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The City of Salisbury, the SA Writers' Centre and the Salisbury Library Service have co-hosted the Salisbury Writers' Festival since 2005. [13] [14] From May 2014 until December 2016, Writers SA ran a blog curated by an Australian writer, rotating every few months, known as the Writer in Residence. [15] [16] [17]
The Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) is a collection or federation of state-based organizations aiming to support and promote the interests of Australian writers. [1] It was established in Sydney in 1928 , with the aim of bringing writers together and promoting their interests.
ACT Writing and Publishing Awards; Ada Cambridge Prize; The Age Book of the Year; Asher Award (2005–2017) Australian Book Industry Awards; Australian Literature Society Gold Medal; The Australian/Vogel Literary Award; Banjo Awards (1974–1997) Barbara Jefferis Award; Chief Minister's NT Book Awards, originally Territory Read, from 2009 [1]
Valerie Khoo is the National Director of the Australian Writers' Centre which she established in 2005. The centre offers writing courses to the public in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth. [1] She is also a writer, podcaster, visual artist and former journalist. [2] [3]
The ASA Medal is awarded to an Australian author or illustrator "who has made an outstanding contribution to Australian culture as both a creator and an advocate". The inaugural medal went to Anita Heiss in 2002; other recipients include Thomas Keneally (2019), Edel Wignell (2017), Valerie Parv (2014), Nadia Wheatley (2014), Robert Pullan (2012), Hazel Edwards (2009), Glenda Adams (2007), Inga ...
Writing NSW, formerly known as New South Wales Writers' Centre and WritersNSW, is a provider of services to writers, including courses, seminars and workshops, writing groups, festivals and events, grants and prizes, and information and advice. It operates as a not-for-profit organisation and has provided support to the writers in NSW since 1991.
The Australian Writers' Guild (AWG) is the professional association for Australian performance writers for film, television, radio, theatre, video, and new media. The AWG was established in 1962, and has conferred the AWGIE Awards since 1968, the Monte Miller Awards since 1972, and the John Hinde Award since 2008.
In 1997, the Peter Cowan Writers' Centre was established at the Joondalup campus of Edith Cowan University, based in the reconstructed house of his grandmother. [ 3 ] He was named one of Western Australia's Living Treasures in 1999, and was awarded a Centenary Medal in 2001 for service to literature through writing.