#Australianwriters
Royal Caribbean still has a few cabins if you’re looking for a last-minute deal to join us on this year’s retreat.

You can book your cabin at bit.ly/WAS26Cabin and the retreat at www.writersatsea.com.au

#writersretreat #australianwriters #writingcommunity
February 3, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Thank you to @the.australian for interviewing us recently about Creative Victoria’s brutal funding cuts to the literary sector.

#SaveWritersVictoria #ArtsCuts #FundTheArts #SupportWriters #VictorianArts #AustralianWriters #CreativeVictoria
January 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Entries have closed and the anthology committee elves are busy assessing ing every submission.

Going by the quality of what we've read so far, West of the Moon is going to be an excellent collection of Australian fairy tales.

#westofthemoon #fairytales #australianwriters
October 19, 2025 at 2:07 AM
We're seeking original, unpublished work infused with the enchantments of Australian culture, heritage and landscapes - short stories, flash fiction, poetry. 

Closing date: 30 Sep
https://australianfairytales.com/west-of-the-moon/

#FairyTale #FairyTales #AustralianWriters #BookSky
September 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
West of the Moon, the Australian Fairy Tale Society's second anthology, is open for original flash fiction, short stories and poetry until September 30

https://australianfairytales.com  

#blueskybooks #booksky #fairytale #fairytales #australianwriters
September 18, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Meanjin closing & AI stealing the work of authors. Times are tough for Australian writers. Please sign

chng.it/p4KFP8BB9Y #australianwriters
September 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Re #MeanjinJournal, a letter from myself and some of my colleagues to The University of Melbourne. #Meanjin is such an important part of Australia's literary ecosystem and losing it would be culturally and industrially devastating. #AusLit #AustralianWriters #Publishing #Unimelb
September 12, 2025 at 5:58 AM
✨ ONCE by Annie Raser-Rowland is now out as a Kindle eBook!

Shortlisted for the 2025 WA Premier’s Book Awards, this punky slice of climate fiction is a bold tale about the interconnectedness of our world. 🌱⚡

📖 Grab your copy on Amazon: shorturl.at/VrphP

#ONCE #ClimateFiction #AustralianWriters
September 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The 2026 Nillumbik Prize for Contemporary Writing is now open for short story and poetry submissions. This year’s theme: “Echoes.” 🌊

Open to all Australian residents until Sept 30.

Click shorturl.at/Piyy9 to submit!

#WritingPrize #AustralianWriters #CallForSubmissions
September 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Wonderful night at Sean and Dolly's last night for the launch of Mandy Sayer's new book No Dancing in the Lift - a gripping story of a writer and a moving continuation of the story begun in Dreamtime Alice. Love, death, the whole damn thing.
#memoir
#AustralianWriters
#BookSky 💙 📚
August 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“…she must make exorbitant efforts…”

📚 Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch
🖼️ Mary Shakman, Australian Beauty

#BookWormSat #AustralianWriters
August 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
📚 Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch
🖼️ Barbara Hanrahan (b.Adelaide, 1939) The Masquerade

#BookWormSat #AustralianWriters
August 16, 2025 at 9:28 AM
📚Germaine Greer, The Female Eunuch
🖼️ David Boyd, Europa and the Sacred Golden Wombat

#BookWormSat #AustralianWriters
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
“The opposite to patriarchy is not matriarchy but fraternity, yet I think it’s women who are going to have to break this spiral of power and find the trick of cooperation.”

✍️ Germaine Greer
🖼️ Karen Elzinga (Gladstone, Queensland) The Matriarch and Sons

#BookWormSat #AustralianWriters
August 16, 2025 at 8:25 AM
“A library is a place where you can use your innocence without losing your virginity.”

✍️ Germaine Greer
📷 State Library of South Australia

#BookWormSat #AustralianWriters
August 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
This requires being indelicate: fuck that shit. #writers #Australianwriters
Wow! Bendigo Writers Festival (15 - 17 Aug) is making guest speakers sign a last-minute agreement to not mention Israel's genocide of Palestinians. Writers who care about human rights are cancelling. Any writer/guest still thinking of appearing should seriously reconsider. Stand up! Refuse to comply
August 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
ICYMI this week's reviews:
Linda Godfrey on Suzanne Do's debut novel The Golden Sister
Braham Dabscheck on sociologist Simon James Copland's The Male Complaint
Lucy Sussex on Ben Peek's novella The Red Labyrinth
newtownreviewofbooks.com.au
#AustralianWriters
#BookReviews
#BookSky 💙📚
August 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
"... explores themes of family, grief, loss and second chances with such depth, humour and empathy that it’s impossible not to be moved."
Linda Godfrey reviews Suzanne Do's debut novel The Golden Sister:
newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/suzanne-do-t...
#MurderMystery
#AustralianWriters
#BookSky 💙 📚
August 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Submissions are open! For more information, including submission guidelines, please visit: australianfairytales.com

#FairyTale ##FairyTales #ShortStories #ShortStoryCollection #AustralianLiterature #AustralianWriters #BookSky
July 21, 2025 at 3:25 AM
ICYMI this week's reviews:
Ann Skea on Belinda Lyons-Lee's new historical novel The Haunting of Mr and Mrs Stevenson
Robert Goodman on Jennifer Mills' new speculative fiction Salvage
newtownreviewofbooks.com.au
#NewBooks
#BookReviews
#AustralianWriters
#BookSky 💙 📚
July 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
"From a climate fiction perspective, Salvage is up there with the best of the recent crop of novels."
Robert Goodman reviews Jennifer Mills new novel, Salvage:
newtownreviewofbooks.com.au/jennifer-mil...
@jennifermills.net.au
#AustralianWriters
#BookSky 💙 📚
July 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Are you a one-desk or two-desk writer? I could honestly go a third some days, if there were room in my office.

Sometimes you just need to spread, amiright?

#nicolehayesauthor #ozlit #loveozya #australianwriters #melbournewriters #youngadultfiction #writingya #writingdystopian #womenwriters
June 25, 2025 at 6:08 AM