Hunter Writers’ Centre serves the writers, stories and storytellers of the Hunter region.
Home of Lighthouse Arts, Newcastle Poetry Prize,
Newcastle Short Story Award and the Grieve Project.
What's On
AUTHOR TALK: Books at the Bowlo with Bronwyn Rivers
Tuesday 14 April
6 pm – 8 pm
Club Lambton
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‘Books at the Bowlo’ is a place for bookish friends and book clubs to meet and mingle, catch up on their monthly reading over a meal, and meet local writers.
Reading with a Writer’s Eye Book Club
Monday 20 April
6:30 pm — 8:30 pm
Joy Cummings Centre
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A craft-focused book club for writers who want to understand how and why award-winning contemporary novels work. Open to members of Hunter Writers’ Centre.
The Grieve Project – 2026
Submissions close 8 pm AEST, Sunday 26 April 2026
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Grief isolates. Storytelling brings people back into connection.
We invite writers, storytellers and community nationwide to participate in the 2026 Grieve Project.
Member’s Autumn 2026 Writing Competition
A quarterly writing competition with cash prizes for members of Hunter Writers’ Centre.
Closes 5 pm Friday 8 May