter who discovered on the day of the funeral that her Gran had fake I.D for years.The original cover was seen to be 'girlie' (despite the story including a strong hockey playing boy too) but went into Canadian and other editions and then was re-issued with a new cover as an e book and is still being read. Then it went into Tamil with Cre-A... a Chennai based publisher (Due to poet Judith Rodriguez introduction) as one of the first YA novels translated in Tamil and was launched by the Australian consul. Some books travel further than ever expected. And so I now have ties with the Chennai literary community and Eugene Pinto whose grandson turns out to live in the next suburb to my grandson in Darwin. Truly an international literary community. See more

05.01.2022 Important to acknowledge the international achievements of female authors.

04.01.2022 Two fabulous bits of our history! Thanks to NSW SWW for this item. An article from 8 October 1930 in Sydney Morning Herald about 40-50 members of SWW being invited to walk and inspect parts of the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the final stages of its construction followed by an afternoon tea at tables decorated with sweet peas and maidenhair ferns. A second article dated 15 November 1932 in The Sun about the release of the first Ink magazine by SWW. Could these women have imagined their legacy would still be uniting and inspiring women writers years later...

03.01.2022 Books are an ideal Christmas gift and this selection written by Society of Women Writers Victoria members offers a variety to choose from.

03.01.2022 Worth reading about this international online magazine and how pieces are chosen. https://www.writersdigest.com//curation-community-inside-l

01.01.2022 This short listing may be of interest to those writing historically based work.